Sales Engineering Manager - Enterprise Cybersecurity

Proofpoint; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Proofpoint is seeking an experienced Sales Engineering Manager to lead a fast-growing team of sales engineers focused on Enterprise opportunities in the Southeast US. You will coach, mentor, and empower your team, drive complex customer engagements, and collaborate with multiple groups to ensure exceptional customer outcomes.

The role requires hands-on leadership, a strong cybersecurity background, and willingness to travel 25–75% within the region.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience leading sales engineering teams, ideally in cybersecurity.
• 4-6 years of experience as a sales engineer.
• Strong technical background in cybersecurity such as cloud security, network security, incident response, messaging or related field.
• Proven mentoring and development of team members.
• Solid sales acumen and ability to partner with account teams to drive new and add-on revenue.

Responsibilities

• Coach and empower a team of Field Sales Engineers with shared goals and mentoring.
• Ramp newer team members on engagement rules, relationships with Account Managers, and technical training.
• Develop team careers and retain top talent; be part of escalations and customer challenges.
• Partner with Recruiting and HR to attract and hire top talent to support growth.
• Be customer facing and participate in meetings with team members and customers.
• Lead ongoing technical training and evangelize Proofpoint’s vision to customers at all levels.

Skills

Team leadership

Sales engineering

Customer engagement

Technical depth in cybersecurity

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Job description

Proofpoint is seeking an experienced Sales Engineering Manager to lead a fast-growing team of sales engineers focused on Enterprise opportunities in the Southeast US. You will coach, mentor, and empower your team, drive complex customer engagements, and collaborate with multiple groups to ensure exceptional customer outcomes.

The role requires hands-on leadership, a strong cybersecurity background, and willingness to travel 25–75% within the region.