Staff Product Manager

Proofpoint • Sunnyvale, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Proofpoint is seeking a Staff Product Manager to lead product strategy and execution for a critical area of our enterprise security platform. This is a senior individual contributor role for an experienced product leader who can tackle complex customer and business problems, shape product direction, and drive alignment and execution across multiple teams. The ideal candidate combines deep enterprise product management expertise with strong business acumen, technical credibility, and exceptional product judgment. You have a track record of identifying meaningful customer problems, developing compelling product strategies, influencing senior stakeholders, and delivering products that create measurable customer and business value. In this role, you will partner closely with Engineering, Design, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and other Product leaders to translate customer insights and market opportunities into clear product strategies and roadmaps. You will operate with significant autonomy, lead through influence rather than authority, and help raise the quality of product thinking and execution across the organization.

Requirements

• Proven experience defining and executing product strategy for complex enterprise software or cybersecurity products.
• Demonstrated success owning significant products or product areas from customer discovery and strategy through development, launch, adoption, and optimization.
• A track record of solving complex and ambiguous product problems that require coordination and influence across multiple teams and functions.
• Exceptional product judgment and the ability to identify the highest-value customer problems and translate them into differentiated product experiences.
• Strong ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders without relying on formal authority.
• Deep understanding of enterprise customer needs, buying processes, administrative workflows, and the requirements of building products for large organizations.
• Strong technical aptitude and the ability to partner effectively with Engineering on architecture, platform capabilities, technical investments, and tradeoffs.
• Strong strategic and commercial thinking, with the ability to balance customer value, technical feasibility, competitive differentiation, and business outcomes.
• Strong analytical skills and experience using customer feedback, market research, competitive insights, and product data to make informed decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate product vision, strategy, priorities, tradeoffs, and outcomes to technical, business, and executive audiences.
• Experience engaging directly with enterprise customers, prospects, partners, and other external stakeholders.
• A demonstrated ability to mentor and elevate other Product Managers through expertise, collaboration, and example.
• 8+ years of product management experience , including significant experience leading complex enterprise software products from strategy through execution.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or MBA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for a complex and strategically important product area aligned with broader company and platform objectives.
• Own ambiguous, high-impact product problems that span multiple capabilities, teams, or areas of the customer experience.
• Develop a deep understanding of customers, their workflows, and the problems they need to solve, serving as a strong voice of the customer throughout the product development process.
• Partner closely with Engineering and Design to translate product strategy into clear priorities, make thoughtful tradeoffs, and deliver scalable, enterprise-grade solutions.
• Drive alignment across Product, Engineering, Design, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Operations around product priorities, dependencies, and desired outcomes.
• Translate customer insights, market trends, competitive dynamics, technical opportunities, and business priorities into actionable product strategies and investment recommendations.
• Engage directly with customers and prospects to uncover unmet needs, validate product direction, and develop a strong understanding of evolving enterprise security challenges.
• Define and monitor product success metrics, using customer feedback, product analytics, and business performance to guide prioritization and continuous improvement.
• Lead product discovery and roadmap planning for your area, clearly communicating priorities, tradeoffs, and expected outcomes to senior stakeholders.
• Partner with go-to-market teams on positioning, launches, field enablement, adoption, and commercialization strategies.
• Represent the product in strategic customer conversations, executive briefings, analyst discussions, and industry engagements as appropriate.
• Identify opportunities to improve platform capabilities, technology partnerships, and ecosystem integrations that accelerate customer value.
• Serve as a product thought leader and mentor across the Product organization, helping other Product Managers strengthen product strategy, discovery, decision-making, and execution.

Benefits

• 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
• flexible time off
• a comprehensive well-being program with two paid Wellbeing Days and two paid Volunteer Days per year
• a three-week Work from Anywhere option

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior