The Basics:

As a Senior Director of Product Marketing, you will be a key enabler for all facets of our go-to-market strategy as it pertains to our endpoint security solution portfolio. You’ll play a critical role on a quickly growing team with the opportunity to make a significant impact in a short period of time. You will be responsible for product messaging, positioning, sales and partner enablement, new product launches, revenue planning, and collaboration with the demand generation team. You will be the “voice of the customer” in the way we present our products and solutions to the world. 

Our ideal candidate will be creative, analytical, and extremely well organized, with a high-level of attention to detail. You must have demonstrated experience creating interesting narratives out of complex topics, have excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to influence and drive initiatives across cross-functional teams. 

This is a hybrid position, which will require in person attendance several days each week in one of the following locations: Addison, TX; Bellevue, WA; Durham, NC; Emeryville, CA; or Reston, VA.

What you’ll do:

  • Be the voice of the customer and oversee the marketing of the security suite of products and solutions 
  • Be the quarterback for the product & solutions go-to-market plan that aligns with the revenue goals and develop marketing assets and overall execution plan in support of major launches 
  • Analyze the market, buyers, trends, industry-specific problems, and competitors to create strategic positioning that differentiates Tanium in the endpoint security market 
  • Identify target personas, understand their key business problems, and pain points, and articulate Tanium’s value proposition to drive desired outcomes 
  • Work closely with product management, sales leadership, enablement, customer success, and marketing teams across all activities 
  • Leverage strong content creation background to develop content, including sales tools, whitepapers, custom one-sheets, event collateral, and thought-leadership content 
  • Collaborate with demand generation teams to execute targeted campaigns that drive pipeline 
  • Partner with sales, product etc. to facilitate feedback and drive continuous improvement of the product positioning, sales enablement tools etc. 
  • Conduct market research, including buyer interviews to inform marketing content and create actionable insights 
  • Present to customers, partners, and sales teams 

 

Education: 

  • BA or BS in Marketing or equivalent experience required 
  • MBA strongly preferred 

Experience: 

  • We are looking for someone excited to work in a fast-moving, high-growth company for an opportunity to drive revenue growth and advance your career 
  • 10+ years minimum of experience in product marketing, solutions marketing, or outbound product management required 
  • Experience crafting go-to-market strategy including pricing and packaging 
  • Experience marketing an enterprise software solution to address cybersecurity issues 
  • Experience at a business-to-business enterprise software company required 
  • Experience understanding technology at a deep level and ability translate to business needs concisely required 
  • Experience developing presentations to customers, sales teams, and partners preferred 
  • Solid experience in positioning work and writing marketing plans for complex products and/or market dynamics 

Other: 

  • Strong presentation skills are required. Must be comfortable speaking in front of all levels from entry-level employees to the C Suite 
  • You are a team player, knowing how to work well cross-functionally to rally teams around your strategy and plans 
  • You can balance both the art and science of marketing – having great creative intuition and an insatiable appetite for data and insights 
  • Understanding of basic branding principles: brand identity, building equity, brand voice, etc. a plus. 
  • You possess excellent business judgment; ability to prioritize independently, overcome blockers, create clarity, and move forward even in ambiguous circumstances 
  • A profound sense of ownership and accountability is required along with the ability to influence (and inspire) and sometimes skeptical audiences 

 

Core Competencies:

  • Demonstrates initiative and motivation 
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills 
  • Team player 
  • A person of high ethics and integrity 
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment 

Security & Privacy Roles & Responsibilities:

All roles at Tanium have access to Tanium Confidential Information, therefore, Tanium assigns a universal Position Risk Designation to all roles to hold everyone to the highest possible standard. All roles at Tanium are subject to the following requirements: 

  • Protection of Tanium information and other assets 
  • Compliance with Tanium policies and terms of applicable agreements with Tanium 

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 result 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's biggest technology companies, system integrators, and managed service providers to help customers realize the full potential of their IT investments. Tanium has been named to the Forbes Cloud 100 list for nine consecutive years and ranks on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For. For more information on The Power of Certainty™, visit www.tanium.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X. 

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.   

We are an organization with stakeholders around the world and 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. 

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 $140,000 to $420,000. This range is an estimate of 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 a 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.

 

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