Who is Forcepoint?
Forcepoint simplifies security for global businesses and governments. Forcepoint’s all-in-one, truly cloud-native platform makes it easy to adopt Zero Trust and prevent the theft or loss of sensitive data and intellectual property no matter where people are working. 20+ years in business. 2.7k employees. 150 countries. 11k+ customers. 300+ patents. If our mission excites you, you’re in the right place; we want you to bring your own energy to help us create a safer world. All we’re missing is you!
Sales Engineering Manager - Midwest/West Region
The Sales Engineering Manager leads a high-performing team of Sales Engineers responsible for driving technical excellence and customer success with Forcepoint's data protection everywhere solutions. This is a strategic, consultative pre-sales leadership role that directly influences major enterprise deals across industries including financial services, retail, transportation, healthcare, and education. The Manager partners closely with executive stakeholders, customers, and internal engineering teams to shape product design, deployment strategies, and future innovations.
Location: Remote - Midwest or West Coast preferred
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
Define and execute the technical pre-sales strategy for the Midwest and West regions, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
Lead by example, demonstrating best-in-class technical expertise, consultative selling, and customer engagement.
Team Development & Performance
Mentor and coach team members, creating personalized development plans to accelerate career growth.
Drive accountability for individual and team performance metrics, ensuring consistent achievement of goals.
Customer & Partner Engagement
Oversee delivery of compelling technical presentations and solution demonstrations to senior technical and business decision-makers.
Guide the architecture and design of secure enterprise solutions tailored to customer needs.
Build strong relationships with channel partners, enabling technical readiness and joint solution positioning.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Work closely with Sales, Product Management, and Engineering to influence the product roadmap and ensure successful project milestones.
Support proof-of-concept activities and technical evaluations in collaboration with account teams.
Market & Competitive Strategy
Analyze the competitive landscape across the Midwest and West markets, developing strategies to address technical and business challenges.
Recommend policy and process improvements that positively impact the broader organization.
Travel & Representation
Travel across the Midwest and West territory to engage with customers, partners, and internal teams.
Represent Forcepoint at key customer engagements, industry events, and partner forums.
Requirements & Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
Extensive leadership experience managing pre-sales teams in enterprise technology environments.
Proven success in cybersecurity pre-sales, with a minimum of 3 years in the security domain.
Deep understanding of cybersecurity technologies and cloud platforms across multiple security domains.
Expertise in Cloud Security, SASE/SSE, SD-WAN/NGFW, and Data Security.
Preferred certifications: OSCP, CCNP, CCIE, CISSP, FCNSP, CEH.
Exceptional communication, presentation, and executive influencing skills.
Must be based in or willing to relocate to the Midwest or West Coast.
Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% across assigned territory.
Forcepoint is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range and variable compensation for this role is 250,000.00 - 275,000.00 and represents the low and high end of compensation for this position. Actual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to, location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Forcepoint’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include bonuses, paid time off policy, and many region-specific benefits
Don’t meet every single qualification? Studies show people are hesitant to apply if they don’t meet all requirements listed in a job posting. Forcepoint is focused on building an inclusive and diverse workplace – so if there is something slightly different about your previous experience, but it otherwise aligns and you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply. You could be a great candidate for this or other roles on our team.
The policy of Forcepoint is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status and to affirmatively seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity.
Forcepoint is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers, including job seekers with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Company’s career webpage as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by sending an email to [email protected].
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