Onsite Technical Account Manager

Posted 4 days ago

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About the role

  • Technical Account Manager at Proofpoint supporting strategic customers with a focus on technical and customer service excellence. Aiding in crisis and incident responses while managing technical support interactions.

Responsibilities

  • Independently provide ongoing and proactive technical leadership and support to Proofpoint’s strategic customers with little direction.
  • Manage and monitor support interactions, serving as an internal advocate for strategic customers, responding to customer escalations, and proactively escalating when needed.
  • Direct crisis and incident response, working with the account team, technical support, operations and engineering teams to ensure timely resolution, while communicating effectively with customers.
  • Meet regularly with clients, both remotely and on-site, to review support interactions, system status, major issues, upcoming releases, and other pertinent items.
  • Create and deliver executive customer presentations that outline system performance, potential issues, ROI and suggested forward courses of action.
  • Develop deep understanding of customer’s business and operational needs.
  • Maintain deep practical technical knowledge of Proofpoint’s integration within the customer's environment, including network, security, systems administration, and messaging management.
  • Develop and oversee a comprehensive strategy to meet complex customer requirements utilizing Proofpoint’s solutions.
  • Provide proactive recommendations that support the customer's requirements, roadmap and ongoing technical needs.
  • Identify and prioritize short term and long-term goals.
  • Plan and lead process improvement initiatives tailored to improve customer satisfaction with the services and interaction with the Proofpoint Team.
  • Plan, document, and identify risks and challenges for production changes that span multiple services or technologies.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of industry experience in a client/professional services, sales engineer, senior support engineer, IT operations management, or senior engineer role with exposure to multiple technology areas
  • Knowledge of data communication concepts and technologies, specifically email and networking
  • Knowledge of Linux, SMTP, and MySQL
  • Working knowledge of Windows, Active Directory, and Microsoft Exchange
  • Working knowledge of Email Archive products and Records Management
  • Very strong customer service and excellent communications skills, both written and oral
  • A history of successfully leading and directing technical staff through crisis situations
  • Adaptable and willing to learn new technologies
  • Knowledge of project management and strong time management skills
  • Able to effectively work in a team environment as well as independently
  • Knowledge of Compliance regulations and records management a must.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Comprehensive benefits
  • Career success on your terms
  • Flexible work environment
  • Annual wellness and community outreach days
  • Always on recognition for your contributions
  • Global collaboration and networking opportunities

Job title

Technical Account Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$93,300 - $146,630 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

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