A leading cybersecurity firm in San Francisco is looking for a Senior CustomerSuccessManager to guide customers in realizing the value of their purchases. This role involves direct interaction with customers and requires strong communication skills and a technical understanding of cybersecurity. Ideal candidates will have a background in customer-facing roles and a hands-on approach to improving customer satisfaction. This position offers a competitive salary and a flexible work environment.
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Sr. Customer Success Manager
Proofpoint 4.7
San Francisco, CA jobs
About Us: We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
How We Work: At Proofpoint, you'll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity, guided by our BRAVE core values: Bold in how we dream and innovate, Responsive to feedback, challenges, and opportunities, Accountable for results and best-in-class outcomes, Visionary in future-focused problem-solving, Exceptional in execution and impact.
The Role
Proofpoint is looking for a self-starting, responsible, action-oriented, and self-motivated individual to join our growing field services team. The mission of the Senior CustomerSuccessManager is to ensure that our customers realize the full value of the products and services they have purchased from Proofpoint, ultimately maximizing renewals and add‑on transactions. This is a post‑sales, customer‑centric role in a fast‑paced environment that demands interaction with enterprises at senior levels, as well as with technical staff within the traditional IT and Security organization. Successful candidates will have outstanding communication skills with a proven track record of successfully interacting with customers regarding business and technical interests alike; a strong technical background, especially related to cybersecurity; extensive experience driving concurrent projects and issues to completion with little or no direction, and above all a passion for ensuring a world class customer experience.
Your day-to-day
Guide customers through each phase of their Proofpoint journey, serving as a trusted advisor through specific activities aimed at providing realized value from their partnership with us.
Create and maintain CustomerSuccess Plans (CSP) for each of your customers that align with their strategic goals and leverages language meaningful to them. Secure approval from your customers' decision makers on the CSP's content and timeline.
Meet regularly with customers for health checks to review product adoption and provide them with specific, actionable guidance on how they can get more value from what they already own.
Be a relentless advocate for customers to help ensure that Proofpoint deployments are successful. Consistently gather feedback to identify trends and act as the voice of the customer, providing that structured feedback to product management.
Identify at‑risk customers that are not achieving their desired outcome and, as needed, lead cross‑functional efforts to get those customers back on track.
Engage appropriate team members from cross‑functional groups such as Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Support, and Professional Services to help address underlying causes of churn and dissatisfaction.
Learn and document your customers' environment to ensure their success with the current tech stack and identify opportunities for new solutions to address their pain points or help them exploit new markets.
What you bring to the team
4‑year college degree in a business area, technical area or equivalent.
5 to 10+ years of industry leadership experience in a customersuccess, sales engineer, senior support engineer, or other customer‑facing role with exposure to multiple technology areas.
Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of customersuccess principles and the rationale for the related behavior.
Current knowledge of Proofpoint products or similar and proven curiosity to learn configure flagship products in best practice.
Must be able to articulate customer business requirements and serve as the customer voice internally, even anticipating customer needs based on common scenarios experienced.
Demonstrate a high level of engagement with customers and colleagues, managing interactions in a professional manner with a focus on achieving mutual positive results.
Proven ability to influence colleagues and customers to act in high‑impact situations.
Extensive knowledge of data communication concepts and technologies, specifically email, networking, and enterprise security.
Current knowledge of cybersecurity solutions and productivity suites.
Proven ability to effectively lead in a team environment as well as independently pioneer new processes for your team.
Ability to identify company needs for customer initiatives and lead those initiatives across internal teams, as appropriate.
Excellent communication skills, phone manner, and meeting presence with all levels of customer leadership.
Evidence of pristine documentation, executive communications, white papers, etc.
Strong project and/or program management skills and high attention to detail, with a solid understanding of project management methodologies.
Ability to think innovatively, strategically and deliver tactically. Evidence of strategic and tactical success like contributing to successful projects and demonstrating scale of new initiatives.
Ability to work independently, adapt quickly, and maintain a positive attitude.
Travel: Moderate travel (25%+).
Why Proofpoint?
At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you'll love working with us:
Competitive compensation
Comprehensive benefits
Learning & Development: We are committed to the growth and development of our team members, offering a range of programs including leadership and professional development workshops, stretch project assignments, and mentoring opportunities to help employees reach their full potential.
Flexible work environment: [Remote options, hybrid schedules, flexible hours, etc.].
Annual wellness and community outreach days
Always on recognition for your contributions
Global collaboration and networking opportunities
Our Culture
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com.
Our BRAVE Values
At Proofpoint, we are BRAVE in everything we do, and our values aren't just words-they shape how we work, collaborate, and grow. We seek people who are bold enough to challenge the status quo, responsive in the face of ever‑evolving threats, and accountable for delivering real impact. We value those with a visionary mindset who anticipate what's next and push cybersecurity forward, and we celebrate exceptional execution that ensures we continue to defend data and protect people.
Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
Find your network, your allies, and your biggest fans. We know that work is simply better when you're surrounded by people who inspire you-who share ideas, cheer you on, and genuinely want to see you succeed. That's why we offer social circles, sponsored networks, and connection points across teams and time zones-to help you find your people, build your community, and thrive together.
This isn't just a job-it's a mission to protect people and defend data in a world that never slows down. We're building the future of human‑centric cybersecurity, and that future belongs to all of us. We take ownership, move fast, and hold ourselves accountable-because that's what it takes to stay ahead. And we do it together, winning as one.
Be empowered to reach your full potential through meaningful challenges and personalized support-designed around you and your goals. Whether you're growing as a leader or leveling up from great to exceptional as an individual contributor, we're here to help you get there.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
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$125k-169k yearly est. 2d ago
Sr Expert, Customer Success Manager
Proofpoint 4.7
San Francisco, CA jobs
About Us
Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity. We protect how people, data, and AI agents connect across email, cloud, and collaboration tools. Over 80 of the Fortune 100, 10,000 large enterprises, and millions of smaller organizations trust Proofpoint to stop threats, prevent data loss, and build resilience across their people and AI workflows. Our mission is simple: safeguard the digital world and empower people to work securely and confidently. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
How We Work
At Proofpoint you'll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity guided by our BRAVE core values:
Bold in how we dream and innovate führt; nd for clarity,
Responsive to feedback, challenges and opportunities
Accountable for results and best in class outcomes
Visionary in future focused problem‑solving
Exceptional in execution and impact
The Role
Proofpoint is looking for a self‑starting, responsible, action‑oriented, and highly motivated individual to join our growing field services team. The mission of the CustomerSuccessManager is to ensure that our customers realize the full value of the products and services they have purchased from Proofpoint, ultimately maximizing renewals. This is a customer‑centric role in a fast‑paced environment that demands interaction with enterprises at senior levels, as well as with technical staff within the traditional IT and Security organization. Successful candidates will have excellent communication skills with a proven track record of successfully interacting with customers regarding business and technical interests alike; a strong technical foundation, especially related to email security; substantial experience driving concurrent projects and issues to completion with little direction, and a passion for ensuring a world class customer experience.
Your day to day
Driveision high levels of customersuccess through post‑sales customer engagements, maintaining a strong sense of ownership over customer outcomes.
Be a relentless advocate for your customers إع into the Product Management, Engineering and internal teams to improve the product and help ensure that Proofpoint deployments are successful.
Independently provide ongoing and proactive vision and guidance regarding data security initiatives to assigned Proofpoint customers.
Provide guidance and advice to onboarding customers about how best to utilize Proofpoint resources including their purchased solutions, support options, training offerings and other Proofpoint services.
Meet regularly with customers to review product adoption and health, issues, upcoming releases, and other initiatives. Develop a thorough understanding of a typical customer's business and security needs by industry, providing proactive recommendations that support the customer's priorities.
Contribute to functional groups from areas AMP… from Product Management to Professional Services to help address underlying causes of churn and dissatisfaction.
What You Bring to the team
Preferred: 4‑year college degree in a business area, technical area or equivalent.
7+ years of related industry experience in professional services, sales engineering, senior support engineering, or other customer‑facing roles with exposure to multiple technology areas.
Understand and demonstrate customersuccess principles and behavior.
Must be able to articulate customer business requirements and serve as the customer voice internally.
Working knowledge of email security and networking concepts and frameworks.
Working knowledge of cloud technologies, web services, operating systems, and common technical architecture.
Ability to effectively work in a team environment as well as independently.
Excellent communication skills, phone manner, and meeting presence within all levels of the customer's organization.
Project and/or program management skills and high attention to detail.
Ability to think innovatively, strategically and deliver tactically.
Ability to work independently, adapt quickly, and maintain a positive attitude in challenging situations.
\ разг) Why Proofpoint?
Competitive compensation.
Comprehensive benefits.
Career success on your terms.
Flexible work environment.
Annual wellness and community outreach days.
Always on recognition for your contributions.
Global collaboration and networking opportunities.
Our Culture
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success‑every day, for everyone.
We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com .
How to Apply
Interested? Submit your application along with any supporting information‑we can't wait to hear from you!
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Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer; we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.
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$125k-169k yearly est. 3d ago
Sr. Customer Success Manager
Proofpoint 4.7
Irvine, CA jobs
About Us: We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
How We Work:
At Proofpoint, you'll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity, guided by our BRAVE core values: Bold in how we dream and innovate, Responsive to feedback, challenges, and opportunities, Accountable for results and best-in-class outcomes, Visionary in future-focused problem-solving, Exceptional in execution and impact.
**The Role**
Proofpoint is looking for a self-starting, responsible, action-oriented, and self-motivated individual to join our growing field services team. The mission of the Senior CustomerSuccessManager is to ensure that our customers realize the full value of the products and services they have purchased from Proofpoint, ultimately maximizing renewals and add-on transactions. This is a post sales, customer-centric role in a fast-paced environment that demands interaction with enterprises at senior levels, as well as with technical staff within the traditional IT and Security organization. Successful candidates will have outstanding communication skills with a proven track record of successfully interacting with customers regarding business and technical interests alike; a strong technical background, especially related to cybersecurity; extensive experience driving concurrent projects and issues to completion with little or no direction, and above all a passion for ensuring a world class customer experience.
**Your day-to-day**
+ Guide customers through each phase of their Proofpoint journey, serving as a trusted advisor through specific activities aimed at providing realized value from their partnership with us.
+ Create and maintain CustomerSuccess Plans (CSP) for each of your customers that align with their strategic goals and leverages language meaningful to them. Secure approval from your customers' decision makers on the CSP's content and timeline.
+ Meet regularly with customers for health checks to review product adoption and provide them with specific, actionable guidance on how they can get more value from what they already own.
+ Be a relentless advocate for customers to help ensure that Proofpoint deployments are successful. Consistently gather feedback to identify trends and acting as the voice of the customer, provide that structured feedback to product management.
+ Identify At Risk customers that are not achieving their desired outcome and as needed, lead cross-functional efforts to get those customers back on track.
+ Engage appropriate team members from cross functional groups such as Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Support, and Professional Services to help address underlying causes of churn and dissatisfaction.
