Manager, Sales Engineering
At a glance
Mid-level Solutions & Sales Engineering role at Forcepoint. Home Office - Singapore · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Lead Singapore’s sales engineering team through coaching, mentoring, and career development
- Build territory plans with Singapore sales leaders to support growth and customer success
- Guide customer solution design and presentations across DLP, NGFW, Web Security, and Data Security Cloud
- Step into major opportunities as the senior technical contact for customers and partners
- Oversee PoCs, RFPs, workshops, enablement, and feedback to product and engineering teams
What you bring
- At least ten years in cybersecurity or enterprise IT, including three years leading pre-sales teams
- Hands-on expertise in DLP, AI-based data classification, NGFW, proxies, web gateways, and DSPM
- A record of leading technical teams, influencing sales results, and earning executive customer trust
- Strong knowledge of cloud and hybrid security challenges, stakeholder management, and English communication
Who this fits
You’ll suit a Singapore-based sales engineering leader who can represent the country in regional and global forums. The role combines team management with executive-level customer work and strategic opportunities. Regional travel is expected as needed, and you must have the right to work where you apply.
From the employer
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!
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage Sales Engineering team, providing mentorship, coaching, and career development for pre-sales engineers.
- Partner with Singapore sales leadership to develop and execute a territory strategy that supports business growth and customer success.
- Ensure technical excellence in customer engagements, guiding the team in designing and presenting solutions for Web Security, DLP, NGFW, Data Security Cloud, and AI-driven data protection.
- Support large, complex, and strategic sales opportunities by personally engaging with key customers and partners as an executive technical leader.
- Foster strong relationships with key enterprise customers, government agencies, and channel partners, promoting Forcepoint’s data security vision.
- Drive regional adoption of new and emerging solutions, such as AI-based data classification and DSPM, by equipping the team with technical knowledge and field enablement resources.
- Collaborate with global product and engineering teams to provide customer feedback and influence roadmap direction based on market dynamics in Singapore.
- Oversee proof-of-concept (PoC) projects, RFP responses, and customer workshops, ensuring consistent technical quality and professionalism.
- Represent the technical voice of Singapore in regional and global leadership forums.
What You Bring to the Role:
- 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity or enterprise IT, with 3+ years in a pre-sales leadership or managerial role.
- Proven ability to lead technical teams, drive sales outcomes, and build customer trust at the executive level.
- Strong domain expertise in:
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
- AI-driven data classification and discovery
- Network security (NGFW, proxies, web gateways)
- Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)
- Deep understanding of enterprise security challenges across cloud and hybrid environments.
- Strong customer engagement and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, matrixed, and multicultural organization.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Based in Singapore with flexibility to travel regionally as needed.
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 recruiting@forcepoint.com.
Applicants must have the right to work in the location to which you have applied.
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