Product Manager

Note: This role is Hybrid in office 3 days per week

The Basics: 

As Director of Product Management at Tanium, you will be responsible for the development and business success of Tanium products that are part of Tanium's security and IT operations portfolio focusing on partnerships and integrations. In this role, you will work with engineering, product, sales and marketing, technical account managers, & customers on very-high-importance, cross-functional analytical, and strategic projects to ensure alignment of our overall product vision, product development, and ultimately, our go-to-market strategies. You will be doing this while keeping in mind customer needs, satisfaction, & adoption. 

Ideal candidates are entrepreneurial, have intuition and an understanding of what makes an enterprise software business successful. They would also strike a balance between having a strong technical data analysis and modeling ability, but also the intuition around business and strategy needed to understand Tanium's practical realities. 

This is an individual contributor position. 

This position follows the Company’s hybrid schedule which currently requires employees to work in the Durham, NC office a minimum of three days per week.

What you’ll do: 

• As an individual contributor, you will identify & cultivate strategic customer relationships to obtain feedback on existing products, identify opportunities, & establish requirements for emerging products 
• Take ownership of the strategy, growth, and success of Tanium product 
• Assist in the development of sales & technical enablement materials 
• Collaborate with sales leadership to establish the go-to market strategy for your products, target prospective customers, and exploit competitive differentiators for your products 
• Support product marketing initiatives, partner relationships, and other opportunities to accelerate the adoption of your products and to build Tanium’s brand 
• Define strategic direction for your products and work with stakeholders, both internal and external, to achieve buy-in for your vision and their role in executing on it 
• Collaborate with the product management team to identify new products that align with Tanium’s technology, strategic direction, and business imperatives 

We’re looking for someone with: 

Education 

• BA/BS degree from a leading undergraduate institution 

Experience 

• 3 to 5 years Enterprise Software experience 
• 3 to 5 years of professional work experience in analytical (investment banking, consulting, data science), strategic (product management, business operations, strategy), or engineering (software engineer) roles 
• Product management experience with MSFT and/or ServiceNow or a focus partnerships and integrations 
• Demonstrable ability with analytical tools like Excel, SQL, R, & Python 
• Minimum 5 years hands on experience with IT operations and systems management products 
• 3 to 5 years of experience supporting IT operations and systems management products from a consulting or vendor point of view 
• Demonstrated success in working with engineering teams to plan, develop and launch successful software products 

Other 

• Willingness to take on firmly entrenched competitors with creative approaches to technology, and tenacious pursuit to build and grow a product’s customer base 
• Excellent communicator with an intuition for technology and software business strategy 
• Intuition to identify greenfield (or neglected) markets that align with Tanium’s platform and present opportunities for rapid growth 
• Ability to establish and nurture strong customer champions for a product that can serve as its advocates and its advisory board 
• Strong written communication, verbal communication and presentation skills 
• Adept at understanding and navigating organizations in order to inspire and influence internal and external customers 

About Tanium 

On a mission. Together. 

At Tanium, we are stewards of a culture that emphasizes the importance of collaboration, respect, and diversity. In our pursuit of revolutionizing the way some of the largest enterprises and governments in the world solve their most difficult IT challenges, we are strengthened by our unique perspectives and by our collective actions.   

As a global organization with stakeholders around the world, it’s imperative that the diversity of our customers and communities is reflected internally in our team members. We strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that only together can we do great things.  

Our commitment to excellence and innovation has earned us a place on the Forbes Cloud 100 list for ten consecutive years, and we continue to be recognized worldwide as a great place to work. 

Each of our team members has 5 days set aside as volunteer time off (VTO) to contribute to the communities they live in and give back to the causes they care about most.  

What you’ll get

The annual base salary range for this full-time position is $135,000 to $210,000. This range is an estimate for what Tanium will pay a new hire. The actual annual base salary offered may be adjusted based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, location, education, skills, training, and experience.

In addition to an annual base salary, team members will receive equity awards and a generous benefits package consisting of medical, dental and vision plan, family planning benefits, health savings account, flexible spending account, transportation savings account, 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match, life, accident and disability coverage, business travel accident insurance, employee assistance programs, disability insurance, and other well-being benefits.