+ Learn and document your customers' environment to ensure their success with the current tech stack and identify opportunities for new solutions to address their pain points or help them exploit new markets.
**What you bring to the team**
+ 4-year college degree in a business area, technical area or equivalent
+ 5 to 10+ years of industry leadership experience in a customersuccess, sales engineer, senior support engineer, or other customer facing role with exposure to multiple technology areas
+ Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of customersuccess principles and the rationale for the related behavior
+ Current knowledge of Proofpoint products or similar and proven curiosity to learn configure flagship products in best practice.
+ Must be able to articulate customer business requirements and serve as the customer voice internally, even anticipating customer needs based on common scenarios experienced
+ Demonstrate a high level of engagement with customers and colleagues, managing interactions in a professional manner with a focus on achieving mutual positive results
+ Proven ability to influence colleagues and customers to act in high impact situations.
+ Extensive knowledge of data communication concepts and technologies, specifically email, networking, and enterprise security
+ Current knowledge of cybersecurity solutions and productivity suites.
+ Proven ability to effectively lead in a team environment as well as independently pioneer new processes for your team
+ Ability to identify company needs for customer initiatives and lead those initiatives across internal teams, as appropriate
+ Excellent communication skills, phone manner, and meeting presence with all levels of customer leadership
+ Evidence of pristine documentation, executive communications, white papers, etc.
+ Strong project and/or program management skills and high attention to detail, with a solid understanding of project management methodologies
+ Ability to think innovatively, strategically and deliver tactically. Evidence of strategic and tactical success like contributing to successful projects and demonstrating scale of new initiatives
+ Ability to work independently, ability to adapt quickly, positive attitude
+ Travel: Moderate travel (25%+)
Why Proofpoint? At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you'll love working with us:
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits
- Learning & Development: We are committed to the growth and development of our team members, offering a range of programs including leadership and professional development workshops, stretch project assignments, and mentoring opportunities to help employees reach their full potential.
- Flexible work environment: [Remote options, hybrid schedules, flexible hours, etc.].
- Annual wellness and community outreach days
- Always on recognition for your contributions
- Global collaboration and networking opportunities
Our Culture:
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com . How to Apply Interested? Submit your application here ********************************************* . We can't wait to hear from you!
Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.
We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
Our BRAVE Values:
At Proofpoint, we are BRAVE in everything we do, and our values aren't just words-they shape how we work, collaborate, and grow.
We seek people who are bold enough to challenge the status quo, responsive in the face of ever-evolving threats, and accountable for delivering real impact.
We value those with a visionary mindset who anticipate what's next and push cybersecurity forward, and we celebrate exceptional execution that ensures we continue to defend data and protect people.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
Find your network, your allies, and your biggest fans. We know that work is simply better when you're surrounded by people who inspire you-who share ideas, cheer you on, and genuinely want to see you succeed. That's why we offer social circles, sponsored networks, and connection points across teams and time zones-to help you find your people, build your community, and thrive together.
This isn't just a job-it's a mission to protect people and defend data in a world that never slows down. We're building the future of human-centric cybersecurity, and that future belongs to all of us. We take ownership, move fast, and hold ourselves accountable-because that's what it takes to stay ahead. And we do it together, winning as one.
Be empowered to reach your full potential through meaningful challenges and personalized support-designed around you and your goals. Whether you're growing as a leader or leveling up from great to exceptional as an individual contributor, we're here to help you get there.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
$119k-164k yearly est. 31d ago
Sr Expert, Customer Success Manager
Proofpoint 4.7
Irvine, CA jobs
**About Us:** Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity. We protect how people, data, and AI agents connect across email, cloud, and collaboration tools. Over 80 of the Fortune 100, 10,000 large enterprises, and millions of smaller organizations trust Proofpoint to stop threats, prevent data loss, and build resilience across their people and AI workflows. Our mission is simple: safeguard the digital world and empower people to work securely and confidently. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
**How We Work:**
At Proofpoint you'll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity guided by our BRAVE core values:
**Bold** in how we dream and innovate
**Responsive** to feedback, challenges and opportunities
**Accountable** for results and best in class outcomes
**Visionary** in future focused problem-solving
**Exceptional** in execution and impact
**The Role**
Proofpoint is looking for a self-starting, responsible, action-oriented, and highly motivated individual to join our growing field services team. The mission of the CustomerSuccessManager is to ensure that our customers realize the full value of the products and services they have purchased from Proofpoint, ultimately maximizing renewals. This is a customer-centric role in a fast-paced environment that demands interaction with enterprises at senior levels, as well as with technical staff within the traditional IT and Security organization. Successful candidates will have excellent communication skills with a proven track record of successfully interacting with customers regarding business and technical interests alike; a strong technical foundation, especially related to email security; substantial experience driving concurrent projects and issues to completion with little direction, and a passion for ensuring a world class customer experience.
**Your day to day**
+ Drive high levels of customersuccess through post sales customer engagements, maintaining a strong sense of ownership over customer outcomes
+ Be a relentless advocate for your customers into the Product Management, Engineering and internal teams to improve the product and help ensure that Proofpoint deployments are successful.
+ Independently provide ongoing and proactive vision and guidance regarding data security initiatives to assigned Proofpoint customers.
+ Provide guidance and advice to onboarding customers about how best to utilize Proofpoint resources including their purchased solutions, support options, training offerings and other Proofpoint services.
+ Meet regularly with customers to review product adoption and health, issues, upcoming releases, and other initiatives. Develop a thorough understanding of a typical customer's business and security needs by industry, providing proactive recommendations that support the customer's priorities.
+ Contribute to functional groups from areas such as Product Management, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Support, and Professional Services to help address underlying causes of churn and dissatisfaction.
**What You Bring to the team**
+ Preferred: 4-year college degree in a business area, technical area or equivalent
+ 7 + years of related industry experience in professional services, sales engineering, senior support engineering, or other customer facing roles with exposure to multiple technology areas
+ Understand and demonstrate customersuccess principles and behavior
+ Must be able to articulate customer business requirements and serve as the customer voice internally
+ Working knowledge of email security and networking concepts and frameworks
+ Working knowledge of cloud technologies, web services, operating systems, and common technical architecture
+ Ability to effectively work in a team environment as well as independently
+ Excellent communication skills, phone manner, and meeting presence within all levels of the customer's organization
+ Project and/or program management skills and high attention to detail
+ Ability to think innovatively, strategically and deliver tactically
+ Ability to work independently, to adapt quickly, and to maintain a positive attitude in challenging situations
**Why Proofpoint?**
At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you'll love working with us:
+ Competitive compensation
+ Comprehensive benefits
+ Career success on your terms
+ Flexible work environment
+ Annual wellness and community outreach days
+ Always on recognition for your contributions
+ Global collaboration and networking opportunities
**Our Culture:**
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone.
We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com .
**How to Apply**
Interested? Submit your application along with any supporting information- we can't wait to hear from you!
Consistent with Proofpoint values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets as set out below. Pay within these ranges varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. The range provided may represent a candidate range and may not reflect the full range for an individual tenured employee. This role may be eligible for variable compensation and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package, including flexible time off, a comprehensive well-being program with two paid Wellbeing Days and two paid Volunteer Days per year, plus a three-week Work from Anywhere option.
**Base Pay Ranges:**
SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:
Base Pay Range: 0.00 - 0.00 USD
California (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:
Base Pay Range: 0.00 - 0.00 USD
All other cities and states excluding those listed above:
Base Pay Range: 0.00 - 0.00 USD
Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.
We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
Our BRAVE Values:
At Proofpoint, we are BRAVE in everything we do, and our values aren't just words-they shape how we work, collaborate, and grow.
We seek people who are bold enough to challenge the status quo, responsive in the face of ever-evolving threats, and accountable for delivering real impact.
We value those with a visionary mindset who anticipate what's next and push cybersecurity forward, and we celebrate exceptional execution that ensures we continue to defend data and protect people.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
Find your network, your allies, and your biggest fans. We know that work is simply better when you're surrounded by people who inspire you-who share ideas, cheer you on, and genuinely want to see you succeed. That's why we offer social circles, sponsored networks, and connection points across teams and time zones-to help you find your people, build your community, and thrive together.
This isn't just a job-it's a mission to protect people and defend data in a world that never slows down. We're building the future of human-centric cybersecurity, and that future belongs to all of us. We take ownership, move fast, and hold ourselves accountable-because that's what it takes to stay ahead. And we do it together, winning as one.
Be empowered to reach your full potential through meaningful challenges and personalized support-designed around you and your goals. Whether you're growing as a leader or leveling up from great to exceptional as an individual contributor, we're here to help you get there.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
$119k-164k yearly est. 4d ago
Sr. Customer Success Manager
Proofpoint 4.7
Sacramento, CA jobs
About Us: We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
How We Work:
At Proofpoint, you'll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity, guided by our BRAVE core values: Bold in how we dream and innovate, Responsive to feedback, challenges, and opportunities, Accountable for results and best-in-class outcomes, Visionary in future-focused problem-solving, Exceptional in execution and impact.
**The Role**
Proofpoint is looking for a self-starting, responsible, action-oriented, and self-motivated individual to join our growing field services team. The mission of the Senior CustomerSuccessManager is to ensure that our customers realize the full value of the products and services they have purchased from Proofpoint, ultimately maximizing renewals and add-on transactions. This is a post sales, customer-centric role in a fast-paced environment that demands interaction with enterprises at senior levels, as well as with technical staff within the traditional IT and Security organization. Successful candidates will have outstanding communication skills with a proven track record of successfully interacting with customers regarding business and technical interests alike; a strong technical background, especially related to cybersecurity; extensive experience driving concurrent projects and issues to completion with little or no direction, and above all a passion for ensuring a world class customer experience.
**Your day-to-day**
+ Guide customers through each phase of their Proofpoint journey, serving as a trusted advisor through specific activities aimed at providing realized value from their partnership with us.
+ Create and maintain CustomerSuccess Plans (CSP) for each of your customers that align with their strategic goals and leverages language meaningful to them. Secure approval from your customers' decision makers on the CSP's content and timeline.
+ Meet regularly with customers for health checks to review product adoption and provide them with specific, actionable guidance on how they can get more value from what they already own.
+ Be a relentless advocate for customers to help ensure that Proofpoint deployments are successful. Consistently gather feedback to identify trends and acting as the voice of the customer, provide that structured feedback to product management.
+ Identify At Risk customers that are not achieving their desired outcome and as needed, lead cross-functional efforts to get those customers back on track.
+ Engage appropriate team members from cross functional groups such as Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Support, and Professional Services to help address underlying causes of churn and dissatisfaction.
+ Learn and document your customers' environment to ensure their success with the current tech stack and identify opportunities for new solutions to address their pain points or help them exploit new markets.
