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 organisations’ 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 organisations 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 looking for an outstanding Enterprise Operations Director with extensive operations leadership experience. Reporting to the VP, Information Technology, the ideal candidate will be able to solve business challenges in both creative and structured ways, is an excellent communicator, experienced in developing world-class, customer obsessed operations and possesses an extreme sense of ownership.Your day-to-day Lead a globally dispersed, high performing IT team focused on user experience, enterprise enablement, operational excellence and employee development. Provide executive leadership to our operations, user support and audio/visual teams and leadersDevelop and manage the organizational financials, ensuring strategic allocation of resources for maximum efficiency and return on investmentBuild and operate enterprise software management processes and tools to maximize operational and cost effectivenessLead IT integration work for mergers and acquisitionsEstablish and manage strong relationships with vendors, service providers, and stakeholders; negotiate contracts and service level agreements (SLAs), and conduct ongoing performance evaluationsProactively establish and drive organizational strategy, technical direction and team structure to solution Proofpoint business problems at velocityDirect and manage the selection and acquisition of tools, technologies, and strategies, ensuring they meet operational and security needsWhat you bring to the teamExcellent project management skills, with experience leading teams to a successful project completion.Superior leadership skills with a passion for hands-on work and mentorshipExperience building, leading and scaling global teams focused on exceptional customer experience and business enablementStrong track record of developing technical solutions to business problems with an emphasis on continuous process improvement, automation, stakeholder partnership and user experience.Proven ability to develop and grow team members in a direction that benefits them and the companyExceptional verbal and written communication skills and executive presenceAbility to proactively identify and resolve technical, process, organizational, and resourcing challengesWhy 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! #LifeAtProofpoint#LI-CB1If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
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