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Corporate Overview

Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: vulnerabilities in people. 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 more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, 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 a leader in next-generation cybersecurity.

Protection Starts with People. Proofpoint.

The Role

This role will inspire and guide a team of inside sales professionals driving net new and add-on revenue growth in the commercial segment. This newest addition to our leadership team will lead a group of dynamic leaders as a second line manager, be very hands on, love interacting with customers, and will focus on enabling and empowering team members to achieve their goals. This senior level, dynamic individual will be taking the helm of an already successful team, while also adding new members over time. Main focuses for this role will include driving net new growth and assuming duties as commander in chief of a sales and performance driven culture.

The role is onsite in Sunnyvale, CA for at least three days weekly.

Your day-to-day

+ Guide and motivate a high performing team to drive revenue growth through a positive, high-touch customer experience

+ Build and develop a diverse and high performing culture that inspires performance and achievement

+ Connect team members to key resources and clear roadblocks, enabling them to achieve and/or exceed their revenue goals Instill and maintain a quality and integrity based sales process with respect to rep/customer interactions

+ Actively engage attracting and securing top local talent Provide training and ongoing coaching and development to both front line leaders and account executives alike

+ 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

+ Facilitate and develop ongoing 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

+ 5+ years of experience in sales management

+ Experience in a second line leadership role (manager of managers) Demonstrable success in leading/managing inside or field sales teams with a complex product and solution sales approach

+ Strong leadership experience, with a focus on training, coaching, motivation and culture

+ Track record of success in attracting top talent and building diverse and high performing teams

+ Ready to roll up your sleeves and get things done and do whatever it takes to help achieve the objective!

+ Expert knowledge of the full sales cycle, from prospecting, cold calling through to negotiation and closing

+ Ability to function in “Player/Coach” role that may include customer facing engagement

+ 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

+ Experience working with SalesForce strongly preferred

+ Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required MBA or Master level degree a plus!

+ 3 days a week in the Sunnyvale, Ca office

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_If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!_

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.