Product Operations Manager

Proofpoint

Proofpoint

Product, Operations
draper, ut, usa
USD 89,390-187,990 / year + Equity
Posted on Jun 17, 2025

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.

Protection Starts with People. Proofpoint.

The Role

Product Operations is responsible for creating, maintaining, and improving global pricing processes throughout the company. This role is a great fit for a self-starter who enjoys driving business impact and operational efficiency, can serve as an internal consultant (e.g., problem solver) and owner, and will have the opportunity for significant exposure and visibility across the business. The Product Operations will partner and collaborate with sales, legal, PMM, customer support, provisioning and finance to ensure a clean quote-to-cash process. This individual will own SKU creation, maintenance, and rollout to evolve our product/ item master and create governance around it.

Your day-to-day

  • Work with business partners, such as Product Managers, Product Marketing Managers, and Finance, to influence and optimize SKU creation and management
  • Primary Product Operations business partner across PMM, BMS, Buying Programs, ABP, BU Finance, Revenue Assurance, Legal, and Product Delivery
  • Ensure compliance with SKU structure policies, legal requirements, and industry standards.
  • Coordinate and support operational aspects of the DME product lifecycle
  • Responsible for developing and implementing a data governance framework, policies, and standards to ensure the quality and integrity of product data.
  • This role will work closely with cross-functional teams Inclusive of Launch Ops, and Quote to Cash process team leaders
  • Define and implement data governance policies and best practices for data quality, discoverability, and access control
  • Establish and maintain data quality standards and monitor compliance with standards for Product Data
  • Monitor and report on Product Data governance metrics and identify areas for improvement and implement corrective actions
  • Lead programs and projects that move the company forward in our Product Data governance and management goals

What you bring to the team

  • 10 + years in pricing, business operations, sales operations, or business analytics in enterprise software
  • Experience working with Salesforce
  • Experience with Excel
  • Experience working with cross functional teams such as Accounting, FP&A, Revenue Accounting, Deals Desk, Renewals, Channel, Order Management, Product Marketing, Product Management and Sales Operations
  • Database management is a plus
  • Effective communication skills with all levels of employees
  • PMO experience a plus to have but not required

Why Proofpoint

Protecting people is at the heart of our award-winning lineup of 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

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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 compensation and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package, including flexible time off, a comprehensive well-being program with two paid Wellbeing Days and two paid Volunteer Days per year, plus a three-week Work from Anywhere option.

Base Pay Ranges:

SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:

Base Pay Range: 119,630.00 - 187,990.00 USD

California (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:

Base Pay Range: 99,330.00 - 156,090.00 USD

All other cities and states excluding those listed above:

Base Pay Range: 89,390.00 - 140,470.00 USD