Data Protection and Compliance Consultant

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

This opportunity is for a candidate passionate about information protection and compliance, with deep experience using Microsoft Purview to help organizations meet their security and regulatory objectives. The role involves working with business leaders and technical teams at large enterprises to strengthen their data protection and compliance posture. The successful candidate will lead Microsoft Purview implementations from discovery through knowledge transfer.

This includes understanding customer objectives, mapping requirements to Purview capabilities, recommending policies and configurations, supporting deployment and testing, monitoring outcomes, and enabling customer teams to manage the solution. Relevant capabilities may include Data Loss Prevention, Information Protection and sensitivity labels, Insider Risk Management, Data Lifecycle Management, Records Management, eDiscovery, and Audit. You are organized, communicative, and comfortable leading complex engagements.

You take initiative, manage multiple customer projects, and remain accountable for successful outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

• Learn each customer’s organizational structure, data practices, and workflows to become a trusted advisor.
• Lead complex Microsoft Purview implementations that address information protection, data loss prevention, and compliance requirements.
• Translate business, security, and regulatory requirements into Purview policies, labels, controls, and implementation plans.
• Work with customer stakeholders and internal teams, including engineering, sales, and product management, to clarify requirements and track decisions.
• Coordinate across teams to resolve customer issues and deliver projects on time.
• Mentor colleagues in Purview, project delivery, and customer management.
• Develop and document best practices, processes, templates, and reference architectures for the managed services team.

• 5+ years of experience in professional services consulting or a similar role, preferably focused on data protection or compliance.
• Strong knowledge of information protection, data loss prevention, and compliance practices.
• Hands‑on experience implementing or administering Microsoft Purview, including capabilities such as DLP, sensitivity labels, Insider Risk Management, Records Management, eDiscovery, or Audit.
• Experience translating business and regulatory requirements into policies, controls, and technical configurations.
• Familiarity with data classification methods, including sensitive information types, classifiers, dictionaries, and regular expressions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Confidence presenting technical concepts to senior business leaders and technical audiences.
• Strong organizational, analytical, project management, and influencing skills.
• Ability to work…