Director of Strategic Accounts

Tanium; Schweiz; A distancia; CHF 180.000 - 260.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Tanium is seeking a Director of Strategic Accounts to lead strategic software sales within an assigned territory or accounts. The role focuses on articulating the Tanium platform's value to CIOs, CISOs, VPs of Operations, and other senior leaders, while navigating large, complex deals and multi-stakeholder environments.

You will drive opportunities from discovery to close, collaborate with partners and marketing, maintain accurate forecasts in SFDC, and deliver engaging presentations to

Formación

• Significant enterprise software sales experience closing large, complex transactions.
• Proven track record of exceeding quota.
• Experience calling on C-Suite level contacts.
• Strong relationships with partner ecosystems to enable a partner-led GTM.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsabilidades

• Articulate the Tanium value to decision makers and manage the complex sales cycle.
• Nurture and develop relationships within territory/accounts and present to the C-suite.
• Collaborate with Partner and Marketing teams to support prospecting and sales.
• Accurately forecast and maintain SFDC hygiene.
• Conduct online webinars or in-person presentations to generate qualified leads.
• Travel as needed.

Conocimientos

Enterprise software sales

C-suite engagement

Team selling

Forecasting

Public speaking

Descripción del empleo

As a Director of Strategic Accounts (DSA) on the Tanium field sales team, you will be responsible for generating opportunities to position the Tanium platform within an assigned territory and/or accounts. You’ll be equally as comfortable with the CIO, CISO or VP Ops as you would hosting a room of Red Team members; from talking business benefits to bits and bytes. The successful DSA drives a superior customer experience by delivering technology solutions tailored to customer needs and is able to exceed their assigned quota.

What you’ll do

• Articulate the value of the Tanium platform to decision makers and expertly manage the complex sales cycle
• Nurture and develop relationships within the assigned territory and/or accounts, presenting to the C-suite the value of the Tanium platform
• Work with the Partner and Marketing teams to define and support prospecting and sales efforts within assigned territory and/or accounts
• Accurately forecast, maintaining excellent SFDC hygiene
• Conduct online webinars or in-person presentations to generate qualified leads
• Travel as needed

We’re looking for someone with

• Significant enterprise software sales experience, generating and closing large & complex software transactions with the biggest customers in the region
• A strong team mentality - selling is a team sport at Tanium, where managing and using virtual resources to tackle large and complex sales cycles is a must have skill
• Proven track record of exceeding quota
• Experience calling on and presenting to C-Suite level contacts
• Background building and cultivating relationships with partner ecosystems to bring a partner-centric go-to-market approach to our customers
• The ability to evangelize and build new business opportunities within an assigned territory and/or accounts.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

About Tanium

Tanium is the Autonomous IT company. As Al accelerates both innovation and risk, Tanium Atlas, the company's autonomous operating system, puts the full depth of the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform behind every IT and security operator - human and agentic. Tanium provides the real-time intelligence, agentic decision-making, and autonomous execution operators needed to detect, decide, and remediate at machine speed across their endpoint estate.

The company is recognized as a Leader in the inaugural 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Management Tools, as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Client Endpoint Management Software for Windows Device Management 2025-2026 Vendor Assessment, and as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™. Endpoint Management Platforms, Q2 2026.

To learn how Tanium delivers Autonomous IT for unstoppable business, visit www.tanium.com andfollow us on LinkedIn and X.

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