Partner Sales Director, GSI

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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 We are looking for a Partner Sales Director, GSI to join our team. This is a hybrid position based in Gurgaon role, reporting to the Sr. Director, Alliance Partners in the WW Alliances & Channels department. This role will lead the strategic expansion of our platform within our Global System Integrator (GSI) ecosystem. This is a high-impact, "builder" role that requires a unique blend of technical depth, commercial acumen, and the ability to influence large, complex organizations. You will be responsible for architecting the technical and business value proposition that allows GSIs to wrap their services around Zscaler, ensuring that Zscaler remains the definitive security anchor for their multi-million dollar digital transformation projects. What you’ll do (Role Expectations) • Drive the commercial sales strategy and "Go-to-Market" approach for the Zscaler product suite through our GSI partners in India, identifying high-potential teams and collaborating on complex, large-scale cloud security migrations • Lead the engagement cycle with GSI partners, translating Zscaler’s technical capabilities into quantifiable business outcomes, ROI models, and managed service pricing structures that resonate with stakeholders and global end-customers • Act as the bridge between technical architects and commercial sales teams to structure complex proposals for multi-year, multi-tower outsourcing deals, ensuring Zscaler is integrated into standard reference architectures • Oversee the technical Proof of Value (PoV) process within GSI accounts, ensuring that technical success criteria are directly aligned with the commercial milestones of a larger digital transformation contract • Enable and educate internal GSI teams while serving as the definitive voice of the partner to synthesize field feedback and influence the Zscaler platform roadmap Who You Are (Success Profile) • You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful. • You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution. • You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact. • You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and rece

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