Job Specifications
The Basics
Our Product Management team is actively seeking a Director of Product Management for Security Operations to join our passionate, driven and fast-paced team. This role requires an innovative and inspired teammate with deep expertise in security operations, endpoint detection, threat hunting and/or incident response and is excited to innovate.
In this role, you will own and maintain the product strategy from ideation to launch for Tanium's AI Agents for Security Operations. You will need to be both strategic and tactical, able to effectively define, communicate and execute the vision, working closely with customers and internal stakeholders.
A successful candidate will be a strong communicator who can bring their growth mindset, product and business expertise to execute cross-functionally across all levels of the organization. Must have a successful track record of working with stakeholders on new products. Must demonstrate executive presence and the ability to confidently engage with customer leadership.
This position follows the Company’s hybrid schedule which currently requires employees to work in the office at one of the following locations a minimum of three days per week: Addison, TX; Bellevue, WA; Durham, NC; Emeryville, CA; or Reston, VA.
What You’ll Do
Define and execute on an innovative roadmap for Tanium’s SecOps portfolio, ensuring alignment with Tanium's business objectives
Work closely with engineering, data science, and design teams to translate customer needs into technical solutions
Conduct in-depth analysis of market trends, customer requirements, and competitive landscapes
Identify new market and partnership opportunities
Present product vision, updates, and progress to internal and external stakeholders, including customers and partners
Drive the adoption of cutting-edge SecOps technologies to address challenges in endpoint security, IT operations, and data management
Track and deliver objectives and key results (OKRs) to measure product success and guide iterative improvements
Own the delivery of product capabilities from ideation to launch in partnership with the engineering teams
Document customer use cases, product requirements, and business justifications for new feature development
Partner with internal teams on development of appropriate materials to ensure successful enablement and training on new features and updates
Support product marketing initiatives, partner relationships, and other opportunities to accelerate the adoption your products and to build Tanium’s brand
We’re looking for someone with
Education
BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Security or similar domains of study or equivalent experience.
MA preferred
Experience
7+ years of product management experience with cyber threat analysis, detection and response tools and platforms such as EDR, SIEM, and XDR
2+ years of experience leading and mentoring a team of product managers
Demonstrated ability to discover opportunities, and then define and deliver products
Strong track record of working with business stakeholders to drive definition and alignment, strong communication and influencing skills, project management skills, and strong time management skills
Experience with new and emerging technologies such as genAI, LLM, and agentic AI through the lens of cybersecurity use cases is preferred, though not required
Analytical and data-driven: can use data and business intelligence tools to define metrics to measure baselines and outcomes
Experience handling the ideation, technical development, and launch of customer-facing software products
Strong track record of working with business stakeholders to drive definition and alignment, strong communication and influencing skills, project management skills, and strong time management skills
Other
Align with the Tanium values: we win as a team, we do the right thing, and we are unstoppable
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 to inspire and influence internal and external customers
Grit; ability to deal with and overcome challenges and ability to deal with ambiguity
About Tanium
Tanium delivers the industry's only true real-time cloud-based endpoint management and security offering. Its platform is real-time, seamless, and autonomous, allowing security-conscious organizations to break down silos between IT and Security operations that results in reduced complexity, cost, and risk. Securing more than 32M endpoints around the world, Tanium's customers include Fortune 100 organizations, top US retailers, top US commercial banks, and branches of the U.S. Military. It also partners with the world
About the Company
Tanium AEM delivers autonomous management of endpoints across the industry's most comprehensive platform, providing solutions for asset discovery and inventory, vulnerability management, endpoint management, incident response, risk and compliance, and digital employee experience. Tanium AEM offers a set of distinctive features that transform how IT and Security organizations execute change safely and reliably in their environment -- at scale, with confidence, and in real-time. For more information on The Power of Certainty(t...
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