Palo Alto Networks
Manager Technical Customer Support Platinum
Palo Alto Networks, Santa Clara, California, us, 95053
Overview
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 challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity. Who We Are: We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes. Please note: This is a swing shift role with working hours between 12-9pm PST. Your Career
It’s not about making a sale. It’s about providing the most secure environment for our customers’ digital transactions. In this role, you’ll continue building on our mission by helping secure our clients’ environment and ensure their repeat business and future endorsement. You will be in charge of leading a technical support team that will help identify and fix complex issues in our established clients’ networks, while handling critical issues through your team’s support. You’ll be responsible for the daily operations of your team to ensure they achieve their goals while meeting the needs of the customers. Your Impact
Operational Leadership and Team Management: Guide the daily activities of a team of Platinum Support Engineers, ensuring alignment with company goals and objectives. Provide the team with the necessary resources, tools, and streamlined processes for sustained performance and efficiency. Mentor and guide engineers to enhance both technical expertise and soft skills. Facilitate regular training opportunities tailored to technical and professional growth, setting clear team goals that align with broader organizational objectives. Conduct annual performance reviews, providing actionable feedback and mentorship to help team members exceed expectations. Technical Oversight and Customer Engagement: Support engineers in solving complex customer issues, effectively prioritizing, negotiating customer priorities, and setting clear expectations for outcomes. Lead Post-Incident Reviews (PIRs) to identify root causes, document lessons learned, and drive process improvements. Strategic Collaboration and Accountability: Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across Sales, Engineering, Product, and leadership teams. Work closely with the Business Operations Manager to ensure seamless service kick-offs. Oversee trend analysis on support cases, identifying recurring issues and collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement long-term solutions. Be 100% accountable for the customers managed within the team, taking ownership of all pre-sales and post-sales decisions. Change and Crisis Management: Spearhead change initiatives, ensuring smooth transitions and high performance through effective communication and support. Anticipate and proactively manage escalations at the case and account levels using AI-driven insights and prediction models. Qualifications
Leadership and Management: 8+ years in technical support, with at least 3 years managing high-performing teams in a high-touch or white-glove support environment. Strong mentorship skills demonstrated through coaching engineers, setting ambitious goals, and driving performance improvements. Exceptional problem-solving and crisis management skills, focusing on customer advocacy and improving service response and resolution timelines. Technical Expertise and Problem Solving: Expertise in handling incidents and troubleshooting in network security, cloud security, or enterprise IT environments. Experience in Network and Cloud Security industries, with familiarity in network infrastructure components such as routers, switches, firewalls, and VPN solutions (Checkpoint, Juniper Netscreen, Fortinet, Cisco). Collaboration and Communication: Experienced in working with Sales, Product, and Engineering teams to refine support strategies and improve product supportability. Excellent communication skills with strong executive presence, adept at managing stakeholder relationships, leading high-level customer engagements, and PIRs. Skilled in AI-driven analytics, ITIL frameworks, and using case management systems (Salesforce, ServiceNow, JIRA). Proficient in conducting trend analysis for proactive support. Additional Information
The Team : Our Customer Support team is critical to our success and mission. You enable customer success by providing support to clients after they have purchased our products and by resolving integrations and critical issues as they arise. Compensation Disclosure The compensation offered for this position depends on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates offered at the posted level, the starting base salary for non-sales roles or base salary plus target commission for sales roles is expected to be between $130,600 and $211,200 per year. The offered compensation may include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of employee benefits may be found here. Our Commitment We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. 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 due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations at paloaltonetworks.com. Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity 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, or other legally protected characteristics. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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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 challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity. Who We Are: We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes. Please note: This is a swing shift role with working hours between 12-9pm PST. Your Career
It’s not about making a sale. It’s about providing the most secure environment for our customers’ digital transactions. In this role, you’ll continue building on our mission by helping secure our clients’ environment and ensure their repeat business and future endorsement. You will be in charge of leading a technical support team that will help identify and fix complex issues in our established clients’ networks, while handling critical issues through your team’s support. You’ll be responsible for the daily operations of your team to ensure they achieve their goals while meeting the needs of the customers. Your Impact
Operational Leadership and Team Management: Guide the daily activities of a team of Platinum Support Engineers, ensuring alignment with company goals and objectives. Provide the team with the necessary resources, tools, and streamlined processes for sustained performance and efficiency. Mentor and guide engineers to enhance both technical expertise and soft skills. Facilitate regular training opportunities tailored to technical and professional growth, setting clear team goals that align with broader organizational objectives. Conduct annual performance reviews, providing actionable feedback and mentorship to help team members exceed expectations. Technical Oversight and Customer Engagement: Support engineers in solving complex customer issues, effectively prioritizing, negotiating customer priorities, and setting clear expectations for outcomes. Lead Post-Incident Reviews (PIRs) to identify root causes, document lessons learned, and drive process improvements. Strategic Collaboration and Accountability: Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across Sales, Engineering, Product, and leadership teams. Work closely with the Business Operations Manager to ensure seamless service kick-offs. Oversee trend analysis on support cases, identifying recurring issues and collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement long-term solutions. Be 100% accountable for the customers managed within the team, taking ownership of all pre-sales and post-sales decisions. Change and Crisis Management: Spearhead change initiatives, ensuring smooth transitions and high performance through effective communication and support. Anticipate and proactively manage escalations at the case and account levels using AI-driven insights and prediction models. Qualifications
Leadership and Management: 8+ years in technical support, with at least 3 years managing high-performing teams in a high-touch or white-glove support environment. Strong mentorship skills demonstrated through coaching engineers, setting ambitious goals, and driving performance improvements. Exceptional problem-solving and crisis management skills, focusing on customer advocacy and improving service response and resolution timelines. Technical Expertise and Problem Solving: Expertise in handling incidents and troubleshooting in network security, cloud security, or enterprise IT environments. Experience in Network and Cloud Security industries, with familiarity in network infrastructure components such as routers, switches, firewalls, and VPN solutions (Checkpoint, Juniper Netscreen, Fortinet, Cisco). Collaboration and Communication: Experienced in working with Sales, Product, and Engineering teams to refine support strategies and improve product supportability. Excellent communication skills with strong executive presence, adept at managing stakeholder relationships, leading high-level customer engagements, and PIRs. Skilled in AI-driven analytics, ITIL frameworks, and using case management systems (Salesforce, ServiceNow, JIRA). Proficient in conducting trend analysis for proactive support. Additional Information
The Team : Our Customer Support team is critical to our success and mission. You enable customer success by providing support to clients after they have purchased our products and by resolving integrations and critical issues as they arise. Compensation Disclosure The compensation offered for this position depends on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates offered at the posted level, the starting base salary for non-sales roles or base salary plus target commission for sales roles is expected to be between $130,600 and $211,200 per year. The offered compensation may include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of employee benefits may be found here. Our Commitment We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. 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 due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations at paloaltonetworks.com. Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity 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, or other legally protected characteristics. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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