**What you bring to the team**
+ 4-year college degree in a business area, technical area or equivalent
+ 5 to 10+ years of industry leadership experience in a customersuccess, sales engineer, senior support engineer, or other customer facing role with exposure to multiple technology areas
+ Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of customersuccess principles and the rationale for the related behavior
+ Current knowledge of Proofpoint products or similar and proven curiosity to learn configure flagship products in best practice.
+ Must be able to articulate customer business requirements and serve as the customer voice internally, even anticipating customer needs based on common scenarios experienced
+ Demonstrate a high level of engagement with customers and colleagues, managing interactions in a professional manner with a focus on achieving mutual positive results
+ Proven ability to influence colleagues and customers to act in high impact situations.
+ Extensive knowledge of data communication concepts and technologies, specifically email, networking, and enterprise security
+ Current knowledge of cybersecurity solutions and productivity suites.
+ Proven ability to effectively lead in a team environment as well as independently pioneer new processes for your team
+ Ability to identify company needs for customer initiatives and lead those initiatives across internal teams, as appropriate
+ Excellent communication skills, phone manner, and meeting presence with all levels of customer leadership
+ Evidence of pristine documentation, executive communications, white papers, etc.
+ Strong project and/or program management skills and high attention to detail, with a solid understanding of project management methodologies
+ Ability to think innovatively, strategically and deliver tactically. Evidence of strategic and tactical success like contributing to successful projects and demonstrating scale of new initiatives
+ Ability to work independently, ability to adapt quickly, positive attitude
+ Travel: Moderate travel (25%+)
Why Proofpoint? At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you'll love working with us:
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits
- Learning & Development: We are committed to the growth and development of our team members, offering a range of programs including leadership and professional development workshops, stretch project assignments, and mentoring opportunities to help employees reach their full potential.
- Flexible work environment: [Remote options, hybrid schedules, flexible hours, etc.].
- Annual wellness and community outreach days
- Always on recognition for your contributions
- Global collaboration and networking opportunities
Our Culture:
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com . How to Apply Interested? Submit your application here ********************************************* . We can't wait to hear from you!
Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.
We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
Our BRAVE Values:
At Proofpoint, we are BRAVE in everything we do, and our values aren't just words-they shape how we work, collaborate, and grow.
We seek people who are bold enough to challenge the status quo, responsive in the face of ever-evolving threats, and accountable for delivering real impact.
We value those with a visionary mindset who anticipate what's next and push cybersecurity forward, and we celebrate exceptional execution that ensures we continue to defend data and protect people.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
Find your network, your allies, and your biggest fans. We know that work is simply better when you're surrounded by people who inspire you-who share ideas, cheer you on, and genuinely want to see you succeed. That's why we offer social circles, sponsored networks, and connection points across teams and time zones-to help you find your people, build your community, and thrive together.
This isn't just a job-it's a mission to protect people and defend data in a world that never slows down. We're building the future of human-centric cybersecurity, and that future belongs to all of us. We take ownership, move fast, and hold ourselves accountable-because that's what it takes to stay ahead. And we do it together, winning as one.
Be empowered to reach your full potential through meaningful challenges and personalized support-designed around you and your goals. Whether you're growing as a leader or leveling up from great to exceptional as an individual contributor, we're here to help you get there.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
$125k-169k yearly est. 31d ago
Sr Expert, Customer Success Manager
Proofpoint 4.7
Sacramento, CA jobs
**About Us:** Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity. We protect how people, data, and AI agents connect across email, cloud, and collaboration tools. Over 80 of the Fortune 100, 10,000 large enterprises, and millions of smaller organizations trust Proofpoint to stop threats, prevent data loss, and build resilience across their people and AI workflows. Our mission is simple: safeguard the digital world and empower people to work securely and confidently. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
**How We Work:**
At Proofpoint you'll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity guided by our BRAVE core values:
**Bold** in how we dream and innovate
**Responsive** to feedback, challenges and opportunities
**Accountable** for results and best in class outcomes
**Visionary** in future focused problem-solving
**Exceptional** in execution and impact
**The Role**
Proofpoint is looking for a self-starting, responsible, action-oriented, and highly motivated individual to join our growing field services team. The mission of the CustomerSuccessManager is to ensure that our customers realize the full value of the products and services they have purchased from Proofpoint, ultimately maximizing renewals. This is a customer-centric role in a fast-paced environment that demands interaction with enterprises at senior levels, as well as with technical staff within the traditional IT and Security organization. Successful candidates will have excellent communication skills with a proven track record of successfully interacting with customers regarding business and technical interests alike; a strong technical foundation, especially related to email security; substantial experience driving concurrent projects and issues to completion with little direction, and a passion for ensuring a world class customer experience.
**Your day to day**
+ Drive high levels of customersuccess through post sales customer engagements, maintaining a strong sense of ownership over customer outcomes
+ Be a relentless advocate for your customers into the Product Management, Engineering and internal teams to improve the product and help ensure that Proofpoint deployments are successful.
+ Independently provide ongoing and proactive vision and guidance regarding data security initiatives to assigned Proofpoint customers.
+ Provide guidance and advice to onboarding customers about how best to utilize Proofpoint resources including their purchased solutions, support options, training offerings and other Proofpoint services.
+ Meet regularly with customers to review product adoption and health, issues, upcoming releases, and other initiatives. Develop a thorough understanding of a typical customer's business and security needs by industry, providing proactive recommendations that support the customer's priorities.
+ Contribute to functional groups from areas such as Product Management, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Support, and Professional Services to help address underlying causes of churn and dissatisfaction.
**What You Bring to the team**
+ Preferred: 4-year college degree in a business area, technical area or equivalent
+ 7 + years of related industry experience in professional services, sales engineering, senior support engineering, or other customer facing roles with exposure to multiple technology areas
+ Understand and demonstrate customersuccess principles and behavior
+ Must be able to articulate customer business requirements and serve as the customer voice internally
+ Working knowledge of email security and networking concepts and frameworks
+ Working knowledge of cloud technologies, web services, operating systems, and common technical architecture
+ Ability to effectively work in a team environment as well as independently
+ Excellent communication skills, phone manner, and meeting presence within all levels of the customer's organization
+ Project and/or program management skills and high attention to detail
+ Ability to think innovatively, strategically and deliver tactically
+ Ability to work independently, to adapt quickly, and to maintain a positive attitude in challenging situations
**Why Proofpoint?**
At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you'll love working with us:
+ Competitive compensation
+ Comprehensive benefits
+ Career success on your terms
+ Flexible work environment
+ Annual wellness and community outreach days
+ Always on recognition for your contributions
+ Global collaboration and networking opportunities
**Our Culture:**
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone.
We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com .
**How to Apply**
Interested? Submit your application along with any supporting information- we can't wait to hear from you!
Consistent with Proofpoint values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets as set out below. Pay within these ranges varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. The range provided may represent a candidate range and may not reflect the full range for an individual tenured employee. This role may be eligible for variable compensation and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package, including flexible time off, a comprehensive well-being program with two paid Wellbeing Days and two paid Volunteer Days per year, plus a three-week Work from Anywhere option.
**Base Pay Ranges:**
SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:
Base Pay Range: 0.00 - 0.00 USD
California (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:
Base Pay Range: 0.00 - 0.00 USD
All other cities and states excluding those listed above:
Base Pay Range: 0.00 - 0.00 USD
Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.
We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
Our BRAVE Values:
At Proofpoint, we are BRAVE in everything we do, and our values aren't just words-they shape how we work, collaborate, and grow.
We seek people who are bold enough to challenge the status quo, responsive in the face of ever-evolving threats, and accountable for delivering real impact.
We value those with a visionary mindset who anticipate what's next and push cybersecurity forward, and we celebrate exceptional execution that ensures we continue to defend data and protect people.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
Find your network, your allies, and your biggest fans. We know that work is simply better when you're surrounded by people who inspire you-who share ideas, cheer you on, and genuinely want to see you succeed. That's why we offer social circles, sponsored networks, and connection points across teams and time zones-to help you find your people, build your community, and thrive together.
This isn't just a job-it's a mission to protect people and defend data in a world that never slows down. We're building the future of human-centric cybersecurity, and that future belongs to all of us. We take ownership, move fast, and hold ourselves accountable-because that's what it takes to stay ahead. And we do it together, winning as one.
Be empowered to reach your full potential through meaningful challenges and personalized support-designed around you and your goals. Whether you're growing as a leader or leveling up from great to exceptional as an individual contributor, we're here to help you get there.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
$125k-169k yearly est. 4d ago
Sr. Customer Success Manager
Proofpoint 4.7
San Diego, CA jobs
About Us: We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
How We Work:
At Proofpoint, you'll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity, guided by our BRAVE core values: Bold in how we dream and innovate, Responsive to feedback, challenges, and opportunities, Accountable for results and best-in-class outcomes, Visionary in future-focused problem-solving, Exceptional in execution and impact.
**The Role**
Proofpoint is looking for a self-starting, responsible, action-oriented, and self-motivated individual to join our growing field services team. The mission of the Senior CustomerSuccessManager is to ensure that our customers realize the full value of the products and services they have purchased from Proofpoint, ultimately maximizing renewals and add-on transactions. This is a post sales, customer-centric role in a fast-paced environment that demands interaction with enterprises at senior levels, as well as with technical staff within the traditional IT and Security organization. Successful candidates will have outstanding communication skills with a proven track record of successfully interacting with customers regarding business and technical interests alike; a strong technical background, especially related to cybersecurity; extensive experience driving concurrent projects and issues to completion with little or no direction, and above all a passion for ensuring a world class customer experience.
**Your day-to-day**
+ Guide customers through each phase of their Proofpoint journey, serving as a trusted advisor through specific activities aimed at providing realized value from their partnership with us.
+ Create and maintain CustomerSuccess Plans (CSP) for each of your customers that align with their strategic goals and leverages language meaningful to them. Secure approval from your customers' decision makers on the CSP's content and timeline.
+ Meet regularly with customers for health checks to review product adoption and provide them with specific, actionable guidance on how they can get more value from what they already own.
+ Be a relentless advocate for customers to help ensure that Proofpoint deployments are successful. Consistently gather feedback to identify trends and acting as the voice of the customer, provide that structured feedback to product management.
+ Identify At Risk customers that are not achieving their desired outcome and as needed, lead cross-functional efforts to get those customers back on track.
+ Engage appropriate team members from cross functional groups such as Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Support, and Professional Services to help address underlying causes of churn and dissatisfaction.
+ Learn and document your customers' environment to ensure their success with the current tech stack and identify opportunities for new solutions to address their pain points or help them exploit new markets.
**What you bring to the team**
+ 4-year college degree in a business area, technical area or equivalent
+ 5 to 10+ years of industry leadership experience in a customersuccess, sales engineer, senior support engineer, or other customer facing role with exposure to multiple technology areas
+ Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of customersuccess principles and the rationale for the related behavior
+ Current knowledge of Proofpoint products or similar and proven curiosity to learn configure flagship products in best practice.
