Director, Business Value Consulting

Company Description

Our Mission

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

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 Description

Your Career

In this Director Business Value Consulting role, you will build value-based business-cases for cybersecurity investment, by leading cross-functional teams composed of customer-executives, sales team, solution consultants, and other functional groups. You will have the opportunity to excel in areas of sales strategy, consultative discovery, and engagement execution including business analysis, problem solving, program management, executive communication and consensus building.

Your Impact

• Support the sales process by providing expertise in value-based selling
• Contribute to team thought leadership by synthesizing experiences into reusable content and frameworks
• Develop and deliver value-focused training and workshops for customers
• Elevate the value function internally, influencing field sales strategies for key accounts
• Lead cross-functional, multi-department engagement teams with our partners, customers, and senior Palo Alto Networks experts from sales, pre-sales, consulting, and solution architecture—working to shape and drive cybersecurity and digital transformation capabilities
• Coach team members by leveraging consulting expertise to identify C-level strategic issues, assess process capabilities, and develop business cases for IT and security transformation
• Create industry-specific and Palo Alto Networks solution-based value selling tools, programs, and initiatives for sales, alliances, and marketing teams
• Support value-selling training initiatives across the sales ecosystem

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 12+ years of experience, preferably with a top management consulting firm or technology company, focusing on business transformation
• Expertise in building business cases with in-depth financial analysis and ROI/TCO modeling
• Strong executive presence and situational awareness, with a proven track record of influencing C-suite leaders to drive key business decisions
• Proven ability to foster accountability and build consensus across teams and customers, driving operational excellence and ensuring high-quality deliverables
• Exceptional problem-solving skills, applying consulting frameworks and methodologies, while offering creative solutions to drive executive decisions
• Ability to quickly adapt and contribute to projects across various industries, including IT and OT challenges in cybersecurity, business applications, and systems
• Experience in Cyber Risk Assessment, Cybersecurity, and Cloud Sales & Strategy are highly desirable
• MBA preferred
• Fluent in Portuguese and Spanish.
• Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Apprentice and Cybersecurity Practitioner certifications certifications are strongly encouraged

Additional Information

The Team

Business Value Consulting is a strategic, consultative team that engages with Fortune 1000 and public sector customers to build and deliver strategic business justification as their cybersecurity partner. You will have the opportunity to excel in areas of sales strategy, consultative discovery, and engagement execution including business analysis, problem solving, program management, executive communication and consensus building.

The Worldwide Shared Services org is dedicated to empowering Palo Alto Networks’ go-to-market teams through innovative solutions and strategic guidance to drive superior outcomes. We strive to equip our teams with the expertise and resources needed to make a meaningful and lasting impact with the customers we serve while achieving sales excellence. We are committed to fostering an environment where our team members can thrive, creating a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing to drive collective growth and success.

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.