Sr. Critical Situation Manager

Proofpoint; Cork; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Proofpoint is seeking a Sr. Critical Situation Manager in Cork, Ireland to lead high-severity incidents and act as the primary customer advocate. You will coordinate across product, engineering, and services to drive timely resolutions and provide clear updates to customers and internal teams.

The role requires strong escalation management, excellent communication, and experience with CRM/SaaS platforms. A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and English fluency are essential for success in this

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in customer-facing technology roles with escalation management.
• Strong knowledge of databases and SaaS applications.
• Proficiency with Linux command line.
• Excellent communication, able to influence in high-pressure situations.
• Experience coordinating across cross-functional teams and executives.
• Familiarity with Salesforce Service Cloud and CRM tooling.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-severity customer incidents (major outages) and executive escalations.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to drive resolutions.
• Provide customer-facing updates and internal reporting.
• Lead post-escalation analysis and root-cause reviews.
• Drive process improvements to maximize customer retention.
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation as assigned.
• Research incident root causes and generate RCAs and customer documents.

Skills

Escalation management

Customer-facing communications

Cross-functional coordination

Salesforce Service Cloud

Linux command line

AI reporting/analytics

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Tools

Salesforce Service Cloud

Linux

SaaS apps

AI analytics tools

Job description

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

As a member of the Global Critical Situation Management Organization, the Sr. Critical Situation Manager is assigned to help manage the most urgent customer problems involving Proofpoint products and services. This person serves as the communication focal point for the customer and oversees all resolution efforts from the initial problem identification to post-mortem analysis.

The Sr. Critical Situation Manager also acts as a customer advocate to help drive improvements in all aspects of business, including Customer Service, Professional Services, Product and Engineering.

Your day-to-day

• Lead high-severity customer incidents (major system outages) and/or executive escalations
• Leverage the internal, cross-functional community to drive critical situations to resolution
• Provide customer facing updates and internal reporting
• Lead cross-departmental process improvement to maximize customer retention
• Drive process improvement as part of the overall Services group
• Provide post-escalation analysis reporting that will capture and help drive process improvements throughout the organization
• Coordinate and research incident root cause and generate customer facing root cause analysis documents
• Evaluate customer requests for service level agreement violations
• Participate in on-call support 24x7 rotation as assigned

What You Bring To The Team

• Proficient in using AI tools to help analyse escalated situations and create internal and customer-facing reporting
• Extensive experience in customer-facing technology roles with escalation management background
• Solid understanding of Database and SaaS applications
• Basic familiarity with Linux command line environments
• An accomplished communicator and influencer, able to thrive in high pressure situations working with customers, users, senior level management, sales and peers
• Comfortable interacting with executives (customer and internal)
• Proven success coordinating solutions across multiple cross-functional teams
• Working knowledge of Salesforce service cloud-based systems
• Strong business and management acumen
• Possess the ability to resolve issues and conflicts, as well as be able to take ownership in challenging situations
• Ability to maintain a calm and professional demeanour in the face of high-pressure, intense escalations
• Knowledge of email privacy/protection, cloud services, software as a service (SaaS) is preferred
• Project Management experience, PMP certification is a plus
• Language fluency in written and spoken English
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

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 [e-mail].