It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! _We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business._ The VP of Corporate Events will be the driving force behind the vision, strategy, and execution of our global events, including flagship programs like Proofpoint Protect, third-party sponsorships, and executive engagements. This role requires a seasoned leader with a proven track record of conceptualizing and executing large-scale, industry-leading conferences and events on the scale of the industry's most renowned conferences, delivering transformative and high-impact experiences. **Key Responsibilities** **Event Strategy and Leadership:** + Develop and lead a comprehensive global event strategy, integrating flagship events, third-party sponsorships, regional engagements, and executive programs into a cohesive roadmap that aligns with business objectives.Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including sales, marketing, product, and communications, to ensure event strategies support overarching company goals.Set the vision for our events, ensuring they represent the highest level of creativity, innovation, and operational excellence. **Event Execution:** + Oversee the planning, production, and execution of all events, delivering exceptional attendee experiences across both digital and in-person formats. Manage end-to-end event production, including content development, branding, operations, sponsorships, and high-touch executive engagement programs.Establish metrics and processes to measure event impact, ensuring alignment with business objectives such as pipeline generation, customer retention, and brand amplification. **Operational Excellence:** + Own and manage the events budget with a focus on efficiency and measurable outcomes. + Implement scalable systems and processes for planning, execution, and performance tracking. + Build and lead a high-performing events team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability. + Innovation and Thought Leadership.Push the boundaries of event experiences through the use of emerging technologies, hybrid formats, data-driven personalization, and innovative design.Stay ahead of industry trends, continuously benchmarking and evolving Proofpoint’s event strategy to ensure it sets new standards within the cybersecurity space. _If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!_ Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams. To view additional awards, please visit www.proofpoint.com/us/news#awards Proofpoint thrives on the invaluable contributions of our diverse workforce, which encompasses a kaleidoscope of lived experiences, thoughts, perspectives, and professional expertise. We attribute much of our success to our people, who are at the core of our organization and embody our people-centric ethos. We hire the most innovative minds globally to safeguard our customers’ sensitive data and intellectual property. Our talented workforce develops and leverages our advanced technology, combining their expertise to provide comprehensive protection against threat actors and mitigate the risks posed by both malicious and negligent employees. Cyberattacks have the potential to disrupt access to vital resources such as energy, water, transportation, healthcare, and financial services. At Proofpoint, our dedicated team works tirelessly to ensure world-class cyber resilience, protecting approximately 8,000 enterprise customers worldwide. We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We work every day to ensure that our employees feel that they are in a community that celebrates their unique identity, cultivates their sense of belonging, and invests in their professional growth. We have 9 employee-led employee inclusion groups which help support both employees and our organization by providing opportunities to network, discuss career and cultural development and uplift the corporate culture to create a more inclusive workplace. At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today’s advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to: + Build and enhance our proven security platform + Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture + Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel + Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges   We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner. Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability. Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.