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 Role** Proofpoint is seeking a highly motivated, collaborative, and technically experienced Director of Software Engineering with the ability to drive change and make things happen. You are passionate about building quality products, a diverse and collaborative team, and meaningful software products. The successful candidate will be part of our senior management team. We are looking for a leader to help steward our software development team on our continued path of growth and scalability. **Your day-to-day** + Lead an experienced team of Software Engineers by providing leadership, guidance and enabling the team to deliver to their full potential. + Work closely with the Product, and Architecture teams to create, innovative and deliver on roadmap + Drive the execution and delivery of features by collaborating with other teams. + Lead change in seeking out continuous improvements and champion the adoption of best practices + 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. + Manage, coach and mentor the team to help all with their professional development. + 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** + Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field. + Proficiency in programming languages (e.g., C/C++, C#). + Experience with software development methodologies (Agile, DevOps). + Familiarity with OS platforms (Windows, MAC, Linux). + Proven track record of managing software development teams and software managers. + Experience in project management and delivering projects on time. + Ability to mentor and develop engineering talent + Experience in aligning technology initiatives with business goals. + Ability to drive innovation and implement new technologies. + Strong understanding of market trends and customer needs. + Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with stakeholders at all levels. + Developed analytical skills to address complex technical challenges. + Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams. **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 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-EY1 _If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!_ Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams. To view additional awards, please visit www.proofpoint.com/us/news#awards 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.