+ Must be able to articulate customer business requirements and serve as the customer voice internally, even anticipating customer needs based on common scenarios experienced
+ Demonstrate a high level of engagement with customers and colleagues, managing interactions in a professional manner with a focus on achieving mutual positive results
+ Proven ability to influence colleagues and customers to act in high impact situations.
+ Extensive knowledge of data communication concepts and technologies, specifically email, networking, and enterprise security
+ Current knowledge of cybersecurity solutions and productivity suites.
+ Proven ability to effectively lead in a team environment as well as independently pioneer new processes for your team
+ Ability to identify company needs for customer initiatives and lead those initiatives across internal teams, as appropriate
+ Excellent communication skills, phone manner, and meeting presence with all levels of customer leadership
+ Evidence of pristine documentation, executive communications, white papers, etc.
+ Strong project and/or program management skills and high attention to detail, with a solid understanding of project management methodologies
+ Ability to think innovatively, strategically and deliver tactically. Evidence of strategic and tactical success like contributing to successful projects and demonstrating scale of new initiatives
+ Ability to work independently, ability to adapt quickly, positive attitude
+ Travel: Moderate travel (25%+)
Why Proofpoint? At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you'll love working with us:
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits
- Learning & Development: We are committed to the growth and development of our team members, offering a range of programs including leadership and professional development workshops, stretch project assignments, and mentoring opportunities to help employees reach their full potential.
- Flexible work environment: [Remote options, hybrid schedules, flexible hours, etc.].
- Annual wellness and community outreach days
- Always on recognition for your contributions
- Global collaboration and networking opportunities
Our Culture:
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com . How to Apply Interested? Submit your application here ********************************************* . We can't wait to hear from you!
Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.
We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
Our BRAVE Values:
At Proofpoint, we are BRAVE in everything we do, and our values aren't just words-they shape how we work, collaborate, and grow.
We seek people who are bold enough to challenge the status quo, responsive in the face of ever-evolving threats, and accountable for delivering real impact.
We value those with a visionary mindset who anticipate what's next and push cybersecurity forward, and we celebrate exceptional execution that ensures we continue to defend data and protect people.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
Find your network, your allies, and your biggest fans. We know that work is simply better when you're surrounded by people who inspire you-who share ideas, cheer you on, and genuinely want to see you succeed. That's why we offer social circles, sponsored networks, and connection points across teams and time zones-to help you find your people, build your community, and thrive together.
This isn't just a job-it's a mission to protect people and defend data in a world that never slows down. We're building the future of human-centric cybersecurity, and that future belongs to all of us. We take ownership, move fast, and hold ourselves accountable-because that's what it takes to stay ahead. And we do it together, winning as one.
Be empowered to reach your full potential through meaningful challenges and personalized support-designed around you and your goals. Whether you're growing as a leader or leveling up from great to exceptional as an individual contributor, we're here to help you get there.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
$116k-160k yearly est. 31d ago
Sr Expert, Customer Success Manager
Proofpoint 4.7
San Diego, CA jobs
**About Us:** Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity. We protect how people, data, and AI agents connect across email, cloud, and collaboration tools. Over 80 of the Fortune 100, 10,000 large enterprises, and millions of smaller organizations trust Proofpoint to stop threats, prevent data loss, and build resilience across their people and AI workflows. Our mission is simple: safeguard the digital world and empower people to work securely and confidently. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
**How We Work:**
At Proofpoint you'll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity guided by our BRAVE core values:
**Bold** in how we dream and innovate
**Responsive** to feedback, challenges and opportunities
**Accountable** for results and best in class outcomes
**Visionary** in future focused problem-solving
**Exceptional** in execution and impact
**The Role**
Proofpoint is looking for a self-starting, responsible, action-oriented, and highly motivated individual to join our growing field services team. The mission of the CustomerSuccessManager is to ensure that our customers realize the full value of the products and services they have purchased from Proofpoint, ultimately maximizing renewals. This is a customer-centric role in a fast-paced environment that demands interaction with enterprises at senior levels, as well as with technical staff within the traditional IT and Security organization. Successful candidates will have excellent communication skills with a proven track record of successfully interacting with customers regarding business and technical interests alike; a strong technical foundation, especially related to email security; substantial experience driving concurrent projects and issues to completion with little direction, and a passion for ensuring a world class customer experience.
**Your day to day**
+ Drive high levels of customersuccess through post sales customer engagements, maintaining a strong sense of ownership over customer outcomes
+ Be a relentless advocate for your customers into the Product Management, Engineering and internal teams to improve the product and help ensure that Proofpoint deployments are successful.
+ Independently provide ongoing and proactive vision and guidance regarding data security initiatives to assigned Proofpoint customers.
+ Provide guidance and advice to onboarding customers about how best to utilize Proofpoint resources including their purchased solutions, support options, training offerings and other Proofpoint services.
+ Meet regularly with customers to review product adoption and health, issues, upcoming releases, and other initiatives. Develop a thorough understanding of a typical customer's business and security needs by industry, providing proactive recommendations that support the customer's priorities.
+ Contribute to functional groups from areas such as Product Management, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Support, and Professional Services to help address underlying causes of churn and dissatisfaction.
**What You Bring to the team**
+ Preferred: 4-year college degree in a business area, technical area or equivalent
+ 7 + years of related industry experience in professional services, sales engineering, senior support engineering, or other customer facing roles with exposure to multiple technology areas
+ Understand and demonstrate customersuccess principles and behavior
+ Must be able to articulate customer business requirements and serve as the customer voice internally
+ Working knowledge of email security and networking concepts and frameworks
+ Working knowledge of cloud technologies, web services, operating systems, and common technical architecture
+ Ability to effectively work in a team environment as well as independently
+ Excellent communication skills, phone manner, and meeting presence within all levels of the customer's organization
+ Project and/or program management skills and high attention to detail
+ Ability to think innovatively, strategically and deliver tactically
+ Ability to work independently, to adapt quickly, and to maintain a positive attitude in challenging situations
**Why Proofpoint?**
At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you'll love working with us:
+ Competitive compensation
+ Comprehensive benefits
+ Career success on your terms
+ Flexible work environment
+ Annual wellness and community outreach days
+ Always on recognition for your contributions
+ Global collaboration and networking opportunities
**Our Culture:**
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone.
We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com .
**How to Apply**
Interested? Submit your application along with any supporting information- we can't wait to hear from you!
Consistent with Proofpoint values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets as set out below. Pay within these ranges varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. The range provided may represent a candidate range and may not reflect the full range for an individual tenured employee. This role may be eligible for variable compensation and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package, including flexible time off, a comprehensive well-being program with two paid Wellbeing Days and two paid Volunteer Days per year, plus a three-week Work from Anywhere option.
**Base Pay Ranges:**
SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:
Base Pay Range: 0.00 - 0.00 USD
California (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:
Base Pay Range: 0.00 - 0.00 USD
All other cities and states excluding those listed above:
Base Pay Range: 0.00 - 0.00 USD
Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.
We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
Our BRAVE Values:
At Proofpoint, we are BRAVE in everything we do, and our values aren't just words-they shape how we work, collaborate, and grow.
We seek people who are bold enough to challenge the status quo, responsive in the face of ever-evolving threats, and accountable for delivering real impact.
We value those with a visionary mindset who anticipate what's next and push cybersecurity forward, and we celebrate exceptional execution that ensures we continue to defend data and protect people.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
Find your network, your allies, and your biggest fans. We know that work is simply better when you're surrounded by people who inspire you-who share ideas, cheer you on, and genuinely want to see you succeed. That's why we offer social circles, sponsored networks, and connection points across teams and time zones-to help you find your people, build your community, and thrive together.
This isn't just a job-it's a mission to protect people and defend data in a world that never slows down. We're building the future of human-centric cybersecurity, and that future belongs to all of us. We take ownership, move fast, and hold ourselves accountable-because that's what it takes to stay ahead. And we do it together, winning as one.
Be empowered to reach your full potential through meaningful challenges and personalized support-designed around you and your goals. Whether you're growing as a leader or leveling up from great to exceptional as an individual contributor, we're here to help you get there.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
$116k-160k yearly est. 4d ago
Sr. Customer Success Manager
Proofpoint 4.7
San Francisco, CA jobs
About Us: We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
How We Work:
At Proofpoint, you'll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity, guided by our BRAVE core values: Bold in how we dream and innovate, Responsive to feedback, challenges, and opportunities, Accountable for results and best-in-class outcomes, Visionary in future-focused problem-solving, Exceptional in execution and impact.
**The Role**
Proofpoint is looking for a self-starting, responsible, action-oriented, and self-motivated individual to join our growing field services team. The mission of the Senior CustomerSuccessManager is to ensure that our customers realize the full value of the products and services they have purchased from Proofpoint, ultimately maximizing renewals and add-on transactions. This is a post sales, customer-centric role in a fast-paced environment that demands interaction with enterprises at senior levels, as well as with technical staff within the traditional IT and Security organization. Successful candidates will have outstanding communication skills with a proven track record of successfully interacting with customers regarding business and technical interests alike; a strong technical background, especially related to cybersecurity; extensive experience driving concurrent projects and issues to completion with little or no direction, and above all a passion for ensuring a world class customer experience.
**Your day-to-day**
+ Guide customers through each phase of their Proofpoint journey, serving as a trusted advisor through specific activities aimed at providing realized value from their partnership with us.
+ Create and maintain CustomerSuccess Plans (CSP) for each of your customers that align with their strategic goals and leverages language meaningful to them. Secure approval from your customers' decision makers on the CSP's content and timeline.
+ Meet regularly with customers for health checks to review product adoption and provide them with specific, actionable guidance on how they can get more value from what they already own.
+ Be a relentless advocate for customers to help ensure that Proofpoint deployments are successful. Consistently gather feedback to identify trends and acting as the voice of the customer, provide that structured feedback to product management.
+ Identify At Risk customers that are not achieving their desired outcome and as needed, lead cross-functional efforts to get those customers back on track.
+ Engage appropriate team members from cross functional groups such as Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Support, and Professional Services to help address underlying causes of churn and dissatisfaction.
+ Learn and document your customers' environment to ensure their success with the current tech stack and identify opportunities for new solutions to address their pain points or help them exploit new markets.
**What you bring to the team**
+ 4-year college degree in a business area, technical area or equivalent
+ 5 to 10+ years of industry leadership experience in a customersuccess, sales engineer, senior support engineer, or other customer facing role with exposure to multiple technology areas
+ Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of customersuccess principles and the rationale for the related behavior
+ Current knowledge of Proofpoint products or similar and proven curiosity to learn configure flagship products in best practice.
+ Must be able to articulate customer business requirements and serve as the customer voice internally, even anticipating customer needs based on common scenarios experienced
+ Demonstrate a high level of engagement with customers and colleagues, managing interactions in a professional manner with a focus on achieving mutual positive results
+ Proven ability to influence colleagues and customers to act in high impact situations.
+ Extensive knowledge of data communication concepts and technologies, specifically email, networking, and enterprise security
+ Current knowledge of cybersecurity solutions and productivity suites.
