Major Account Manager – Mining | Palo Alto Networks
Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg
Deadline : January 29, 2026
About the Role
Specializing in the mining sector, this role ensures that critical industrial infrastructure is protected from cyber-physical threats through advanced security architectures. Utilizing Salesforce and SAP for account planning, the manager coordinates data-driven security strategies that adhere to international mining compliance and safety standards. Their work is essential for preventing operational disruptions and protecting high-value industrial assets in remote and complex environments.
Job Description
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.
- Palo Alto Networks is leading the charge in platformization, offering best-in-breed solutions that enable customers to build a truly zero-trust security architecture and navigate critical transformations. To ensure our sales team is equipped to guide customers, we’ve developed FLIGHT, an immersive onboarding program. Flight blends virtual and in-person learning at our headquarters, where new sales hires will participate in dynamic cohorts, fully dedicated to their training without customer distractions. This focused approach ensures they emerge as well-prepared sales professionals, ready to help customers leverage our comprehensive portfolio.
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
Qualifications
Your Experience
- Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security industry
- 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
Career Growth & Education
Successful managers in this niche often have a background in Engineering or IT, supplemented by an MBA or senior-level sales certifications. Growth into Global Account Management or Industry Lead roles is possible for those who understand the unique operational risks of heavy industry and digital transformation. Specialized training in Industrial Control Systems (ICS) security can lead to elite consulting opportunities in the global energy and resources sector.
Salary & Financial Insight
Monthly compensation for this role typically falls between R85,000 and R140,000, including significant performance-based incentives. Strategic financial planning should include diversifying into hard currency assets and exploring tax-efficient investment vehicles to build long-term capital.
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