Senior Program Manager

Company: Proofpoint
Location: Dover
Posted on: May 28, 2023

Job Description:

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
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:

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  Build and enhance our proven security platform
  
  
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  Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture
  
  
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  Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel
  
  
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  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.
  The Role
  
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    Proofpoint Engineering is looking for an enthusiast and passionate Sr. Program Manager to help various teams to deliver on their goals and provide visibility to the management team. In this role, you'll be working with world class teams - together and with individual teams - to lead the team, to help the team execute, and facilitate a cooperative environment that is both fun and productive.
    
    
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    You will help run our entire SDLC, from requirements analysis and design all the way to release. Leadership is a must. We are a cloud company - so delivering product releases frequently is our thing. We also build appliances - so understanding both models is important.
    
    
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    We're a software company and we're doing Agile. We run fast and you need to be fast with us. You do not need to understand how everything is built (we have architects for that) but you are required to be technical to identify possible dependencies, reach out to dependent teams and communicate clearly.
    
    
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    We constantly balance new features, special customer requirements and other customer escalations. Being very organized is a must - keeping track of everything that we do is not simple!
    
    
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    You will develop and execute cross-functional program plans to help meet strategic business goals.
    
    
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    You will be asking meaningful scoping questions to help engineering teams estimate, measure, and align their work to the customer deliverable
    
    
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    You will lead cross functional projects focused on new product and service development
    
    
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    You will develop and finalize reports, presentations, metric analyses, and other materials related to the enablement plans you own.
    
    
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    On the personal level, you are fun to work with, but can be serious when needed. You hate spending unnecessary time but know when relax. You're approachable and have your unique style to bring teams together to build amazing things.
    
    
    Your day-to-day
    
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      Direct and manage the development lifecycle from beginning to end in a technical and Agile environment
      
      
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      Create the project plan and schedule, identifying the project teams, allocating and leveling the work schedule for each team member, prioritizing and targeting features and defects based on the defined project themes
      
      
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      Proactively drive project from start through execution
      
      
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      Drafting executive communications for delivery to senior leadership.
      
      
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      Update the team dashboard with summary metrics for each sprint
      
      
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      Cultivate and maintain open communication and constructive collaboration between key stakeholders from the Engineering Management, Product Development, Threat Research, Operations and Customer Support
      
      
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      Manage and lead projects with multiple cross-functional, matrixed teams, across the US (Sunnyvale, Draper, Broomfield), Belfast, Cordoba, Argentina,
      
      
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      Ability to command respect and trust of your peers, including Engineering and technical leads.
      
      
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      Effectively set and communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
      
      
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      Communicate, both written and orally, on complex issues relating to process, projects, status, and resource staffing
      
      
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      Technically proficient in software development practices and able to identify and manage project dependencies and critical path deliverables
      
      
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      Manage the release/sprint planning and help maintain the backlog
      
      
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      Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans
      
      
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      Lead sprint planning, sprint demos, daily stand-ups, and weekly project sync up meetings with Product Marketing, Engineering, Customer Support, & Professional Services, bug triage sessions, project planning meetings, and sprint demos
      
      
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      Conduct project retrospectives and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
      
      
      What you bring to the team
      
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        BA or BS Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
        
        
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        10-15 years experience in the software, technology, information security, or related industry in an Agile-Scrum development methodology
        
        
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        Ability to develop structure and strategy to solve ambiguous problems.
        
        
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        Ability to analyze and respond to new, unfamiliar information quickly.
        
        
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        Ability to communicate complex concepts effectively and clearly to both technical and non-technical individuals.
        
        
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        Ability to effectively balance and develop key deliverables and execute on strategic roadmaps.
        
        
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        Ability to work well under pressure, responding to and appropriately prioritizing multiple requests with a sense of urgency.
        
        
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        Ability to work effectively with key stakeholders to identify process enhancements aimed at improving the Engineering experience.
        
        
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        Team player - our teams will rely on your leadership and cooperation is key to success
        
        
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        Ability to work with multiple teams on different projects and context switch quickly between them
        
        
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        Ability to work as an independent self-starter and as part of a team with minimal supervision and oversight
        
        
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        Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail with persistence/unwavering ability to follow through
        
        
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        React and adapt promptly and efficiently to project adjustments and alterations
        
        
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        Demonstrate excellent negotiation and risk mitigation skills to resolve issues and conflicts within the project team
        
        
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        Persuasive, encouraging, and motivating
        
        
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        Experience with delivering a product as a cloud service - a plus
        
        
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        Familiarity with creating and maintaining KPIs and KRIs and using analysis to measure effectiveness and impact - a plus.
        
        
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        Atlassian toolset experience (Jira, Confluence)
        
        
        #LI-EC1 #LI-Remote
        If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
        Consistent with Proofpoint values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets as set out below. Pay within these ranges varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. The range provided may represent a candidate range and may not reflect the full range for an individual tenured employee. This role may be eligible for variable pay and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes flexible time off, a robust well-being program that provides for 4 global wellbeing days per year, and a 3-week work from anywhere option.
        Base Pay Ranges:
        SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:
        Base Pay Range: 153,075.00 - 224,510.00 USD
        California (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:
        Base Pay Range: 125,250.00 - 183,700.00 USD
        All other cities and states excluding those listed above:
        Base Pay Range: 114,150.00 - 167,420.00 USD
        At Proofpoint, our people - and the diversity of their lived experiences and backgrounds, thinking and perspectives, and work skills and experiences - are the driving force behind much of our success.
        We hire the most innovative talent in the world to help defend our customers' sensitive data and intellectual property from threat actors and malicious or careless employees.
        Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure could threaten access to energy, water, transportation, health care, banking accounts and financial information, and other essential goods and services which is why our employees work every day to deliver world-class cyber resilience to approximately 8,000 enterprise customers around the world.
        We embrace and foster the diversity of our team members, customers, stakeholders and consumers. Everyone is valued and appreciated for their unique backgrounds, experiences, thoughts and talents, all of which contributes to the growth and sustainability of our business.
        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:
        
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          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.
          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.

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