Director, Enterprise AI

About Us

Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity. We protect how people, data, and AI agents connect across email, cloud, and collaboration tools. Over 80 of the Fortune 100, 10,000 large enterprises, and millions of smaller organizations trust Proofpoint to stop threats, prevent data loss, and build resilience across their people and AI workflows. Our mission is simple: safeguard the digital world and empower people to work securely and confidently.

Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.

At Proofpoint you’ll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity guided by our BRAVE core values:

Bold in how we dream and innovate

Responsive to feedback, challenges and opportunities

Accountable for results and best in class outcomes

Visionary in future focused problem-solving

Exceptional in execution and impact

The Director of Enterprise AI is a strategic, visionary leader responsible for defining, scaling, and operationalizing the company’s enterprise AI strategy. This role accelerates business transformation by embedding AI, automation, and intelligent workflows across functions—including operations, product, engineering, HR, finance, marketing, legal, etc.

You will shape the enterprise AI roadmap, drive adoption of AI solutions and agents, and influence business leaders toward an AI‑first mindset. As a senior technology leader, you will partner deeply across process owners, engineering, IT, data, and product teams to implement high‑impact AI solutions and ensure responsible enablement. This role requires a unique blend of strategic leadership, hands‑on technical fluency, ability to scale AI operations, and enterprise‑level stakeholder management.

Location: hybrid with 4 days in office at Sunnyvale, CA or Draper, UT

• Enterprise AI Strategy & Leadership
• Define, evolve, and champion the enterprise AI strategy and roadmap.
• Collaborate with functional and business unit leaders to develop tailored AI strategies that accelerate priority business objectives.
• Communicate and evangelize AI’s potential across the enterprise to foster adoption and responsible enablement.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executives and senior leadership on AI, automation, and emerging technologies.

• Lead enterprise‑wide AI adoption, including pilots, training, scaling, and change management.
• Build and enhance AI enablement programs, governance frameworks, and responsible AI guardrails.
• Oversee ethical, compliant, and secure deployment of AI solutions in partnership with Legal, Security, Compliance, and Data Governance.

• Build and lead teams to design, prototype, and deploy AI agents, intelligent workflows, and automation solutions.
• Guide integration of AI systems with enterprise tools, SaaS platforms, and internal data systems via APIs and scalable architectures.
• Conduct vendor evaluations, help make build‑vs‑buy recommendations and manage strategic AI technology partnerships.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies, automation tools and workflow platforms to identify opportunities for business value and operational improvement.

• Lead cross‑functional initiatives to redesign and optimize business processes using AI and automation.
• Operationalize AI products from pilot through full production, ensuring scalability and adoption.

• Define value‑driven metrics, performance tracking frameworks, success criteria, and effectively communicate business impact of AI initiatives.
• Deliver transparent reporting to executive leadership on AI adoption, governance, and performance.

• Recruit, lead, and develop a multidisciplinary team spanning AI strategy, business engagement, automation engineering, and enablement.
• Act as a player‑coach, fostering a culture of technical depth, experimentation, and continuous improvement focused on user experience, business enablement and operational excellence.

• 5–10+ years in technology, innovation, data, or transformation roles, with 2 –…