+ Proven ability to effectively lead in a team environment as well as independently pioneer new processes for your team
+ Ability to identify company needs for customer initiatives and lead those initiatives across internal teams, as appropriate
+ Excellent communication skills, phone manner, and meeting presence with all levels of customer leadership
+ Evidence of pristine documentation, executive communications, white papers, etc.
+ Strong project and/or program management skills and high attention to detail, with a solid understanding of project management methodologies
+ Ability to think innovatively, strategically and deliver tactically. Evidence of strategic and tactical success like contributing to successful projects and demonstrating scale of new initiatives
+ Ability to work independently, ability to adapt quickly, positive attitude
+ Travel: Moderate travel (25%+)
Why Proofpoint? At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you'll love working with us:
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits
- Learning & Development: We are committed to the growth and development of our team members, offering a range of programs including leadership and professional development workshops, stretch project assignments, and mentoring opportunities to help employees reach their full potential.
- Flexible work environment: [Remote options, hybrid schedules, flexible hours, etc.].
- Annual wellness and community outreach days
- Always on recognition for your contributions
- Global collaboration and networking opportunities
Our Culture:
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com . How to Apply Interested? Submit your application here ********************************************* . We can't wait to hear from you!
Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.
We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
Our BRAVE Values:
At Proofpoint, we are BRAVE in everything we do, and our values aren't just words-they shape how we work, collaborate, and grow.
We seek people who are bold enough to challenge the status quo, responsive in the face of ever-evolving threats, and accountable for delivering real impact.
We value those with a visionary mindset who anticipate what's next and push cybersecurity forward, and we celebrate exceptional execution that ensures we continue to defend data and protect people.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
Find your network, your allies, and your biggest fans. We know that work is simply better when you're surrounded by people who inspire you-who share ideas, cheer you on, and genuinely want to see you succeed. That's why we offer social circles, sponsored networks, and connection points across teams and time zones-to help you find your people, build your community, and thrive together.
This isn't just a job-it's a mission to protect people and defend data in a world that never slows down. We're building the future of human-centric cybersecurity, and that future belongs to all of us. We take ownership, move fast, and hold ourselves accountable-because that's what it takes to stay ahead. And we do it together, winning as one.
Be empowered to reach your full potential through meaningful challenges and personalized support-designed around you and your goals. Whether you're growing as a leader or leveling up from great to exceptional as an individual contributor, we're here to help you get there.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
$125k-169k yearly est. 31d ago
Sr. Customer Success Manager
Proofpoint 4.7
California jobs
About Us: We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
How We Work:
At Proofpoint, you'll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity, guided by our BRAVE core values: Bold in how we dream and innovate, Responsive to feedback, challenges, and opportunities, Accountable for results and best-in-class outcomes, Visionary in future-focused problem-solving, Exceptional in execution and impact.
The Role
Proofpoint is looking for a self-starting, responsible, action-oriented, and self-motivated individual to join our growing field services team. The mission of the Senior CustomerSuccessManager is to ensure that our customers realize the full value of the products and services they have purchased from Proofpoint, ultimately maximizing renewals and add-on transactions. This is a post sales, customer-centric role in a fast-paced environment that demands interaction with enterprises at senior levels, as well as with technical staff within the traditional IT and Security organization. Successful candidates will have outstanding communication skills with a proven track record of successfully interacting with customers regarding business and technical interests alike; a strong technical background, especially related to cybersecurity; extensive experience driving concurrent projects and issues to completion with little or no direction, and above all a passion for ensuring a world class customer experience.
Your day-to-day
Guide customers through each phase of their Proofpoint journey, serving as a trusted advisor through specific activities aimed at providing realized value from their partnership with us.
Create and maintain CustomerSuccess Plans (CSP) for each of your customers that align with their strategic goals and leverages language meaningful to them. Secure approval from your customers' decision makers on the CSP's content and timeline.
Meet regularly with customers for health checks to review product adoption and provide them with specific, actionable guidance on how they can get more value from what they already own.
Be a relentless advocate for customers to help ensure that Proofpoint deployments are successful. Consistently gather feedback to identify trends and acting as the voice of the customer, provide that structured feedback to product management.
Identify At Risk customers that are not achieving their desired outcome and as needed, lead cross-functional efforts to get those customers back on track.
Engage appropriate team members from cross functional groups such as Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Support, and Professional Services to help address underlying causes of churn and dissatisfaction.
Learn and document your customers' environment to ensure their success with the current tech stack and identify opportunities for new solutions to address their pain points or help them exploit new markets.
What you bring to the team
4-year college degree in a business area, technical area or equivalent
5 to 10+ years of industry leadership experience in a customersuccess, sales engineer, senior support engineer, or other customer facing role with exposure to multiple technology areas
Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of customersuccess principles and the rationale for the related behavior
Current knowledge of Proofpoint products or similar and proven curiosity to learn configure flagship products in best practice.
Must be able to articulate customer business requirements and serve as the customer voice internally, even anticipating customer needs based on common scenarios experienced
Demonstrate a high level of engagement with customers and colleagues, managing interactions in a professional manner with a focus on achieving mutual positive results
Proven ability to influence colleagues and customers to act in high impact situations.
Extensive knowledge of data communication concepts and technologies, specifically email, networking, and enterprise security
Current knowledge of cybersecurity solutions and productivity suites.
Proven ability to effectively lead in a team environment as well as independently pioneer new processes for your team
Ability to identify company needs for customer initiatives and lead those initiatives across internal teams, as appropriate
Excellent communication skills, phone manner, and meeting presence with all levels of customer leadership
Evidence of pristine documentation, executive communications, white papers, etc.
Strong project and/or program management skills and high attention to detail, with a solid understanding of project management methodologies
Ability to think innovatively, strategically and deliver tactically. Evidence of strategic and tactical success like contributing to successful projects and demonstrating scale of new initiatives
Ability to work independently, ability to adapt quickly, positive attitude
Travel: Moderate travel (25%+)
Why Proofpoint? At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you'll love working with us:
• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits
• Learning & Development: We are committed to the growth and development of our team members, offering a range of programs including leadership and professional development workshops, stretch project assignments, and mentoring opportunities to help employees reach their full potential.
• Flexible work environment: [Remote options, hybrid schedules, flexible hours, etc.].
• Annual wellness and community outreach days
• Always on recognition for your contributions
• Global collaboration and networking opportunities
Our Culture:
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com. How to Apply Interested? Submit your application here ********************************************** We can't wait to hear from you!
$121k-165k yearly est. Auto-Apply 32d ago
Sr Expert, Customer Success Manager
Proofpoint 4.7
California jobs
About Us:
Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity. We protect how people, data, and AI agents connect across email, cloud, and collaboration tools. Over 80 of the Fortune 100, 10,000 large enterprises, and millions of smaller organizations trust Proofpoint to stop threats, prevent data loss, and build resilience across their people and AI workflows. Our mission is simple: safeguard the digital world and empower people to work securely and confidently. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
How We Work:
At Proofpoint you'll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity guided by our BRAVE core values:
Bold in how we dream and innovate
Responsive to feedback, challenges and opportunities
Accountable for results and best in class outcomes
Visionary in future focused problem-solving
Exceptional in execution and impact
The Role
Proofpoint is looking for a self-starting, responsible, action-oriented, and highly motivated individual to join our growing field services team. The mission of the CustomerSuccessManager is to ensure that our customers realize the full value of the products and services they have purchased from Proofpoint, ultimately maximizing renewals. This is a customer-centric role in a fast-paced environment that demands interaction with enterprises at senior levels, as well as with technical staff within the traditional IT and Security organization. Successful candidates will have excellent communication skills with a proven track record of successfully interacting with customers regarding business and technical interests alike; a strong technical foundation, especially related to email security; substantial experience driving concurrent projects and issues to completion with little direction, and a passion for ensuring a world class customer experience.
Your day to day
Drive high levels of customersuccess through post sales customer engagements, maintaining a strong sense of ownership over customer outcomes
Be a relentless advocate for your customers into the Product Management, Engineering and internal teams to improve the product and help ensure that Proofpoint deployments are successful.
Independently provide ongoing and proactive vision and guidance regarding data security initiatives to assigned Proofpoint customers.
Provide guidance and advice to onboarding customers about how best to utilize Proofpoint resources including their purchased solutions, support options, training offerings and other Proofpoint services.
Meet regularly with customers to review product adoption and health, issues, upcoming releases, and other initiatives. Develop a thorough understanding of a typical customer's business and security needs by industry, providing proactive recommendations that support the customer's priorities.
Contribute to functional groups from areas such as Product Management, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Support, and Professional Services to help address underlying causes of churn and dissatisfaction.
What You Bring to the team
Preferred: 4-year college degree in a business area, technical area or equivalent
7 + years of related industry experience in professional services, sales engineering, senior support engineering, or other customer facing roles with exposure to multiple technology areas
Understand and demonstrate customersuccess principles and behavior
Must be able to articulate customer business requirements and serve as the customer voice internally
Working knowledge of email security and networking concepts and frameworks
Working knowledge of cloud technologies, web services, operating systems, and common technical architecture
Ability to effectively work in a team environment as well as independently
Excellent communication skills, phone manner, and meeting presence within all levels of the customer's organization
Project and/or program management skills and high attention to detail
Ability to think innovatively, strategically and deliver tactically
Ability to work independently, to adapt quickly, and to maintain a positive attitude in challenging situations
Why Proofpoint?
At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you'll love working with us:
Competitive compensation
Comprehensive benefits
Career success on your terms
Flexible work environment
Annual wellness and community outreach days
Always on recognition for your contributions
Global collaboration and networking opportunities
Our Culture:
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone.
We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com.
How to Apply
Interested? Submit your application along with any supporting information- we can't wait to hear from you!
Consistent with Proofpoint values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets as set out below. Pay within these ranges varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. The range provided may represent a candidate range and may not reflect the full range for an individual tenured employee. This role may be eligible for variable compensation and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package, including flexible time off, a comprehensive well-being program with two paid Wellbeing Days and two paid Volunteer Days per year, plus a three-week Work from Anywhere option.
Base Pay Ranges:
SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:
Base Pay Range: 0.00 - 0.00 USD
California (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:
Base Pay Range: 0.00 - 0.00 USD
All other cities and states excluding those listed above:
Base Pay Range: 0.00 - 0.00 USD
$121k-165k yearly est. Auto-Apply 3d ago
Sr Expert, Customer Success Manager
Proofpoint 4.7
Los Angeles, CA jobs
**About Us:** Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity. We protect how people, data, and AI agents connect across email, cloud, and collaboration tools. Over 80 of the Fortune 100, 10,000 large enterprises, and millions of smaller organizations trust Proofpoint to stop threats, prevent data loss, and build resilience across their people and AI workflows. Our mission is simple: safeguard the digital world and empower people to work securely and confidently. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
**How We Work:**
At Proofpoint you'll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity guided by our BRAVE core values:
**Bold** in how we dream and innovate
**Responsive** to feedback, challenges and opportunities
**Accountable** for results and best in class outcomes
**Visionary** in future focused problem-solving
**Exceptional** in execution and impact
**The Role**
Proofpoint is looking for a self-starting, responsible, action-oriented, and highly motivated individual to join our growing field services team. The mission of the CustomerSuccessManager is to ensure that our customers realize the full value of the products and services they have purchased from Proofpoint, ultimately maximizing renewals. This is a customer-centric role in a fast-paced environment that demands interaction with enterprises at senior levels, as well as with technical staff within the traditional IT and Security organization. Successful candidates will have excellent communication skills with a proven track record of successfully interacting with customers regarding business and technical interests alike; a strong technical foundation, especially related to email security; substantial experience driving concurrent projects and issues to completion with little direction, and a passion for ensuring a world class customer experience.
