About this role
Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Distributed across 200+ public data centers globally and thousands of private sites at the edge, the SASE-based Zero Trust Exchange is the world’s largest in-line cloud security platform.
We believe the future of work is Human + AI and are building an AI-native enterprise where human potential is amplified by machine intelligence to solve the world’s hardest security challenges. Driven by deep customer obsession, we are committed to the mission, outcome, and to each other. We bring these commitments to life through three core behaviors: ownership and collaboration, trust through outcomes and impact, and a challenge culture with ongoing feedback. Ready to make an impact at the company pioneering security transformation in the AI era? Join us at Zscaler.
Role: Reporting to the Global Private Equity Practice Leader, you will drive strategic engagements with Zscaler’s Private Equity (PE) Partners. Through the Zscaler PE360 Program, you will help PE partners build cyber resiliency, boost EBITDA, mitigate risk, and accelerate value creation across portfolio companies using the Zscaler Zero Trust platform.
As the primary Zscaler lead for PE firms, you will manage strategic relationships, negotiate commercial frameworks, ensure governance, and oversee portfolio outcomes. You will originate opportunities and drive value-based sales cycles tailored to each portfolio company, mobilizing Zscaler specialists, solution engineers, and experts to translate tech capabilities into clear investment impact for key stakeholders.
What you'll do (Role Expectations)
• Strategic Relationship Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for Private Equity partners, building high-trust relationships, managing firm stakeholders, and defining go-to-market plans with clear success metrics to promote Zscaler’s value proposition.
• Pipeline & Pursuit Co-Leadership: Partner with internal Zscaler account teams to identify, originate, and drive pursuit opportunities across target PE firms and their portfolio companies.
• Commercial Strategy & Execution: Lead commercial partnership negotiations and structure tailored solutions across diverse transaction types—including add-ons, buyouts, and carveouts—to accelerate time-to-value.
• Value Creation & Business Case Development: Collaborate with the Business Value team and advisory partners to model quantitative business cases that prove EBITDA impact, cost synergies, and risk reduction.
• Governance & Operational Excellence: Conduct recurring QBRs and portfolio reviews with executive leadership, track key performance indicators with Sales Operations, and manage partner escalations to ensure exceptional CSAT.
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