Product Manager

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.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.The RoleWe are currently seeking a Product Manager who has a blend of business and technical savvy; able to see the big-picture, and the drive to make that vision a reality. The successful product manager will work with rest of the organisation as the product owner – defining and iterating the product plan as you go, solving problems as they come up and closely managing the product to achieve superior results.  You will work with the engineering team to define product release requirements; customer support to understand customer feedback and issues; sales and marketing to define the go-to-market strategy and product positioning; and the management team to assist in developing pricing. You will also serve as the internal and external evangelist for your product offering, working with the sales team, channel partners and key customers and presenting at customer meetings, conferences and trade events.Your day to dayManaging product life cycles from strategic planning to tactical activitiesGather, analyze and communicate competitor intelligence for product offeringsSpecifying market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research supported by on-going customer and prospect interaction, working with customer support, and analyzing competitive intelligence.Driving new product development and existing product release activities across the organization (primarily development/engineering, customer support and marketing) through market requirements and positioning.Driving a solution set across engineering teams via Product Owner role within Agile Scrum framework.Developing and implementing a company-wide go-to-market plan, working with all departments to execute.What you bring to the teamProduct management experience including strategic planning and implementation required.Experience managing web-based, Software-as-a-Service products preferred.Experience in the info security industry a definite plus.Experience with educational training projects/products preferred.Position may require travel to conferences, trade events and potentially customer locationsExcellent communication skills (verbal and written)Ability to exercise tact and good interpersonal skillsProject management and group facilitation skillsAbility to make sound decisions at paceTime management skills, you act with urgencyAnalytical and problem solving skillsWhy ProofpointProtecting people is at the heart of our award-winning cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success.  We’re a customer-focused and driven-to-win organisation 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.  We believe in hiring the best and the brightest to help cultivate our culture of collaboration and appreciation. Apply today and explore your future at Proofpoint! #LifeAtProofpointIf you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!