**Your day to day**
+ Drive high levels of customersuccess through post sales customer engagements, maintaining a strong sense of ownership over customer outcomes
+ Be a relentless advocate for your customers into the Product Management, Engineering and internal teams to improve the product and help ensure that Proofpoint deployments are successful.
+ Independently provide ongoing and proactive vision and guidance regarding data security initiatives to assigned Proofpoint customers.
+ Provide guidance and advice to onboarding customers about how best to utilize Proofpoint resources including their purchased solutions, support options, training offerings and other Proofpoint services.
+ Meet regularly with customers to review product adoption and health, issues, upcoming releases, and other initiatives. Develop a thorough understanding of a typical customer's business and security needs by industry, providing proactive recommendations that support the customer's priorities.
+ Contribute to functional groups from areas such as Product Management, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Support, and Professional Services to help address underlying causes of churn and dissatisfaction.
**What You Bring to the team**
+ Preferred: 4-year college degree in a business area, technical area or equivalent
+ 7 + years of related industry experience in professional services, sales engineering, senior support engineering, or other customer facing roles with exposure to multiple technology areas
+ Understand and demonstrate customersuccess principles and behavior
+ Must be able to articulate customer business requirements and serve as the customer voice internally
+ Working knowledge of email security and networking concepts and frameworks
+ Working knowledge of cloud technologies, web services, operating systems, and common technical architecture
+ Ability to effectively work in a team environment as well as independently
+ Excellent communication skills, phone manner, and meeting presence within all levels of the customer's organization
+ Project and/or program management skills and high attention to detail
+ Ability to think innovatively, strategically and deliver tactically
+ Ability to work independently, to adapt quickly, and to maintain a positive attitude in challenging situations
**Why Proofpoint?**
At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you'll love working with us:
+ Competitive compensation
+ Comprehensive benefits
+ Career success on your terms
+ Flexible work environment
+ Annual wellness and community outreach days
+ Always on recognition for your contributions
+ Global collaboration and networking opportunities
**Our Culture:**
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone.
We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com .
**How to Apply**
Interested? Submit your application along with any supporting information- we can't wait to hear from you!
Consistent with Proofpoint values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets as set out below. Pay within these ranges varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. The range provided may represent a candidate range and may not reflect the full range for an individual tenured employee. This role may be eligible for variable compensation and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package, including flexible time off, a comprehensive well-being program with two paid Wellbeing Days and two paid Volunteer Days per year, plus a three-week Work from Anywhere option.
**Base Pay Ranges:**
SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:
Base Pay Range: 0.00 - 0.00 USD
California (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:
Base Pay Range: 0.00 - 0.00 USD
All other cities and states excluding those listed above:
Base Pay Range: 0.00 - 0.00 USD
Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.
We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
Our BRAVE Values:
At Proofpoint, we are BRAVE in everything we do, and our values aren't just words-they shape how we work, collaborate, and grow.
We seek people who are bold enough to challenge the status quo, responsive in the face of ever-evolving threats, and accountable for delivering real impact.
We value those with a visionary mindset who anticipate what's next and push cybersecurity forward, and we celebrate exceptional execution that ensures we continue to defend data and protect people.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
Find your network, your allies, and your biggest fans. We know that work is simply better when you're surrounded by people who inspire you-who share ideas, cheer you on, and genuinely want to see you succeed. That's why we offer social circles, sponsored networks, and connection points across teams and time zones-to help you find your people, build your community, and thrive together.
This isn't just a job-it's a mission to protect people and defend data in a world that never slows down. We're building the future of human-centric cybersecurity, and that future belongs to all of us. We take ownership, move fast, and hold ourselves accountable-because that's what it takes to stay ahead. And we do it together, winning as one.
Be empowered to reach your full potential through meaningful challenges and personalized support-designed around you and your goals. Whether you're growing as a leader or leveling up from great to exceptional as an individual contributor, we're here to help you get there.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
$121k-165k yearly est. 4d ago
Sr. Customer Success Manager
Proofpoint 4.7
Los Angeles, CA jobs
About Us: We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
How We Work:
At Proofpoint, you'll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity, guided by our BRAVE core values: Bold in how we dream and innovate, Responsive to feedback, challenges, and opportunities, Accountable for results and best-in-class outcomes, Visionary in future-focused problem-solving, Exceptional in execution and impact.
**The Role**
Proofpoint is looking for a self-starting, responsible, action-oriented, and self-motivated individual to join our growing field services team. The mission of the Senior CustomerSuccessManager is to ensure that our customers realize the full value of the products and services they have purchased from Proofpoint, ultimately maximizing renewals and add-on transactions. This is a post sales, customer-centric role in a fast-paced environment that demands interaction with enterprises at senior levels, as well as with technical staff within the traditional IT and Security organization. Successful candidates will have outstanding communication skills with a proven track record of successfully interacting with customers regarding business and technical interests alike; a strong technical background, especially related to cybersecurity; extensive experience driving concurrent projects and issues to completion with little or no direction, and above all a passion for ensuring a world class customer experience.
**Your day-to-day**
+ Guide customers through each phase of their Proofpoint journey, serving as a trusted advisor through specific activities aimed at providing realized value from their partnership with us.
+ Create and maintain CustomerSuccess Plans (CSP) for each of your customers that align with their strategic goals and leverages language meaningful to them. Secure approval from your customers' decision makers on the CSP's content and timeline.
+ Meet regularly with customers for health checks to review product adoption and provide them with specific, actionable guidance on how they can get more value from what they already own.
+ Be a relentless advocate for customers to help ensure that Proofpoint deployments are successful. Consistently gather feedback to identify trends and acting as the voice of the customer, provide that structured feedback to product management.
+ Identify At Risk customers that are not achieving their desired outcome and as needed, lead cross-functional efforts to get those customers back on track.
+ Engage appropriate team members from cross functional groups such as Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Support, and Professional Services to help address underlying causes of churn and dissatisfaction.
+ Learn and document your customers' environment to ensure their success with the current tech stack and identify opportunities for new solutions to address their pain points or help them exploit new markets.
**What you bring to the team**
+ 4-year college degree in a business area, technical area or equivalent
+ 5 to 10+ years of industry leadership experience in a customersuccess, sales engineer, senior support engineer, or other customer facing role with exposure to multiple technology areas
+ Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of customersuccess principles and the rationale for the related behavior
+ Current knowledge of Proofpoint products or similar and proven curiosity to learn configure flagship products in best practice.
+ Must be able to articulate customer business requirements and serve as the customer voice internally, even anticipating customer needs based on common scenarios experienced
+ Demonstrate a high level of engagement with customers and colleagues, managing interactions in a professional manner with a focus on achieving mutual positive results
+ Proven ability to influence colleagues and customers to act in high impact situations.
+ Extensive knowledge of data communication concepts and technologies, specifically email, networking, and enterprise security
+ Current knowledge of cybersecurity solutions and productivity suites.
+ Proven ability to effectively lead in a team environment as well as independently pioneer new processes for your team
+ Ability to identify company needs for customer initiatives and lead those initiatives across internal teams, as appropriate
+ Excellent communication skills, phone manner, and meeting presence with all levels of customer leadership
+ Evidence of pristine documentation, executive communications, white papers, etc.
+ Strong project and/or program management skills and high attention to detail, with a solid understanding of project management methodologies
+ Ability to think innovatively, strategically and deliver tactically. Evidence of strategic and tactical success like contributing to successful projects and demonstrating scale of new initiatives
+ Ability to work independently, ability to adapt quickly, positive attitude
+ Travel: Moderate travel (25%+)
Why Proofpoint? At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you'll love working with us:
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits
- Learning & Development: We are committed to the growth and development of our team members, offering a range of programs including leadership and professional development workshops, stretch project assignments, and mentoring opportunities to help employees reach their full potential.
- Flexible work environment: [Remote options, hybrid schedules, flexible hours, etc.].
- Annual wellness and community outreach days
- Always on recognition for your contributions
- Global collaboration and networking opportunities
Our Culture:
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com . How to Apply Interested? Submit your application here ********************************************* . We can't wait to hear from you!
Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.
We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
Our BRAVE Values:
At Proofpoint, we are BRAVE in everything we do, and our values aren't just words-they shape how we work, collaborate, and grow.
We seek people who are bold enough to challenge the status quo, responsive in the face of ever-evolving threats, and accountable for delivering real impact.
We value those with a visionary mindset who anticipate what's next and push cybersecurity forward, and we celebrate exceptional execution that ensures we continue to defend data and protect people.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
Find your network, your allies, and your biggest fans. We know that work is simply better when you're surrounded by people who inspire you-who share ideas, cheer you on, and genuinely want to see you succeed. That's why we offer social circles, sponsored networks, and connection points across teams and time zones-to help you find your people, build your community, and thrive together.
This isn't just a job-it's a mission to protect people and defend data in a world that never slows down. We're building the future of human-centric cybersecurity, and that future belongs to all of us. We take ownership, move fast, and hold ourselves accountable-because that's what it takes to stay ahead. And we do it together, winning as one.
Be empowered to reach your full potential through meaningful challenges and personalized support-designed around you and your goals. Whether you're growing as a leader or leveling up from great to exceptional as an individual contributor, we're here to help you get there.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
$121k-165k yearly est. 31d ago
Sales Manager, Growth Account Management
Dropbox 4.8
Remote
Role Description
As the Sales Manager, Growth you bring a proven track record of leading high-performing sales teams, with at least three years of leadership experience across both transactional and enterprise customer lifecycles. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker who's also willing to get hands-on-joining calls, partnering on deal strategy, and helping reps win. They lead with a people-first, coaching-oriented approach, setting a high bar while developing talent and fostering growth. In a fast-paced tech environment, this person is agile in the face of change and thrives amid ambiguity, guiding teams with clarity and resilience.
This role requires a strong command of sales process and operational rigor, with the ability to drive team-wide consistency in pipeline management, activity, and revenue performance. The ideal candidate will be familiar with structured sales methodologies (such as MEDPPICC, Challenger or Winning by Design) and will use the methodology consistently to enable value-based, impact-driven selling. Success in this role requires a data-driven mindset-bringing precision to forecasting and balancing the dynamics of high-velocity sales with the complexities of enterprise engagement.
