Job Description

Your Career

We are looking for a data-driven Sr Business Analyst to support the growth of our global partner ecosystems operations. This high-impact role will focus on providing analytics and insights to optimize partner performance, track key metrics, and drive strategic decision-making across our ecosystem partners

You will play a critical role in measuring ecosystem success, driving insights and helping leadership make data-backed decisions to accelerate growth.

Your Impact

• Analyze partner performance trends, bookings, and pipeline contributions across GSIs, CSPs, MSSPs, and resellers to identify growth opportunities.
• Develop and maintain real-time dashboards that measure ecosystem performance, partner influence, and sales acceleration.
• Support quarterly business reviews (QBRs) by providing data-driven insights and recommendations to improve partner engagement and growth.
• Enhance partner tracking and attribution models by collaborating with sales, finance, and operations teams to improve influence tagging and deal visibility.
• Automate reporting processes to streamline data extraction, analysis, and visualization for executive stakeholders.
• Identify areas for partner-led initiatives and incremental revenue growth, ensuring alignment with ecosystems and company strategic initiatives.
• Support strategic projects, including ROI modeling for partnerships and optimizing partner incentives to drive business impact.

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in partner operations and/or sales operations, with additional experience in analytics or business intelligence to support operational insights. Experience in the cybersecurity or technology industry is preferred.
• Strong proficiency in Tableau, SQL, and Excel/Google Sheets for data analysis and visualization.
• Experience working with Salesforce (SFDC) and other CRM tools to extract and analyze partner-related data.
• Ability to interpret complex datasets and translate findings into actionable insights for sales and leadership teams.
• Strong communication skills to present data-driven insights clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment and can manage multiple priorities effectively.

Additional Information

The Team

At Palo Alto Networks we are passionate about cybersecurity and analytics—and we're looking for top talent who thrive on solving business challenges with data-driven solutions. Our Ecosystems Analytics team is focused on driving strategic insights, building automated solutions, and optimizing partner performance to accelerate growth. If you're looking for an impactful role with visibility across leadership, this is it.

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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $101,000 - $164,000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.