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 lead product marketing for the Proofpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) portfolio, spanning endpoint DLP, email DLP, and cloud DLP. In this high-impact role, you will be the subject matter expert and thought leader for how organizations protect sensitive data wherever people work, communicate, and collaborate. You will drive 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 DLP across endpoint, email, and cloud, anchored in customer needs around data protection, compliance, and secure productivity.
Own GTM strategy and launch planning for new DLP 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 DLP 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, insider risk, email security, endpoint security, cloud security, or related enterprise software.
Strong understanding of DLP use cases across endpoint, email, cloud, SaaS applications, 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 accessibility@proofpoint.com .
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 USD
California (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 USD
All other cities and states excluding those listed above:
Base Pay Range: 137,000.00 - 200,915.00 USD
Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.
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.
Our BRAVE Values:
At Proofpoint, we are BRAVE in everything we do, and our values aren't just words-they shape how we work, collaborate, and grow.
We seek people who are bold enough to challenge the status quo, responsive in the face of ever-evolving threats, and accountable for delivering real impact.
We value those with a visionary mindset who anticipate what's next and push cybersecurity forward, and we celebrate exceptional execution that ensures we continue to defend data and protect people.
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.
Find your network, your allies, and your biggest fans. We know that work is simply better when you're surrounded by people who inspire you-who share ideas, cheer you on, and genuinely want to see you succeed. That's why we offer social circles, sponsored networks, and connection points across teams and time zones-to help you find your people, build your community, and thrive together.
This isn't just a job-it's a mission to protect people and defend data in a world that never slows down. We're building the future of human-centric cybersecurity, and that future belongs to all of us. We take ownership, move fast, and hold ourselves accountable-because that's what it takes to stay ahead. And we do it together, winning as one.
Be empowered to reach your full potential through meaningful challenges and personalized support-designed around you and your goals. Whether you're growing as a leader or leveling up from great to exceptional as an individual contributor, we're here to help you get there.
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.
