Technical Alliance Manager

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.

How We Work:

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

About the Role We are looking for a strategic and technically fluent leader to join our team in Cybersecurity Technical Alliances. This role will focus on building and scaling key technology partnerships, with an emphasis on technical integrations, joint solution development, and partner-led solution plays that drive measurable business outcomes. The ideal candidate can translate partner capabilities into practical integration opportunities, align cross-functional stakeholders, and help bring joint technical and go-to-market initiatives from concept to execution.

This is a high-impact role for someone who understands the cybersecurity ecosystem, can work effectively across partner, product, engineering, and field teams, and knows how to turn technical partnerships into differentiated customer value.

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Technical Alliance Manager Role summary

We are looking for a strategic and technically fluent leader to join our team in Cybersecurity Technical Alliances. This role will focus on building and scaling key technology partnerships, with an emphasis on technical integrations, joint solution development, and partner-led solution plays that drive measurable business outcomes. The ideal candidate can translate partner capabilities into practical integration opportunities, align cross-functional stakeholders, and help bring joint technical and go-to-market initiatives from concept to execution.

This is a high-impact role for someone who understands the cybersecurity ecosystem, can work effectively across partner, product, engineering, and field teams, and knows how to turn technical partnerships into differentiated customer value.

What You Will DoOwn strategic relationships with priority cybersecurity technology partners, with a strong focus on technical integration and joint solution execution.

Identify, prioritize, and drive technical integrations that improve interoperability, expand platform value, and support joint customer use cases.

Develop and advance joint solution plays, reference architectures, and technical value propositions with partners.

Partner closely with product, engineering, solution architecture, sales, and marketing teams to align technical partnership priorities with company strategy.

Translate partner capabilities and market opportunities into actionable integration plans, solution plays, and field-facing assets.

Support the design and launch of joint offerings, including integration narratives, use case mapping, demo scenarios, and technical enablement materials.

Drive cross-functional execution to remove blockers and accelerate delivery of partner integrations and related go-to-market motions.

Track and communicate progress against alliance objectives, integration milestones, launches, and business impact metrics.

Surface market trends, ecosystem shifts, and partner feedback to inform future integration and solution priorities.

Candidate Profile5+ years of experience in alliances, partner management, business development, product partnerships, technical partnerships, or ecosystem roles in cybersecurity or enterprise software.

Strong understanding of the cybersecurity market, including platform vendors, ecosystem motions, and partner solution landscapes.

Proven track record of driving technology partnerships that resulted in integrations, joint solutions, or measurable go-to-market outcomes.

Experience working cross-functionally with product, engineering, sales, marketing, and solution architecture teams.

Ability to translate technical capabilities into business value, customer use cases, and scalable partner motions.

Strong communication, stakeholder management, and execution skills in fast-moving, cross-functional environments.

Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and move initiatives forward with limited structure.

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications Experience in one or more areas such as cloud security, identity, agentic/AI security, collaboration security, or data security.

Background supporting joint integrations, marketplace motions, reference…