French-Speaking TAM & Executive Cybersecurity Advisor

Proofpoint; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Flexible work environment

Annual wellness days

Job summary

Proofpoint is a global leader in cybersecurity, partnering with enterprise customers to deliver measurable security value and cyber resilience. The Technical Account Manager acts as a senior, strategic advisor, working at the CISO/VP level while maintaining deep technical expertise across Linux, messaging, and cloud security.

You will guide adoption and value realization, drive executive reviews, and ensure successful Proofpoint deployments.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to drive measurable business outcomes for enterprise customers.
• Executive presence and demonstrated experience engaging at C-suite and VP level, including CISOs, CIOs, and business unit leaders.
• Strategic risk assessment and advisory experience—ability to identify adoption gaps, renewal risks, and security posture vulnerabilities.
• Strong commercial acumen—understanding ARR, renewals, CLV, and commercial dimensions of customer success.
• Experience building and executing customer success and adoption strategies at scale.
• Ability to translate technical capabilities into business value narratives for executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Drive business outcomes aligned to customer security and organizational goals, ensuring measurable ROI across the Proofpoint investment.
• Serve as a strategic risk advisor—proactively identifying and mitigating renewal, adoption, and security posture risks before they impact the customer.
• Act as an executive consultant—building trusted relationships at CISO/VP level, delivering strategic insights and forward-looking recommendations.
• Architect adoption and value realization plans that maximize Proofpoint deployment value.
• Coach customers on cyber resiliency strategy—aligning Proofpoint capabilities to broader security framework.
• Lead executive business reviews and strategic planning sessions, articulating security value in business terms.
• Maintain technical expertise across the Proofpoint platform and broader cybersecurity landscape.
• Understand the customer’s security goals, requirements, and deployment to propose improvements.
• Act as a technical advocate with the support team, escalating issues and feature requests.
• Conduct proactive health checks and provide performance recommendations.
• Provide insights on industry trends and product roadmaps affecting the customer’s business.
• Assist customers with setting goals and success criteria and provide progress reports.
• Conduct weekly status calls, monthly management calls, and periodic executive reviews.

Skills

Executive presence

C-suite engagement

Strategic risk assessment

Commercial acumen

Customer success strategies

Executive communication

Tools

Linux

SMTP

MySQL

Job description

Proofpoint is a global leader in cybersecurity, partnering with enterprise customers to deliver measurable security value and cyber resilience. The Technical Account Manager acts as a senior, strategic advisor, working at the CISO/VP level while maintaining deep technical expertise across Linux, messaging, and cloud security.

You will guide adoption and value realization, drive executive reviews, and ensure successful Proofpoint deployments.