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 seeks a strategic and innovative Staff Product Marketing Manager to join the Data Security Product Marketing team, supporting a broad portfolio spanning Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), Insider Threat Management (ITM), and data security for AI. In this high-impact role, you will be the subject matter expert and market voice for how organizations protect sensitive data wherever people work, communicate, and collaborate. You will shape the narrative for helping customers prevent data loss, reduce insider risk, support compliance, and enable secure productivity across endpoints, email, SaaS applications, and cloud environments. You’ll work cross-functionally with product management, sales, strategic partners, and marketing to deliver differentiated positioning, impactful Go-to-Market (GTM) strategies, and sales enablement.
Your Day to Day
Develop strategic positioning and messaging for Proofpoint’s data security portfolio, including DLP, DSPM, ITM, and data security for AI, anchored in customer needs around data protection, compliance, and secure productivity.
Own GTM strategy and launch planning for new data security capabilities, partnering with product, sales, channel, and demand teams to drive awareness, pipeline, and adoption.
Create high-impact content across solution briefs, web pages, presentations, webinars, demo scripts, blogs, and customer-facing materials.
Build sales and partner enablement, including playbooks, battlecards, objection handling, discovery questions, competitive guidance, and talk tracks.
Track market, buyer, and competitive trends across DLP, insider risk, cloud data security, and adjacent data protection categories.
Serve as a data security subject matter expert in sales trainings, customer briefings, field events, analyst conversations, webinars, and executive presentations.
Partner with product and field teams to translate customer insights, use cases, and adoption patterns into sharper messaging, stronger launches, and more effective GTM.
What you bring to the team
12+ years in product marketing for cybersecurity, data security, DLP, DSPM, insider risk, email security, endpoint security, cloud security, or related enterprise software.
Strong understanding of data security use cases across DLP, DSPM, ITM, endpoint, email, cloud, SaaS applications, AI tools, data classification, policy management, compliance, and incident response.
Proven ability to translate complex technical capabilities into clear, customer-centric messaging for security, risk, compliance, IT, and executive audiences.
Experience leading GTM strategy, launches, sales enablement, and campaign planning for enterprise security solutions.
Strong market and competitive analysis skills, with the ability to turn insights into positioning, sales guidance, and product feedback.
Excellent communication and presentation skills across executive briefings, analyst conversations, webinars, customer meetings, and industry events.
Collaborative, analytical, and execution-focused, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive measurable business impact.
A bachelor’s degree is required; a technical concentration or MBA is a plus.
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!
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: 187,700.00 - 275,275.00 USDCalifornia (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:
Base Pay Range: 151,000.00 - 221,430.00 USDAll other cities and states excluding those listed above:
Base Pay Range: 137,000.00 - 200,915.00 USDSkills Required
- 12+ years of product marketing experience in cybersecurity, data security, DLP, DSPM, insider risk, email security, endpoint security, cloud security, or related enterprise software
- Strong understanding of data security use cases across DLP, DSPM, ITM, endpoint, email, cloud, SaaS applications, AI tools, data classification, policy management, compliance, and incident response
- Experience translating complex technical capabilities into customer-centric messaging for security, risk, compliance, IT, and executive audiences
- Experience leading go-to-market strategy, product launches, sales enablement, and campaign planning for enterprise security solutions
- Strong market and competitive analysis skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills for executive briefings, analyst conversations, webinars, customer meetings, and industry events
- Collaborative, analytical, and execution-focused approach with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive measurable business impact
- Bachelor's degree
- Technical concentration or MBA
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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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.
