Regional Marketing Specialist

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks were united by a shared missionto 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 youre ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are youre 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!

Job Summary

Palo Alto Networks is looking for an agile highly organized and operationally-minded Marketing Specialist to serve as the operational backbone for our regional marketing this role you will drive marketing initiatives manage day-to-day tactical execution and support demand and pipeline generation activities across multiple sales districts.

This is a foundational position designed for an AI-proficient and AI-curious operator. Rather than simply executing existing processes you will reinvent them. By leveraging AI and automation you will build and optimize scalable workflows to drive operational efficiency manage complex event logistics and lead sales communicationsempowering Senior Regional Marketing Managers to focus on high-value strategic initiatives.

Event & Conference Management

• Support end-to-end planning logistics promotion shipping and post-event follow-ups for digital and in-person events regional conferences and industry associations.

• Serve as the principal operational producer for sales-led webinars in coordination with the North America Marketing Hub.

Operational Excellence & Fiscal Governance

• Maintain budget integrity within Allocadia.

• Process vendor onboarding and Purchase Requisitions (PRs) via Ariba.

• Act as the centralized point of contact for field sales support requests using Asana for workflow management.

Legal Contractual & Sales Communications

• Serve as the primary operational liaison between Marketing and Legal teams via Ironclad and DocuSign.

• Draft format and deploy regional newsletters and critical operational updates via Email and Slack to keep sales teams aligned and informed.

Data & Lead Governance

• Cleanse format and upload non-standard regional lead lists into Salesforce within established SLAs.

• Track campaign metrics marketing ROI and pipeline progression using Tableau.

AI Workflow Automation

• Actively build document and share AI-driven templates prompt libraries and automated workflows.

• Streamline manual processes including complex spreadsheet formatting copy drafting and administrative tasks.

Qualifications

Experience & Education

• Experience: 25 years of professional experience in Marketing Operations Field Marketing Coordination Project Coordination or an analytical administrative role.

• Education: Bachelors degree or equivalent relevant work experience.

Core Competencies

• AI Proficiency: Practical experience using generative AI tools to streamline daily workflows (including data manipulation copy drafting and workflow automation) with an eagerness to push AI boundaries in marketing operations.

• Business Acumen: Strong interest in or prior experience navigating the distinct business dynamics compliance guardrails and buying behaviors of Canada and/or the Public Sector (Government Education etc.).

• Sales Mindset: Empathetic understanding of the sales cycle and priorities with a proven ability to effectively support and communicate with a high-performing sales organization.

• Event Coordination: Hands-on experience managing logistical details vendor relationships and tracking for physical and virtual events.

• Operational Discipline: Proactive self-starter with exceptional organizational skills extreme attention to detail and a focus on meeting strict deadlines. Proven ability to anticipate team needs recognize operational patterns and navigate legal/finance friction in a fast-paced environment.

• Communication Skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to synthesize complex operational updates into engaging actionable communications for sales teams.

Technical Stack

• CRM Data & Reporting: Salesforce (highly preferred) Tableau Advanced Excel Google Sheets (formulas data cleaning)

• Financial Procurement & Project Management: Allocadia Ariba Asana

• Legal & Admin: Ironclad DocuSign

• Collaboration & Productivity: Company-provisioned Generative AI tools

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications experience and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment

Were trailblazers that dream big take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

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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.