Full-Time
Wiz
1,001-5,000 employees
Cloud security platform for businesses
No salary listed
Senior, Expert
No H1B Sponsorship
Chicago, IL, USA
- Minimum 7 years selling enterprise SaaS solutions in the cloud/security space
- Proficient in value-based solution selling, with a keen focus on delivering tangible business outcomes, ensuring alignment with end business value
- Proven track record of effective selling within the specific geographical territory listed
- Good standing relationships with previous sales operation teams
- Ability to build great internal partnerships with key business units and their stakeholders
- A consultative and professional approach to engaging with customers
- Must demonstrate proficiency in executing a formal sales process and possess familiarity with qualification frameworks
- A proven track record managing accounts in cloud or cybersecurity ecosystem to elevate the business
- Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with the ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances
- Applicants must have the legal right to work in the country where the position is based, without the need for visa sponsorship. This role does not offer visa sponsorship.
- Demonstrate an intimate understanding of Wiz Cloud Security Solutions and their value to our customers
- Demonstrate ability to position and advise to CISO level executives with industry Point-of-View business insights; Continue to listen, build and grow executive relationships with customers
- Develop and close business to consistently meet or exceed quarterly sales quotas, in a way that reflects Wiz values
- Align with Wiz partner ecosystem to optimize market opportunity
- Maintain accurate pipeline management with expert-level forecasting
- Build effective working relationships with Solutions Engineering, Customer Success, Product, Marketing, Delivery, and Executive teams to ensure strategy alignment and achieve company objectives
Wiz.io offers cloud security solutions for businesses, focusing on securing applications in cloud environments. Their platform integrates into development workflows, allowing teams to detect vulnerabilities and maintain compliance with industry regulations. Unlike competitors, Wiz.io continuously monitors cloud workloads for suspicious activities and provides proactive threat detection. The goal is to enable businesses to operate securely and efficiently in the cloud.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$33.9B
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2020
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Google's acquisition of Wiz strengthens its position in the cloud security market.
- Wiz's client base includes over 40% of Fortune 100 companies, indicating strong market presence.
- Growing demand for agentless security solutions boosts Wiz's market potential.
What critics are saying
- Integration challenges with Google Cloud Platform could lead to service disruptions.
- The acquisition may shift focus towards Google Cloud, alienating other cloud users.
- High-profile acquisition makes Wiz a more attractive target for cyberattacks.
What makes Wiz unique
- Wiz offers the first cloud-native visibility solution for enterprise security teams.
- Their platform provides a 360° view of security risks across clouds, containers, and workloads.
- Wiz's agentless approach reduces overhead and complexity in cloud environments.
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6 month growth
↓ -5%1 year growth
↓ -2%2 year growth
↓ -6%Our sources confirm that Wiz will remain an independent platform that will work across all cloud providers, not just Google Cloud Platform.
Google Cloud’s ad on the Las Vegas Sphere, overlooking Amazon’s re:Invent conference in November 2023. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop)Editor’s note: This analysis is written by Christopher Budd, a tech industry veteran who previously worked at the Microsoft Security Response Center.Earlier this month, Google announced plans to acquire Israel-based Wiz for the nearly jaw-dropping price of $32 billion (yes, with a “b”). Not only is this the biggest cybersecurity deal (yet) in terms of money — it’s also another instance of Google swooping in with a very big, open checkbook to snap up a cybersecurity industry leader to fold into the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This makes it clearer that Google sees security as a competitive differentiator in the cloud and is another step toward Microsoft’s model of integrating cloud and security in-house — and away from Amazon Web Services’ more hands-off strategy of relying primarily on a security partner ecosystem. Google’s move on Wiz is very similar to its acquisition of Mandiant in 2022 when it paid $5.4 billion for arguably the single best known incident response (IR) company in the world. Since then we’ve seen that Google bought Mandiant not because Google wanted to become a player in the IR space but because Google wanted to have some of the best IR capabilities in the world protecting GCP and its customers. Wiz is a leading company in the Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) space. CNAPPs provide a critical security layer to today’s cloud computing. If we look at the Mandiant acquisition as a blueprint, we can surmise that Google plans to take another industry-leading company and focus it on securing GCP.Meanwhile in Redmond, IR and CNAPP are capabilities that Microsoft’s cloud offering has had for years through internal development
Google has announced a $32 billion investment in Wiz, a rapidly growing Israeli cybersecurity company, marking one of the largest deals in the tech industry in recent years.
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Over the past year, Wiz has introduced new categories of cybersecurity solutions.