Threat Strategy Manager

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

The role of the Threat Strategy Manager is to work with your customers so that they realize the full value of the products and services they have purchased from Proofpoint, ultimately maximizing renewals and add-on transactions. This is a technical 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. Independently provide ongoing and proactive technical leadership and support to Proofpoint’s strategic customers with little direction.

Your day-to-day

• Manage and monitor support interactions, serving as an internal advocate for strategic customers, responding to customer escalations, and proactively escalating when needed

• Meet regularly with clients to review support interactions, system status, key issues, emerging threats and how to combat them using Proofpoint products and services

• Develop deep understanding of customer’s business and operational needs

• Maintain deep practical technical knowledge of Proofpoint’s integration within the customer's environment, including network, security, systems administration, and messaging management

• Develop and oversee a comprehensive strategy to meet complex customer requirements utilizing Proofpoint’s solutions

• Provide proactive recommendations that protect our customer’s information assets, leveraging the Proofpoint product suite

• Identify and prioritize short term and long-term goals

• Plan and lead process improvement initiatives tailored to improve customer satisfaction with the services and interaction with the Proofpoint Team

• Plan, document, and identify risks and challenges for production changes that span multiple services or technologies

• Monitors levels customer satisfaction and escalates customer concerns as necessary

• Responsible for scheduling own time and for quality completion of multiple tasks within a varying environment of changing constraints

• Uses independent judgment within broad parameters

• Designs and implements solutions to complex problems with minimum supervision

• Provide technical guidance to customer teams and respond to enquiries regarding product features and functionality

What you bring to the team

• 3+ years of industry experience in a client/professional service, sales engineer, senior support engineer, IT operations management, or senior engineer role with exposure to multiple technology areas

• Managed security or consultancy experience is required

• Knowledge of data communication concepts and technologies, specifically email and networking

• Develop innovative ways to leverage existing data and correlate customer data with other sets available at Proofpoint

• Working knowledge of Windows, Active Directory, and Microsoft Exchange

• A history of successfully motivating and inspiring coworkers your team and ensure they work efficiently and effectively

• Ability to effectively work in a team environment as well as independently

• Must be proactive and have outstanding verbal and written communication skills

• The successful candidate will have relevant experience with Proofpoint products and understand threat protection

• A deep understanding and up-to-date handle on the evolving threat landscape, giving briefings to customers, prospects and internal groups to spread threat intelligence landscape awareness

• Proactive, self-starter driven by setting and achieving goals

• Background in security, especially around th