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The Basics :

Reporting to our Sr. Director, Corporate Communications, Tanium is seeking a Director of Public Relations to evangelize Tanium's unique market advantage. This highly visible, leadership role will be responsible for developing and driving our Public Relations strategy. You must have strong and respected relationships with the media, particularly in technology, cybersecurity and finance. You are a master storyteller, rooted in strategy with passion for Tanium's mission. You are accustomed to a mach-speed atmosphere and can continuously toggle between strategist and do-er. You have a strong blend of data-driven insights and creativity. You are unstoppable in your pursuit of goals and you never win alone - you win as a team. You'll work closely with the Executive team and other leadership at Tanium to make things happen quickly and at scale.

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 :

• Leverage relationships with key media outlets and reporters to drive awareness for Tanium's value proposition, industry thought leadership and executive profiles.
• Provide strategic counsel and public / media relations guidance to senior executives.
• Maintain a regular cadence of press releases (corporate, product, case study, partner, award, etc.) to keep Tanium top of mind with customers, press, analysts, partners
• Drive thought leadership earned coverage between major product launches to maintain a steady drumbeat of coverage and increase industry awareness of Taniuim.
• Build a speaker's bench and drive Tanium's executive public speaking opportunities.
• Manage submission process for all company award nominations and promotion of award wins.
• Provide media training and speech writing and / or editing for senior executives as needed.
• Manage the process and documentation for crisis management and high alert events
• Drive the company's online reputation management.
• Compile and distribute regular industry news reports to the sales team on timely and relevant topics to help them capitalize on trends and opportunities happening in the market.
• Research relevant media coverage and industry trends and develop outreach campaigns that position executives as thought leaders around those topics.
• Coordinate press interviews at conferences and trade shows.
• Offer leadership, management and development to a small, but growing team with a hands-on approach.
• Manage global public relations agencies including Japan for FY26. Serve as the central point of contact and as the primary distributor of information across global teams and agencies to ensure consistency across geographies. Support localization where appropriate.
• Manage a budget (wisely).
• Travel as needed - roughly 25%

We're looking for someone with :

BA / BS or equivalent industry experience required

10+ years of experience in Corporate Communications, Strategic Communications, Public Relations or relevant experience required

Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills

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'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.

Taking care of our team members

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 $400,000. 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.

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