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Serving thousands of enterprise customers around the world including 40% of Fortune 500 companies, Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) was founded in 2007 with a mission to make the cloud a safe place to do business and a more enjoyable experience for enterprise users. As the operator of the world’s largest security cloud, Zscaler accelerates digital transformation so enterprises can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The pioneering, AI-powered Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ platform protects thousands of enterprise customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.

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The Transformation Advisor, M&A, Divestiture and Private Equity role reports to the Head of M&A, Divestitures, and Private Equity. This practice develops and syndicates a disruptive business solution that uses Zscaler's comprehensive Zero Trust Exchange cloud platform to accelerate a client's M&A and Divestiture journey.

This visible leadership role will require an understanding of M&A/Divestiture transactions and digital technologies and how they are applied across industries. Additionally, you will partner with internal stakeholders and external stakeholders to deliver transformative solutions for our clients while also driving revenue for Zscaler.

This is a remote position and can be based anywhere in the United States. We prefer the location to be west coast at this time.

What you will do:

This role is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience in digital technology and M&A/Divestiture transactions. You will:

Experience managing and delivering on sales targets and customer success
Deep experience working with executive leaders in IT/Cyber/Corporate Development organizations and/ or private equity firms
Passionate about customer success
Familiarity with the advisory firms and global systems integrator operating models
Ample expertise leading Digital Transformation, Infrastructure, Networking, Cloud migrations and Cybersecurity engagements

Responsibilities:

Accelerate revenue growth with existing clients and prospects, with a focus on M&A/Divestitures driven sales opportunities
Build strong pipeline of opportunities with sales and advisory partners - drive towards deal closure and customer success
Develop pre/post sales content, artifacts and thought leadership
Build, lead and develop client relationships within the assigned sector and/ or region
Own and deliver on quarterly and annual sales targets
Work closely to cultivate key Big 5 and strategic advisory relationships (M&A/D, Private Equity, Technology, Security), to showcase Zscaler's differentiation – requires confidence when leading business, operational and technical presentations and discussions
Maintain close contact with clients during their M&A/Divestiture journey, offering ideas and options for expanding the Zscaler's value proposition
Build upon the go-to-market strategy for the M&A, Divestiture and Private Equity practice, including thought leadership, public evangelism, content creation, customer collaboration, engagement delivery and social media syndication

Qualifications:

Ample experience leading M&A/Divestiture pursuits and implementations, while working for a recognized Advisory firm or Global Systems integrator (7+ years)
Prior experience in a customer facing role as management/technology consultant with revenue generating responsibilities
Strong business, financial and technical aptitude when it comes to Digital Transformation, M&A, Divestitures and Private Equity
Demonstrated ability to develop and execute complex sales pursuits and implementation programs leveraging a large Cloud SaaS platform
Strong understanding of Advisory firms and Global SI's, with an ability to navigate them, identify key stakeholders and influence them
Demonstrated ability to earn client confidence, while also comfortable leading technical implementation planning directly with Enterprise clients and/or partner with Advisory firms or GSI's
Extremely well versed at developing and managing executive-level relationships across an Enterprise C-Suite or IT/Cybersecurity organization
Past experience as a technology architect, solutions consultant and/or cyber security engineer is expected
Excellent executive presence and communications - both writing and speaking, follow-up skills and interpersonal skills
High degree of intellectual curiosity, sense of urgency and client empathy to assist customers, during their M&A/Divestiture journey

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