Director, Product Management - Security Operations

Director, Product Management - Security Operations

Join Tanium as a Director, Product Management - Security Operations and lead the product strategy for our AI‑driven Security Operations portfolio.

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.

• Define and execute an innovative roadmap for Tanium’s Sec Ops portfolio, ensuring alignment with 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 Sec Ops 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 engineering.
• 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 adoption of your products and build Tanium’s brand.

• Education
  • BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Security or similar domains, 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, 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 preferred.
  • 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.
• 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.
  • Ability to establish and nurture strong customer champions.
  • 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 challenges and ambiguity.

The annual base salary range for this full‑time position is $135,000 to $405,000. This range is an estimate for what Tanium will pay a new hire; the actual salary offered may vary based on location, education, skills, training, and experience.

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

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…