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Manager, Engineering

at Proofpoint in Ireland
Posted on January 8, 2024

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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. Company 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 Role   Our team is seeking a highly motivated, collaborative, and technically experienced Engineering Manager with the ability to drive change and make things happen. You will manage an engineering team working on one of our core SaaS solutions, with service-based architecture that allows us to scale to meet the needs of hundreds of clients that are among the largest businesses in the world. Lead and mentor an experienced team of software developers by providing leadership, guidance and enabling the team to deliver to their full potential. Align the skill and capability of the team with the requirements of the product roadmap. Lead change in seeking out continuous improvements and champion the adoption of best practices in our SDLC. Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, ownership, innovation, trust, and the continuous drive toward excellence to promote teams to be empowered to produce high quality results on schedule. Accountable for maintaining a high standard of product quality and code health. Develop, maintain, and publish project KPI’s that track project quality, delivery, and predictability. Establish regular communication with the team and key stakeholders to provide project status updates. Identify risks, gaps or blind spots in your teams’ resources, skills, tooling, supporting information systems and action to close those gaps. What you bring to the team Proven experience of directly leading software development teams A track record for delivering high quality, high performance, and scalable SAAS products. Proven ability to manage multiple projects and deliver on time, on quality and on budget. Solid understanding of SDLC as well as expert knowledge of both agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them as needed. Experience with Project Management tools such as Jira, VersionOne or equivalent Sufficient technical background to provide highly credible leadership to technical teams, and to objectively evaluate complex project issues and risks. Excellent communication & organizational skills. Proven ability to facilitate project meetings and follow-ups. Why Proofpoint     Protecting 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 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. 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-CB1 If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Proofpoint Best Places to Work Awards

Proofpoint was honored with 9 Best Places to Work Awards in 2023 by workplace culture leader, Comparably. To view additional awards, visit

People-Centric

Proofpoint thrives on the invaluable contributions of our diverse workforce, which encompasses a kaleidoscope of lived experiences, thoughts, perspectives, and professional expertise. We attribute much of our success to our people, who are at the core of our organization and embody our people-centric ethos.

Disrupting the Status Quo

We hire the most innovative minds globally to safeguard our customers’ sensitive data and intellectual property. Our talented workforce develops and leverages our advanced technology, combining their expertise to provide comprehensive protection against threat actors and mitigate the risks posed by both malicious and negligent employees.

Making a Difference

Cyberattacks have the potential to disrupt access to vital resources such as energy, water, transportation, healthcare, and financial services. At Proofpoint, our dedicated team works tirelessly to ensure world-class cyber resilience, protecting approximately 8,000 enterprise customers worldwide.

Our Commitment

We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We work every day to ensure that our employees feel that they are in a community that celebrates their unique identity, cultivates their sense of belonging, and invests in their professional growth. We have 9 employee-led employee inclusion groups which help support both employees and our organization by providing opportunities to network, discuss career and cultural development and uplift the corporate culture to create a more inclusive workplace.

About Us

At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today’s advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to:
  • Build and enhance our proven security platform
  • Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture
  • Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel
  • Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges
We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner. Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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