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 self-motivated individual to join our growing field services team. The mission of the Senior Customer Success Manager 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 Customer Success 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 customer success, sales engineer, senior support engineer, or other customer facing role with exposure to multiple technology areas
Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of customer success principles and the rationale for the related behaviour
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
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 [email protected].
How to Apply
Interested? Submit your application along with any supporting information- we can’t wait to hear from you!
Skills Required
- 4-year college degree in a business or technical area
- 5 to 10+ years of customer success or customer-facing role experience
- Knowledge of customer success principles
- Current knowledge of Proofpoint products or similar
- Extensive knowledge of data communication concepts and technologies
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong project and program management skills
- Moderate travel (25%+)
Proofpoint Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Proofpoint and has not been reviewed or approved by Proofpoint.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage spans medical, dental, vision, life, and disability, complemented by global physical, mental, and financial health programs. Wellbeing resources such as mindfulness, resilience, and meditation courses are explicitly highlighted.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off provisions include PTO, paid holidays and sick days, with parental and family medical leave available. Added flexibility appears in wellness days, a hybrid-first model, and limited work-from-anywhere periods.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive in many roles and settings, with external recognition indicating strong standing relative to peers. Feedback suggests employees in several departments view compensation favorably when considering base, bonus, and benefits together.
Proofpoint Insights
What We Do
We provide the most effective cybersecurity and compliance solutions to protect people on every channel including email, the web, the cloud, and social media.
