Sr. Manager, Program

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Job Overview

As the Sr. Manager of Program & Project Management(PSAT), you will play a pivotal role in helping our business to continue to grow its market leading position, deliver on critical business goals, and build world class products & platforms. You will work closely with the Leadership Team and your peers to design, develop, and implement a variety of cross-functional strategic programs, while also mentoring and growing your team of program and project managers.

In addition to working with your team you will also be expected to work collaboratively with other program and project management teams across Proofpoint for cross team planning and help drive programs across the business.

Key Responsibilities

As the Senior Manager, you will be responsible for identifying and driving strategic initiatives in the form of programs, leading one or more programs at a time, and mentoring members of your global team. Your specific responsibilities will include:

Project Planning

• Working with your team and peers to develop comprehensive implementation plans, including project scope, goals, and timelines.
• Leading a cross-functional project team and providing clear guidance, support, and direction throughout the implementation process.
• Maintaining centralized project documentation, including project plans, progress reports, and risk assessments.
• Identifying, managing, resolving, and/or escalating issues/risks at the program level.
• Providing regular status updates to senior management and stakeholders.
• Deep focus on execution, follow-through, accountability, and results

Stakeholder Management

• Drive planning and decision making amongst peers to develop yearly plans to faciliitate achieving our business units goals
• Collaborating with various departments and key stakeholders to understand their requirements and expectations.
• Establishing clear lines of communication, meeting cadence, and ensuring ownership from all relevant parties.
• Exceptional cross-team collaboration; able to work across different functions, organizations, and reporting boundaries to get the job done.
• Highly tuned emotional intelligence, good listener, and deep seated empathy for teams and partners

Key Performance Areas

Your performance will be evaluated based on your ability to deliver committed program outcomes in a timely manner, demonstrate effective negotiation and leadership skills, manage and resolve issues/risks at the program level, drive a collaborative and performance-driven work culture, provide mentorship to team members, support stakeholder escalations, and demonstrate thought leadership.

Qualifications

The candidate is required to have a bachelor's degree (Master's degree preferred), with at least 15 years of professional experience. You should have a solid understanding of the security space, excellent leadership, communication, and people skills, proficiency in project management software and tools, and strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.

Experience in any of the following areas is preferred

• Demonstrable experience as a thought leader in program and process management and experience tailoring methodologies to align with organizational culture
• Experience with "Jobs to Be Done" and Team Topologies frameworks and applying them to business problems and processes
• Proven ability to measure success and impact through quantifiable metrics
• Experience with processes that enable product transformations

This posting is anticipated to remain open until May 30th, 2024

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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 pay and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes flexible time off, a robust well-being program that provides for 4 global wellbeing days per year, and a 3-week work from anywhere option.

Base Pay Ranges:

SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:

Base Pay Range: 189, ,300.00 USD

California (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:

Base Pay Range: 158, ,320.00 USD

All other cities and states excluding those listed above:

Base Pay Range: 144, ,410.00 USD

Proofpoint has been honored with five Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.

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Proofpoint thrives on the invaluable contributions of our diverse workforce, which encompasses a kaleidoscope of lived experiences, thoughts, perspectives, and professional expertise. We attribute much of our success to our people, who are at the core of our organization and embody our people-centric ethos.

We hire the most innovative minds globally to safeguard our customers' sensitive data and intellectual property. Our talented workforce develops and leverages our advanced technology, combining their expertise to provide comprehensive protection against threat actors and mitigate the risks posed by both malicious and negligent employees.

Cyberattacks have the potential to disrupt access to vital resources such as energy, water, transportation, healthcare, and financial services. At Proofpoint, our dedicated team works tirelessly to ensure world-class cyber resilience, protecting approximately 8,000 enterprise customers worldwide.

We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We work every day to ensure that our employees feel that they are in a community that celebrates their unique identity, cultivates their sense of belonging, and invests in their professional growth. We have 9 employee-led employee inclusion groups which help support both employees and our organization by providing opportunities to network, discuss career and cultural development and uplift the corporate culture to create a more inclusive workplace.

At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today's advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to:

• Build and enhance our proven security platform
• Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture
• Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel
• Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges

We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That's why we're a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner.

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.

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.