Responsibilities
Manage a team of growth account managers and product specialist overlays, responsible for growing revenue within an install base across both transactional and enterprise motions.
Lead with a people-first mindset, setting a high bar while developing talent through a coaching and growth-focused approach.
Set team strategic direction while also engaging directly with reps-whether on calls or in deal strategy-to drive results.
Champion leading through ambiguity, building alignment, and creating a shared sense of purpose during go-to-market transformation.
Maintain a structured approach to managing team activity, pipeline health, and revenue outcomes, ensuring consistent execution and accountability.
Display ability to incorporate and coach to sales methodologies to drive value-based selling over transactional approaches.
Leverage data to forecast accurately and inform decisions, balancing high-velocity sales environments with complex enterprise deals.
Requirements
Minimum 3 years of experience managing a high-performing sales teams with an additional 5+ years of sales closing experience tied to strategic, value driven sales
Previous exposure to navigating go-to-market transformation with a demonstrated ability to build commercial strategies that adapt to evolving product portfolios and buyer personas
Proven ability to grow, coach, and lead high-performing sales teams with accountability to quota and KPIs
Data-driven and highly analytical with strong command of Salesforce and modern sales tools including Gong, Outreach, Sales Navigator, etc.
Exceptional communicator and cross-functional collaborator capable of aligning diverse stakeholders around new strategies
Comfortable working in a virtual-first, fast-paced, and ambiguous environment
Bachelors Degree or equivalent required
Preferred Qualifications
Background working in startup or scaling tech companies
Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools in the flow of work
Experience working in several different size and stage of companies, from SMB to mid-market and enterprise level organizations.
Compensation
US Zone 1
This role is not available in Zone 1
US Zone 2$221,100-$299,100 USDUS Zone 3$196,500-$265,900 USD
$86k-127k yearly est. Auto-Apply 3d ago
Manager, Commercial Sales
Proofpoint 4.7
Sunnyvale, CA jobs
About Us: We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
How We Work:
At Proofpoint, you'll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity, guided by our BRAVE core values: Bold in how we dream and innovate, Responsive to feedback, challenges, and opportunities, Accountable for results and best-in-class outcomes, Visionary in future-focused problem-solving, Exceptional in execution and impact.
The Role
This role will lead a team of inside sales professionals driving net new business growth in the Mid-Market, Cyber-Security space. We are currently looking for a dynamic leader to lead an existing team, as well as adding new members to our already successful group. This person will be responsible for driving customer satisfaction, portfolio awareness, and ultimately net new revenue growth.
This role is a hybrid role (Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays in our Sunnyvale, CA office.)
Your day-to-day
• Guide and motivate a team of Account Executives to drive revenue growth through a positive, high-touch customer experience
• Connect Account Executives to key resources and clear roadblocks, enabling them to achieve and/or exceed their revenue goals
• Maintain a positive culture that inspires performance and achievement
• Instill and maintain a quality and integrity based sales process with respect to rep/customer interactions
• Actively engage attracting and securing top talent for our rapid growth plans
• Provide training and ongoing coaching and development to Account Executives
• Prepare and execute a thorough business plan, including planning for both current and future quarter success
• Track/report on key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Prepare and present team forecast to executive management
• Maintain internal partnerships with various business units including Sales Engineering and Marketing
• Become a perpetual student of Proofpoint products, and the ever changing CyberSecurity industry!
• May require modified work hours to cover accounts in other time zones, and occasional travel for key accounts
What you bring to the team
• Minimum 2 years of experience leading high performing inside sales or field sales teams
• Must have prior quota carrying sales experience, preferably in software or IT related technology
• Strong leadership experience, with a focus on training, coaching and motivation
• Expert knowledge of the full sales cycle, from prospecting, cold calling through to negotiation and closing
• Experience in solution sales environment, and ideally training/experience in a specific sales methodology such as MEDDIC, Challenger, SPIN Selling, et al.
• Ability to occasionally function in “Player/Coach” role and assist account executives closing deals
• Ability to provide situational coaching and advice and help guide deals to closure
• Background selling Security or SaaS products is a plus
• Technical aptitude, and ability to learn new concepts quickly
This role is a hybrid role (Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays) in our Sunnyvale, CA office.
#LI-JD1
Why Proofpoint? At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you'll love working with us:
• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits
• Learning & Development: We are committed to the growth and development of our team members, offering a range of programs including leadership and professional development workshops, stretch project assignments, and mentoring opportunities to help employees reach their full potential.
• Flexible work environment: [Remote options, hybrid schedules, flexible hours, etc.].
• Annual wellness and community outreach days
• Always on recognition for your contributions
• Global collaboration and networking opportunities
Our Culture:
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com. How to Apply Interested? Submit your application here ********************************************** We can't wait to hear from you!
$116k-147k yearly est. Auto-Apply 35d ago
Manager, Commercial Sales
Proofpoint 4.7
Sunnyvale, CA jobs
About Us: We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
How We Work:
At Proofpoint, you'll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity, guided by our BRAVE core values: Bold in how we dream and innovate, Responsive to feedback, challenges, and opportunities, Accountable for results and best-in-class outcomes, Visionary in future-focused problem-solving, Exceptional in execution and impact.
**The Role**
This role will lead a team of inside sales professionals driving net new business growth in the Mid-Market, Cyber-Security space. We are currently looking for a dynamic leader to lead an existing team, as well as adding new members to our already successful group. This person will be responsible for driving customer satisfaction, portfolio awareness, and ultimately net new revenue growth.
This role is a hybrid role (Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays in our Sunnyvale, CA office.)
**Your day-to-day**
- Guide and motivate a team of Account Executives to drive revenue growth through a positive, high-touch customer experience
- Connect Account Executives to key resources and clear roadblocks, enabling them to achieve and/or exceed their revenue goals
- Maintain a positive culture that inspires performance and achievement
- Instill and maintain a quality and integrity based sales process with respect to rep/customer interactions
- Actively engage attracting and securing top talent for our rapid growth plans
- Provide training and ongoing coaching and development to Account Executives
- Prepare and execute a thorough business plan, including planning for both current and future quarter success
- Track/report on key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Prepare and present team forecast to executive management
- Maintain internal partnerships with various business units including Sales Engineering and Marketing
- Become a perpetual student of Proofpoint products, and the ever changing CyberSecurity industry!
- May require modified work hours to cover accounts in other time zones, and occasional travel for key accounts
**What you bring to the team**
- Minimum 2 years of experience leading high performing inside sales or field sales teams
- Must have prior quota carrying sales experience, preferably in software or IT related technology
- Strong leadership experience, with a focus on training, coaching and motivation
- Expert knowledge of the full sales cycle, from prospecting, cold calling through to negotiation and closing
- Experience in solution sales environment, and ideally training/experience in a specific sales methodology such as MEDDIC, Challenger, SPIN Selling, et al.
- Ability to occasionally function in "Player/Coach" role and assist account executives closing deals
- Ability to provide situational coaching and advice and help guide deals to closure
- Background selling Security or SaaS products is a plus
- Technical aptitude, and ability to learn new concepts quickly
This role is a hybrid role (Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays) in our Sunnyvale, CA office.
\#LI-JD1
Why Proofpoint? At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you'll love working with us:
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits
- Learning & Development: We are committed to the growth and development of our team members, offering a range of programs including leadership and professional development workshops, stretch project assignments, and mentoring opportunities to help employees reach their full potential.
- Flexible work environment: [Remote options, hybrid schedules, flexible hours, etc.].
- Annual wellness and community outreach days
- Always on recognition for your contributions
- Global collaboration and networking opportunities
Our Culture:
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com . How to Apply Interested? Submit your application here ********************************************* . We can't wait to hear from you!
Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.
We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
Our BRAVE Values:
At Proofpoint, we are BRAVE in everything we do, and our values aren't just words-they shape how we work, collaborate, and grow.
We seek people who are bold enough to challenge the status quo, responsive in the face of ever-evolving threats, and accountable for delivering real impact.
We value those with a visionary mindset who anticipate what's next and push cybersecurity forward, and we celebrate exceptional execution that ensures we continue to defend data and protect people.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
Find your network, your allies, and your biggest fans. We know that work is simply better when you're surrounded by people who inspire you-who share ideas, cheer you on, and genuinely want to see you succeed. That's why we offer social circles, sponsored networks, and connection points across teams and time zones-to help you find your people, build your community, and thrive together.
This isn't just a job-it's a mission to protect people and defend data in a world that never slows down. We're building the future of human-centric cybersecurity, and that future belongs to all of us. We take ownership, move fast, and hold ourselves accountable-because that's what it takes to stay ahead. And we do it together, winning as one.
Be empowered to reach your full potential through meaningful challenges and personalized support-designed around you and your goals. Whether you're growing as a leader or leveling up from great to exceptional as an individual contributor, we're here to help you get there.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
$116k-147k yearly est. 36d ago
Named Account Manager -Mid Market- Los Angeles
Proofpoint 4.7
Sacramento, CA jobs
About Us: We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
How We Work:
At Proofpoint, you'll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity, guided by our BRAVE core values: Bold in how we dream and innovate, Responsive to feedback, challenges, and opportunities, Accountable for results and best-in-class outcomes, Visionary in future-focused problem-solving, Exceptional in execution and impact.
**Corporate Overview**
Proofpoint is the leading enterprise cybersecurity company protecting people and agentic agents from vulnerabilities and data from exfiltration. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber-attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including eighty-five of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, cloud, endpoint, social media, and the web.
We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That's why we're the leader in next-generation cybersecurity. Protection Starts with People.
**The Role**
Proofpoint is looking for a high-performing Sales professional to join their Named Account team. This person will sell to Enterprise accounts i.e. 2,500 mailboxes to approx. 6,000 mailboxes and manage 35+ Named accounts with a mix of white space and existing customers. They will work with our partner community, business development and marketing to gain access to white space accounts while upselling and cross-selling existing customers. The role will include selling the entire Proofpoint portfolio including email security, impersonation protection, security awareness training, data loss prevention, insider threat management, data security posture management, archive and compliance, while working closely with internal and external ecosystem partners. In this role, you will be able to expand the Proofpoint footprint and market leadership while protecting our customers from advanced threats and targeted attacks.
If you are looking to join a high-performing, collaborative team with a track record of success this is the team for you! Proofpoint provides opportunities for networking, ongoing professional education, and career growth.
The Named Account Manager role reports to the Named Account Sales Director. Candidate must reside in Los Angeles.
**Your day-to-day**
+ Develop and execute a path to plan with a focus on Forecast accuracy and SFDC hygiene.
+ Relentless attention to detail and a never-give-up attitude with a high level of activity i.e. customer and partner meetings with an emphasis on executive selling (CISO, CIO, CMO etc.)
+ Strong presentation skills and technical understanding of cybersecurity
+ High sales activity i.e. 6-10 customer and partner meetings per week, 6 hours of dedicated prospecting hours per week. Ability to both prospect and close business
**What you bring to the team**
+ Minimum 5 years of field sales experience selling complex cyber security solutions (or related field) and managing midmarket accounts.
