Partnerships Analyst

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us! This role is remote, but distance is no barrier to impact. Our hybrid teams collaborate across geographies to solve big problems, stay close to our customers, and grow together. You will be part of a culture that values trust, accountability, and shared success where your work truly matters.

Job Summary In this role, you will define the global strategy and focus on building and maintaining our sales plays with our hyperscaler partners. The initial scope will include the SASE and Observability sales plays but newer sales plays may be added to the charter. These plays will drive measurable outcomes, including increased pipeline, opportunities and bookings. Success will be defined by your ability to strategize, develop, execute and govern sales play development and enablement plans with other stakeholders, internally in the ecosystems and product teams and externally within the hyperscalers and customers. You will operate at all levels of hyperscaler organizations from C-level to sellers and technical resources. This role requires a strong technical knowledge of the rapidly evolving SASE and Observability ecosystem, PANW’s and the hyperscalers’ capabilities in this space to jointly add value to mutual customers.

Lead global cross functional teams (product management, engineering, sales execution) to develop and deliver on a plan with each hyperscaler (Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud) on SASE and Observability Sales Plays (more sales plays will be added subsequently) These plans will include incremental pipeline, opportunities and bookings goals. Govern sales play level planning and execution by leading quarterly business reviews (QBRs) and regular operational cadence Demonstrate thought leadership through a deep technical understanding of security solutions and product roadmaps from both Palo Alto Networks and hyperscalers Work with internal and hyperscaler product teams and broader ecosystems team to identify appropriate technical integrations to make the joint value proposition to customers more compelling Oversee the strategic integration of our SASE and Observability offerings into hyperscaler marketplaces, ensuring our technical value proposition is accurately positioned to drive automated co-sell opportunitie s.   Define the global account segmentation strategy and investment model for sales plays, ensuring alignment with hyperscaler sales leadership to maximize pipeline velocity  Prepare an enablement plan and deliver focused enablement sessions to customers, hyperscaler sellers, PANW sellers, partner sellers and technical resources Create and communicate compelling value propositions that motivate partners to prioritize our solutions Present joint value proposition with partner teams at partner events and conferences Track feedback from stakeholders to continuously improve the effectiveness and completeness of the sales play strategy   Qualifications 4-6 years of strategic leadership experience in alliance management, product strategy,