Major Account Manager - Higher Education

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At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we're looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.
**Who We Are**
We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.
As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!
At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.
**Your Career**
The Major Account Manager partners with our customers to secure their entire digital experience. You're motivated by the desire to solve critical challenges facing our customer's secure environment, so you're prepared to connect them with a solution for every stage of threat prevention. This role is a significant driver of company revenue and growth. As an experienced and dynamic sales professional, you're responsible for leading and driving sales engagements.
We know the SASE opportunity is massive. Our solutions are best-in-breed and customers need a trusted cybersecurity partner who can create a truly zero trust based security architecture. Our customers are looking to us to create critical transformations and our portfolio of solutions will help us do that.
**Your Impact**
+ As a Major Account Manager, you will drive and orchestrate large complex sales cycles and work with our internal partners and teams to best serve the customer
+ Your consultative selling experience will identify business challenges and create solutions for prospects and our customers
+ Understand the competitive landscape and customer needs so you can effectively position the portfolio of Palo Alto Networks solutions
+ Create clear goals and complete accurate forecasting through developing a detailed territory plan
+ Leverage prospect stories to create a compelling value proposition with insights into value for that specific account
+ Stay updated on industry news and trends, and how they affect Palo Alto Networks products and services
+ Travel as necessary within your territory, and to company-wide meetings
**Your Experience**
+ Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security industry - SASE technology is preferred
+ C-Level Engagement experience preferred
+ Experience working in the Higher Education sector
+ Demonstrated experience selling complex solutions, value selling, and/or consultative sales techniques
+ Technical aptitude for understanding how technology products and solutions solve business problems
+ Identifies problems, reviews data, determines the root causes, and provides scalable solutions
+ Cultivate relationships with our channel partners to bring channel-centric go-to-market approach for our customers
+ Demonstrates in depth knowledge of the full sales cycle and the ability to follow a structured sales process
+ Ability to take a holistic approach to problem solving by understanding the bigger picture, and considering complex interrelationships and outcomes
+ Excellent time management skills, and work with high levels of autonomy and self-direction
**The Team**
Our sales team members work hand-in-hand with large organizations around the world to keep their digital environments protected. We educate, inspire, and empower our potential clients in their journey to security.
As part of our sales team, you are empowered with unmatched systems and tools, constantly updated research and sales libraries, and a team built on joint success. You won't find someone at Palo Alto Networks that isn't committed to your success - with everyone pitching in to assist when it comes to solutions selling, learning, and development. As a member of our sales team, you are motivated by a solutions-focused sales environment and find fulfillment in working with clients to resolve incredibly complex cyberthreats.
**Our Commitment**
We're problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity's status quo. It's simple: we can't accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at .
Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Secondary Education Content Writer & Editor (Conduit Team - Scotland)
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Location: Scotland (Fully Remote / home based) (Must permanently live & have the right to work in the UK, Ideally Scotland)
Annual Salary: £23,000 GBP Per year (Pro-rata / FTE) (Circa £11.79 per hour)
Contract: Permanent (6 months probationary period)
Hours: 15 hours per week
Line Manager: Michele McGarvey
Recruiter: Sarah Jane Dalzell
About Us:
At Twinkl Scotland, we pride ourselves on creating quality content for all ages and stages of Scottish education. From ELC, through Primary and now into Secondary, we aim to provide content that engages learners and supports Scottish educators in getting it right for every child. We are always looking for opportunities to further support our users and respond to current educational initiatives and, as such, we are now delighted to be focusing on developing our Conduit, Secondary Scotland resources and team.
The Role:
Conduit is our Scottish Secondary brand, launched in August 2022. We began with a small team of English teachers to develop teaching and learning resources as well as materials to support skills development to help bridge the gap between the BGE and Senior Phase. We now work on additional subject areas too, with more coming online soon. The Conduit team has become so successful that we are ready to grow and develop our Secondary offering further. We are seeking candidates for multiple subjects to write and edit BGE and Senior Phase content for Scottish Secondary teachers and students.
You can apply as a Content Writer & Editor for any of the following secondary subjects: (Please make it clear by using the drop down list on the application form, which subject you are applying for)
- Maths
- Science
- Business Education
How you will spend your week:
- Meeting with other Twinkl writers and editors, the Conduit Product Owner and Secondary Segment Manager to discuss new ideas;
- Writing and editing CfE content for the Scottish Secondary market;
- Identifying and developing new project ideas within your chosen subject and wider Conduit Team;
- You may also do some editing work for other subject areas across the Conduit Team;
In this role, you will learn :
- How to create and edit new teacher content for our Scottish team, from ideation stage to publication on the site;
- Remote collaboration, working closely with writers and editors across the country;
- How to develop greater commercial awareness so we can understand the needs of those we want to help.
Requirements
To succeed in the role, you will:
- Be a fantastic communicator who thrives when working in a close-knit team;
- Be focused on collaboration, using feedback to make our resources the best they can be;
- Have detailed knowledge of your chosen subject within the Curriculum for Excellence;
- Be confident at creating resources for the Senior Phase, as well as the BGE;
- Have an excellent understanding of the needs of Scottish teachers and support staff delivering learning within the classroom or at home;
We're interested in anyone who meets the following:
- Minimum of 3 years recent secondary teaching experience in your chosen subject and also the BGE and Senior Phase within the Curriculum for Excellence;
- Qualifications: PGDE, BEd or equivalent;
- Access to a fast and reliable internet connection.
Benefits
In return for everything you can bring, we can offer you an exciting role in a fast-growing and dynamic business, with plenty of career opportunities.
Here’s a couple of the things that make Twinkl a great place to be:
- A friendly, welcoming and supportive culture. We believe work should be fun and always put people before process
- Diversity, inclusion and belonging - our Employee Network Program includes working groups for LGBTQ+, People of Colour, Disabilities (visible and invisible), Women in Tech and Working Parents.
- From day 1 - Westfield Health, 29 annual leave days per year (pro-rata) plus up to four additional days that may be awarded each year by the company, flexible working policy with opportunities to work from home and Twinkl subscriptions.
- After probation - company sick pay and cycle to work scheme.
- Long term service award - Life insurance, enhanced pension contribution, enhanced maternity pay, enhanced adoption pay and enhanced paternity pay.
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