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Full-Time

Senior Practice Leader

Zero Trust for Professional Services

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Cloudflare

Cloudflare

1,001-5,000 employees

Provides CDN, security, and serverless solutions

Cybersecurity
Enterprise Software

Senior

Remote in USA

Category
Product Management
Product Marketing
Product
Required Skills
Sales
Communications
Salesforce
JIRA
Marketing
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in professional services, project management, or a customer-facing role.
  • Strong understanding of the professional services landscape, including both internal and partner-provided services.
  • Excellent Prior work experience as a Product Manager, Practice Manager
  • Knowledge and familiarity with the Software Development Life Cycle
  • Demonstrated progressive relevant experience defining, developing, and executing training strategies, operations and action plans
  • Ability to quickly understand technical concepts and explain them to customer and professional services audiences (mostly technical)
  • Proven ability to effectively interact with and influence senior executives and team members
  • Communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
  • Experienced in giving and receiving constructive feedback
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, unpredictable environment
  • Good understanding of how the Internet works, Networking and Security, Zero Trust Services/SASE, DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP, TLS, APIs and related technologies
  • Experience with Jira and Salesforce (or similar CRM tool) is a plus.
  • Fluency in English (written and oral) is a must. Fluency in one or more additional regional languages is a plus.
  • Hands-on experience implementing and managing content delivery network (CDN), distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection, web application firewall (WAF), load balancing, and other related solutions for clients across various industries.
Responsibilities
  • Act as a product manager of professional services specifically in: Network Services; Zero Trust; and Application Services.
  • Prioritizes and executes on building offerings based on alignment with strategic vision.
  • Review information gathered by PS Leaders and Implementation Managers to understand offering value propositions.
  • Execute on building PS offerings based on direction from Leadership.
  • Builds sales collateral, scoping guidelines, project plans, delivery kits/accelerators.
  • Leads effort to create and maintain selling and delivery enablement.
  • Creates service offerings that are in-line with quick wins.
  • Focuses on a-la-carte add-on services and packaged services targeting different customer profiles, E.g., Mid-Market, Enterprise, etc.
  • Demonstrates good communication skills across the PS organization (Delivery Leaders, Engagement Management, Consulting Delivery) and Customer Success team.
  • Own and launch internal and external marketing campaigns (e.g. blog posts, videos, webinars, internal enablement, presentation on worldwide field calls, regional leader calls, etc.) about new or improved offerings.
  • Drive the team's comprehensive understanding of Cloudflare's platform and capabilities, including configuration, optimization, and troubleshooting, ensuring collective expertise within the practice.

Cloudflare enhances the performance, security, and reliability of websites and applications through services like content delivery network (CDN) solutions and cybersecurity protections against threats such as DDoS attacks. They also offer serverless computing, allowing developers to run code without managing servers. Using a freemium model, Cloudflare attracts users with free basic services and charges for premium features, serving a diverse clientele from individual developers to large enterprises. Their goal is to provide essential tools that meet the growing demand for faster and more secure internet services.

Company Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$354.3M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2009

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

9%

1 year growth

20%

2 year growth

43%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Cloudflare's continuous innovation, such as the new no-code feature to block AI bots, demonstrates their commitment to addressing emerging threats and market needs.
  • The company's extensive and diverse client base provides a stable revenue stream and opportunities for upselling premium services.
  • Cloudflare's leadership in cybersecurity and web performance positions it well to capitalize on the growing demand for secure and fast internet services.

What critics are saying

  • The increasing frequency of DDoS attacks could strain Cloudflare's resources and impact service reliability.
  • Relying on a freemium model may limit revenue growth if users do not convert to paid plans.

What makes Cloudflare unique

  • Cloudflare's freemium model attracts a broad user base, from individual developers to large enterprises, unlike competitors who may focus solely on enterprise clients.
  • Their innovative tools like Cloudflare Workers and Pages enable developers to build and deploy applications directly on their network, providing a unique edge in the developer community.
  • Cloudflare's strong emphasis on cybersecurity, including DDoS protection and new features to block AI bots, sets them apart in the internet infrastructure market.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Take-what-you-need paid vacation policy

Comprehensive health plans and benefits

Paid maternity and paternity leave

Commuter and ride share options

Returnships