Technical Account Manager (Unit 42)

Our Mission

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.

Who We Are

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!

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Description

The Team

Unit 42 is the global threat intelligence team at Palo Alto Networks. We believe threat intelligence should be

shared and available to all within the industry. We deliver high-quality, in-depth research on adversaries, malware families, and attack campaigns. Our analysts uncover and document adversary behaviors and then share playbooks that give insight into the various tools, techniques, and procedures threat actors execute to compromise organizations.

If you’re looking for a career with access to the brightest minds in cybersecurity, you’ve found it. We have a hunger for researching, hunting out the world’s newest threats and sharing them with our industry to make the digital world a safer place.

You will be part of a growing, passionate, and dynamic team with an opportunity to work on challenging and exciting projects — centered on what we believe is one of the most significant mission statements in the world. We also strive to be the most people-centric company ever! That means we’re constantly working to make your experience amazing, and you are part of the team breaking boundaries of what the workplace can be!

Job Summary

The Technical Account Manager will act as a trusted advisor to our customers to help ensure efficient Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 Managed Services adoption. In this role, you will work closely with CISOs, Security Architects, Security Engineers, and Operations teams within mid-to-large enterprises to implement best-in-breed Managed Detection and Response & Managed Threat Hunting services. The end result is increased customer satisfaction, value, retention, and expansion of the Unit 42’s security footprint.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure customers are maximizing their return on investment by owning the customer’s on-boarding, adoption, satisfaction and advocacy across a portfolio of customers
• Provide high touch/white glove customer outreach immediately post close to shepherd customers through the on-boarding process
• Drive adoption- ensure customer applies the offering in a timely manner
• Ensure customer is measurably satisfied with the service they are receiving, informing customers of refresh needs and options
• Develop a trusted advisor relationship with customer stakeholders, executive sponsors and partners to drive the managed services adoption to ensure they are leveraging the solution to achieve full business value
• Be the first line of defense in solving customer support requests, and coordinating and prioritizing timely resolutions with engineering teams and become a Subject Matter expert over time
• Ensure continual communication with customers on Unit 42 messaging, current and offerings updates, events, main points contact within Unit 42, and touchpoint for all feedback from our customers
• Serve as a customer advocate in influencing product roadmap and improvements
• Manage performance metrics CSAT, Renewal rate, Reference-ability, Renewal likelihood, Adoption, Consumption, Customer Engagement. Identify renewal risk and collaborate with internal teams to remediate
• Identify risks to the customer achieving their stated business goals and work with the account team to build a risk mitigation plan or escalate as needed
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant work experience in customer success, consulting, post-sales technical account management, and similar roles in the cybersecurity field- a must!
• Experience building out new programs and initiatives within an ever-evolving organization
• Strong consulting and project management skills, with proven results working as a trusted advisor to drive business value for customers, including the ability to interact with client teams at various levels of technical and non-technical depth
• Proven track record of managing customer escalations, balancing customer expectations, and negotiating successful resolutions
• Highly data-driven with a commitment to following process
• Excited about driving and tracking a consistent engagement process with all customers in your portfolio
• Team player with the highest level of integrity, who will innovate to continue improving the way we serve our customers
• Previous experience with a Cybersecurity/SaaS solutions company and/or an enterprise software company highly desired
• Experience with enterprise security products and/or offerings
  
  

Additional Information

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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

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.