+ Demonstrable track record of success.
+ Experience working with Channel Partners and selling via two-tier distribution.
+ Track record of developing complex, multi-product/multiyear proposals
+ Engaged presentations focused on customer needs while delivering overall solution value.
+ Ability to Identify customer business drivers.
+ Use case/business value selling.
+ Ability to quarterback a multitude of internal and external resources while being in tune with the different personalities and competing priorities.
**Why Proofpoint**
Protecting people is at the heart of our award-winning lineup of cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success. We're a customer-focused and driven-to-win organization with leading-edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly 'culture-add', and we strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply.
We believe in hiring the best and the brightest to help cultivate our culture of collaboration and appreciation. Apply today and explore your future at Proofpoint! #LifeAtProofpoint
\#LI-JK1
Why Proofpoint? At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you'll love working with us:
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits
- Learning & Development: We are committed to the growth and development of our team members, offering a range of programs including leadership and professional development workshops, stretch project assignments, and mentoring opportunities to help employees reach their full potential.
- Flexible work environment: [Remote options, hybrid schedules, flexible hours, etc.].
- Annual wellness and community outreach days
- Always on recognition for your contributions
- Global collaboration and networking opportunities
Our Culture:
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com . How to Apply Interested? Submit your application here ********************************************* . We can't wait to hear from you!
Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.
We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
Our BRAVE Values:
At Proofpoint, we are BRAVE in everything we do, and our values aren't just words-they shape how we work, collaborate, and grow.
We seek people who are bold enough to challenge the status quo, responsive in the face of ever-evolving threats, and accountable for delivering real impact.
We value those with a visionary mindset who anticipate what's next and push cybersecurity forward, and we celebrate exceptional execution that ensures we continue to defend data and protect people.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
Find your network, your allies, and your biggest fans. We know that work is simply better when you're surrounded by people who inspire you-who share ideas, cheer you on, and genuinely want to see you succeed. That's why we offer social circles, sponsored networks, and connection points across teams and time zones-to help you find your people, build your community, and thrive together.
This isn't just a job-it's a mission to protect people and defend data in a world that never slows down. We're building the future of human-centric cybersecurity, and that future belongs to all of us. We take ownership, move fast, and hold ourselves accountable-because that's what it takes to stay ahead. And we do it together, winning as one.
Be empowered to reach your full potential through meaningful challenges and personalized support-designed around you and your goals. Whether you're growing as a leader or leveling up from great to exceptional as an individual contributor, we're here to help you get there.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
$97k-132k yearly est. 40d ago
Named Account Manager -Mid Market- Los Angeles
Proofpoint 4.7
San Diego, CA jobs
About Us: We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
How We Work:
At Proofpoint, you'll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity, guided by our BRAVE core values: Bold in how we dream and innovate, Responsive to feedback, challenges, and opportunities, Accountable for results and best-in-class outcomes, Visionary in future-focused problem-solving, Exceptional in execution and impact.
**Corporate Overview**
Proofpoint is the leading enterprise cybersecurity company protecting people and agentic agents from vulnerabilities and data from exfiltration. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber-attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including eighty-five of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, cloud, endpoint, social media, and the web.
We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That's why we're the leader in next-generation cybersecurity. Protection Starts with People.
**The Role**
Proofpoint is looking for a high-performing Sales professional to join their Named Account team. This person will sell to Enterprise accounts i.e. 2,500 mailboxes to approx. 6,000 mailboxes and manage 35+ Named accounts with a mix of white space and existing customers. They will work with our partner community, business development and marketing to gain access to white space accounts while upselling and cross-selling existing customers. The role will include selling the entire Proofpoint portfolio including email security, impersonation protection, security awareness training, data loss prevention, insider threat management, data security posture management, archive and compliance, while working closely with internal and external ecosystem partners. In this role, you will be able to expand the Proofpoint footprint and market leadership while protecting our customers from advanced threats and targeted attacks.
If you are looking to join a high-performing, collaborative team with a track record of success this is the team for you! Proofpoint provides opportunities for networking, ongoing professional education, and career growth.
The Named Account Manager role reports to the Named Account Sales Director. Candidate must reside in Los Angeles.
**Your day-to-day**
+ Develop and execute a path to plan with a focus on Forecast accuracy and SFDC hygiene.
+ Relentless attention to detail and a never-give-up attitude with a high level of activity i.e. customer and partner meetings with an emphasis on executive selling (CISO, CIO, CMO etc.)
+ Strong presentation skills and technical understanding of cybersecurity
+ High sales activity i.e. 6-10 customer and partner meetings per week, 6 hours of dedicated prospecting hours per week. Ability to both prospect and close business
**What you bring to the team**
+ Minimum 5 years of field sales experience selling complex cyber security solutions (or related field) and managing midmarket accounts.
+ Demonstrable track record of success.
+ Experience working with Channel Partners and selling via two-tier distribution.
+ Track record of developing complex, multi-product/multiyear proposals
+ Engaged presentations focused on customer needs while delivering overall solution value.
+ Ability to Identify customer business drivers.
+ Use case/business value selling.
+ Ability to quarterback a multitude of internal and external resources while being in tune with the different personalities and competing priorities.
**Why Proofpoint**
Protecting people is at the heart of our award-winning lineup of cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success. We're a customer-focused and driven-to-win organization with leading-edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly 'culture-add', and we strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply.
We believe in hiring the best and the brightest to help cultivate our culture of collaboration and appreciation. Apply today and explore your future at Proofpoint! #LifeAtProofpoint
\#LI-JK1
Why Proofpoint? At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you'll love working with us:
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits
- Learning & Development: We are committed to the growth and development of our team members, offering a range of programs including leadership and professional development workshops, stretch project assignments, and mentoring opportunities to help employees reach their full potential.
- Flexible work environment: [Remote options, hybrid schedules, flexible hours, etc.].
- Annual wellness and community outreach days
- Always on recognition for your contributions
- Global collaboration and networking opportunities
Our Culture:
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com . How to Apply Interested? Submit your application here ********************************************* . We can't wait to hear from you!
Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.
We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
Our BRAVE Values:
At Proofpoint, we are BRAVE in everything we do, and our values aren't just words-they shape how we work, collaborate, and grow.
We seek people who are bold enough to challenge the status quo, responsive in the face of ever-evolving threats, and accountable for delivering real impact.
We value those with a visionary mindset who anticipate what's next and push cybersecurity forward, and we celebrate exceptional execution that ensures we continue to defend data and protect people.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
Find your network, your allies, and your biggest fans. We know that work is simply better when you're surrounded by people who inspire you-who share ideas, cheer you on, and genuinely want to see you succeed. That's why we offer social circles, sponsored networks, and connection points across teams and time zones-to help you find your people, build your community, and thrive together.
This isn't just a job-it's a mission to protect people and defend data in a world that never slows down. We're building the future of human-centric cybersecurity, and that future belongs to all of us. We take ownership, move fast, and hold ourselves accountable-because that's what it takes to stay ahead. And we do it together, winning as one.
Be empowered to reach your full potential through meaningful challenges and personalized support-designed around you and your goals. Whether you're growing as a leader or leveling up from great to exceptional as an individual contributor, we're here to help you get there.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
$90k-123k yearly est. 40d ago
Account Manager
Proofpoint 4.7
Sunnyvale, CA jobs
About Us:
Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity. We protect how people, data, and AI agents connect across email, cloud, and collaboration tools. Over 80 of the Fortune 100, 10,000 large enterprises, and millions of smaller organizations trust Proofpoint to stop threats, prevent data loss, and build resilience across their people and AI workflows. Our mission is simple: safeguard the digital world and empower people to work securely and confidently. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
How We Work:
At Proofpoint you'll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity guided by our BRAVE core values:
Bold in how we dream and innovate
Responsive to feedback, challenges and opportunities
Accountable for results and best in class outcomes
Visionary in future focused problem-solving
Exceptional in execution and impact
The Role
We seek an experienced Account Manager to join our growing Commercial Add-On team based out of our Sunnyvale office. In this role you will focus on expanding our product footprint with our existing customer base. By joining our already successful team, you will be an instrumental part of our consistent year over year revenue growth!
Your day-to-day
• This is a Hybrid role requiring you to be in the Sunnyvale office 3 days a week
• The Account Manager will be responsible for working with our existing customers in a consultative manner to identify additional solutions from the Proofpoint portfolio
• Drive the entire sales process from start to finish including opportunity identification, introductory meetings, product demonstration, customer Q&A, as well as negotiation and closing
• Develop, customize, and utilize effective close plans to navigate and manage the sales process
• Team up with our world class Sales Engineering team to devise and execute account strategies and plans
• Engage with our rapidly expanding channel partner network to educate, inform, and drive incremental revenue • Interact with the management team in 1-1, team meetings and via forecasting and reporting to provide critical updates, and strategic account planning
• Provide outstanding and high touch customer service, including escalation and coordination of support issues as needed
• Become a perpetual student of Proofpoint products, and the ever-changing Cybersecurity industry!
• You can achieve your quota, but quite frankly we would love you to blow it out of the water!
• May require modified work hours to cover accounts in other time zones, and occasional travel for key accounts What you bring to the team
• Minimum 3 years of solution sales experience, focused on generating net new or add-on revenue
• Must have experience selling to the C-suite, extensive experience selling to CISO, CIO, CTO preferred
• Consistent track record of meeting and/or exceeding quota goals
• Experience managing longer sales cycles (2-6 months) from prospecting stage through negotiation and closing
• Experience or training in established sales methodologies such as SPIN, Sandler, Miller Heiman, Value Selling or The Challenger Sale is preferred
• Competitive nature, operating within a team environment
• Ability to present and discuss highly technical information, as well as aptitude to learn new concepts quickly
• Strong presentation skills, both in person and via phone/online
• Security or SaaS sales experience a plus
• Capable of providing great customer care while continuing to identify new revenue opportunities
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
#LI-JD1
Why Proofpoint?
At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you'll love working with us:
Competitive compensation
Comprehensive benefits
Career success on your terms
Flexible work environment
Annual wellness and community outreach days
Always on recognition for your contributions
Global collaboration and networking opportunities
Our Culture:
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone.
We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com.
How to Apply
Interested? Submit your application along with any supporting information- we can't wait to hear from you!
Consistent with Proofpoint values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets as set out below. Pay within these ranges varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. The range provided may represent a candidate range and may not reflect the full range for an individual tenured employee. This role may be eligible for variable compensation and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package, including flexible time off, a comprehensive well-being program with two paid Wellbeing Days and two paid Volunteer Days per year, plus a three-week Work from Anywhere option.
Base Pay Ranges:
SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:
Base Pay Range: 0.00 - 0.00 USD
California (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:
Base Pay Range: 0.00 - 0.00 USD
All other cities and states excluding those listed above:
Base Pay Range: 0.00 - 0.00 USD