Strategic Account Manager

Proofpoint

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

12 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Flexible work environment

Annual wellness and community outreach

Recognition for contributions

Global collaboration and networking

Job summary

Proofpoint is a global leader in cybersecurity, seeking strategic account managers to drive complex enterprise sales. You will engage at executive levels across IT, legal and procurement to design and execute account plans that maximize Proofpoint’s sales success.

You will lead prospecting, forecast opportunities, and ensure high customer satisfaction while applyingProofpoint’s security solutions within large organizations worldwide.

Qualifications

Develop a comprehensive strategy and set of tactics to maximize Proofpoint sales into each assigned account.
Lead prospecting and cultivation of all new sales opportunities.
Forecast sales opportunities accurately and achieve quarterly and annual sales quotas.
Ensure a high level of satisfaction with each assigned account.

Responsibilities

‘Quarterback’ Proofpoint’s sales efforts and resources into assigned accounts.
Demonstrate strong Proofpoint product knowledge and communicate the fit of each to an account’s needs.
Understand Proofpoint processes paying close attention to detail.
Establish solid working relationships with each account at all organizational levels.

Skills

Strategic account management

Sales prospecting

Forecasting

Customer relationship

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
Responsive
Accountable
Visionary
Exceptional

Corporate Overview

Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks vulnerabilities in people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web.

We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk their people. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity.

Protection Starts with People. Proofpoint

The Role and the Team

Department Overview

The Strategic Accounts group leads Proofpoint’s sales and account management efforts into the largest, most complex, commercial enterprises in the world.

Role Overview

Strategic Account Managers(SAMs) are topflight, consultative, enterprise information technology sales professionals. Strategic Account Managers are adept at designing and executing account plans that maximize Proofpoint’s sales success and ensure high customer satisfaction. The role requires skilled interaction at all levels within assigned account’s information technology, legal and procurement organizations.

SAMs are results oriented. They possess strong business acumen, maintain a solid sales pipeline, deliver accurate forecast to management, close sales, and demonstrate skilled verbal and written communication ability.

SAMs are part of a regional sale structure and report to a Regional Sales Director.

Job Requirements

What

Develop a comprehensive strategy and set of tactics to maximize Proofpoint sales into each assigned account.
Lead prospecting and cultivation of all new sales opportunities.
Forecast sales opportunities accurately and achieve quarterly and annual sales quotas.
Ensure a high level of satisfaction with each assigned account.

How

‘Quarterback’ Proofpoint’s sales efforts and resources into assigned accounts.
Demonstrate strong Proofpoint product knowledge and communicate the fit of each to an account’s needs.
Understand Proofpoint processes paying close attention to detail.
Establish solid working relationships with each account at all organizational levels.

Why Proofpoint

Protecting people is at the heart of our award-winning lineup of cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success. We’re a customer-focused and a driven-to-win organization with leading-edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly ‘culture-add’, and we strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply.

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