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.
Company 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.
Director, Strategic Accounts DACH (M/W/D)
The Role
We are seeking a Director to lead the successful and growing Strategic Accounts Sales team across the DACH region – This position will be responsible for leading and coaching a team of talented Strategic Account Managers, identifying, developing, and motivating the team to deliver value to the company’s business.
You will play a hands-on role within the field sales organisation in this customer facing and highly visible position, including direct participation in closing deals at key accounts. This is an exciting opportunity to play an integral part of a dynamic and fast growing next generation cybersecurity company, and you will have the opportunity to take the business to the next level.
Reporting to the AVP DACH, the successful candidate will be responsible for establishing strong business relationships with major enterprise customers and resellers, whilst attaining key performance objectives and revenue goals.
Your day-to-day
- Lead, coach, inspire, recruit and manage a talented team of Strategic Account Managers, working with Sales Management to meet and exceed your sales ARR targets
- Developing sales strategies to penetrate new accounts, particularly accounts above 15,000 employees.
- Direct interaction with and development of large customer opportunities / accounts.
- Define and report on metrics to measure performance of sales activities, accurately forecast and present deal analysis
- Create and execute both strategic and tactical plans to significantly increase our revenue and market share
- Collaborate with the Channel Sales organization to define Partner plans and work with the Channel to drive incremental revenue
- Maintain up to date knowledge of company’s competitive positioning in the marketplace
- Collaborate with Sales Engineering, Professional Services, Marketing and Support to close deals, drive revenue and adoption, and to meet and exceed customer satisfaction
What you bring to the team
- Experience in hyper growth and building out fast moving organisations at scale
- Proven record of leading and managing a successful Enterprise and Strategic sales team as well as a hunger for success beyond targets and sustained growth
- Expert team builder, team player and leader who understands you win as a team, and has the ability to inspire and create loyalty, trust and respect across not only their team, but also cross-functionally
- Existing influential customer relationships and able to understand the security threat landscape, and become the trusted advisor of the CISO and/or CIO
- Extensive local eco-system knowledge in the cyber security market (Resellers, Alliances and System Integrators)
- Excellent knowledge of market and good contacts with large enterprises in the region
- Ability to use SFDC effectively
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent preferred
- Fluency in English and local regional Language required
Why Proofpoint
- Supportive leadership; an inclusive award winning employee centric culture
- 85+ consecutive Quarters of growth
- Award winning and market leading technology
- We invest in our sales teams, and your career, through world-class leadership & enablement programs
Protecting people is at the heart of our award-winning cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success. We’re a customer-focused and a 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
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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 [email protected]. How to Apply Interested? Submit your application here https://www.proofpoint.com/us/company/careers. We can’t wait to hear from you!
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.
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We provide the most effective cybersecurity and compliance solutions to protect people on every channel including email, the web, the cloud, and social media.
