Senior Channel Sales Engineer - Brazil (São Paulo)

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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 and the Team:

Proofpoint is seeking a Channel Sales Engineer to join our growing Sales Engineering team in Brasil.

As a Senior Channel Sales Engineer, you will be one of the most important members of the Proofpoint sales team.

You will be relied on daily as you work closely with other members of the channel sales team to deliver the most successful security platform available.

You will get to know your partners well, as they utilize you as their technical point of contact through our mutual customers’ sales cycles.

You will develop/coach/mentor the technical community in Proofpoint’s channel resellers to pitch, demonstrate, and lead a customer proof of concept engagement for all products in the Proofpoint portfolio.

It’s an exciting time to be at Proofpoint!

Location: Ideal candidates will be in São Paulo.

• Provide technical pre-sales support for channel sales teams

• Develop and execute a channel reseller technical plan that compliments the business plan and accelerates Proofpoint technology adoption

• Enable/Mentor/Coach the reseller technical teams to drive the pre-sales cycle from pitch to demonstration to successful evaluation

• Provide assistance in developing Partner services built around the Proofpoint Platform

• Develop relationships with Sales, channel sales, customer success, and other critical stakeholders in support of Proofpoint sales objectives

• Develop relationships with Partner Technical teams and their leadership to establish a Proofpoint preference.

• Provide technical expertise and real-life experience in creating solutions, designs, proof of concept and implementation

• Conduct research and use knowledge of competitive solutions to effectively address and dispel customer objections • Educate partner technical teams on the product solutions

• Work alongside Threat researchers on partner-led client assessments

• Drive high levels of customer and partner satisfaction

Job Requirements:

• 7+ years industry experience in sales engineering

• Able to speak Portuguese, English, and Spanish

• Experience selling across multiple countries in South America

• Must have a good understanding of the sales process and the roles and responsibilities of a sales engineer

• Experience in either secure messaging, data security or another cyber-security related field

• Well versed in enterprise email solutions such as Exchange or Lotus Domino or expert level knowledge of SMTP

• You have been a part of a sales team before or you want your career to go that direction.

• Understanding of Directory Services integration

• Understanding of networking and other common protocols; SMTP, LDAP, HTTP, etc.

• Strong technical presentation and communication skills, both verbal and written

• Must be able to thrive in a fast paced, high energy environment

• Ability to work independently, adapt quickly, and maintain a positive attitude

• Knowledge of Channel reseller types and ways to help them grow their business

• BSCS/BSEE or equivalent experience

• Experience in working in a remote office

• Travel is REQUIRED in this role

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

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!