Director of Product Management (Data Platform)

Tanium; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Volunteer time off

Work from home opportunities

Equity awards

Generous benefits package consisting

Health savings account

Family planning benefits

Flexible spending account

Transportation savings account

401(k) retirement savings plan

Business travel accident insurance

Employee assistance programs

Disability insurance

Job summary

Tanium is seeking a Director of Product Management focused on Data Platform, Cloud, and SaaS Architecture to lead and shape a data strategy for a cloud-native, enterprise-scale platform. You will partner with engineering, product, design, and leadership to drive end-to-end data capabilities across the Tanium platform.

You will own the roadmap from ideation to launch, influence across pods, and drive data quality and reliability while delivering customer value at scale.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in enterprise B2B software with SaaS/cloud data product PM experience
• Experience with large-scale enterprise data systems; graph databases a plus
• Deep knowledge of cloud and SaaS architectures (Azure/AWS)
• Proven track record leading product strategy for complex technical platforms
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Own the product strategy and roadmap for Tanium’s cloud/SaaS data platform from ideation through launch
• Define and drive the data architecture roadmap including storage, access, query, visualization, and data movement
• Lead collaboration with Product Managers, Engineering, Design, and leadership to align priorities across pods
• Guide data surface and UX strategy across Atlas and the UI to improve trust and usability
• Drive data movement, export/import, and interoperability across products
• Establish clear requirements, specifications, use cases, and success metrics for data platform capabilities
• Collaborate with engineering leadership on durable architectural decisions
• Champion data quality as a core product priority and align across lifecycle stages
• Support enablement, training, and launch materials for successful adoption
• Understand customer needs across business and technical teams to identify differentiation opportunities
• Leverage cloud, analytics, and enterprise data trends to shape strategic solutions

Skills

Product leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Cloud architectures

Data platforms

SaaS

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Education

BA/BS required

MA/MS or equivalent advanced degree preferred

Tools

Graph databases

Job description

• Our Product Management team is actively seeking a new Director of Product Management focused on Data Platform, Cloud, and SaaS Architecture to join our passionate, driven, and fast-paced team


• In this role, you will own and shape Tanium’s end-to-end data strategy across cloud and SaaS environments, partnering closely with engineering, product, design, and cross-functional leadership to define how Tanium stores, accesses, queries, moves, and visualizes data across the platform


• You will bring deep experience in cloud and SaaS architectures, data platforms, and enterprise-scale systems, with the ability to translate complex customer, product, and technical requirements into actionable strategy and execution


• You will need to be successful influencing cross-functionally across all levels of the organization, operating horizontally across multiple teams and pods, and drive clarity in ambiguous, complex technical domains


• You must also be comfortable setting strategic direction while staying close enough to the work to make high-quality product and architecture decisions


• Own the product strategy and roadmap for Tanium’s cloud/SaaS data platform, from ideation through launch, in close partnership with engineering teams


• Define and drive the short- and long-term roadmap for Tanium’s end-to-end data architecture, including storage, access, query, visualization, and data movement capabilities


• Partner with Product Managers, Engineering, Design, and leadership across the organization to align priorities across multiple pods and ensure teams are building toward a cohesive data strategy


• Lead product direction for how data is surfaced and experienced in Atlas and the UI, with a focus on improving trust, usability, reliability, and customer value


• Drive the strategy for data movement and integration capabilities, including export, import, and scalable data exchange patterns across products and use cases


• Establish clear product requirements, technical specifications, use cases, business logic, and success metrics for data platform capabilities


• Partner with engineering leadership to make durable architectural decisions across complex, distributed cloud and SaaS systems


• Champion data quality as a core product priority, setting expectations and mechanisms to improve consistency, reliability, and trust throughout the data lifecycle


• Collaborate with internal teams on enablement, training, and launch materials to ensure successful adoption of new data capabilities and platform improvements


• Work closely with business, technical, customer-facing, and go-to-market teams to understand customer needs, solve daily challenges, and identify opportunities for product differentiation


• Leverage innovation and trends in cloud, SaaS, data architecture, analytics, and enterprise platform technologies to develop strategic solutions

Benefits

• Volunteer time off


• Work from home opportunities


• Equity awards


• Generous benefits package consisting of medical, dental and vision plan


• Health savings account


• Family planning benefits


• Flexible spending account


• Transportation savings account


• 401(k) retirement savings plan


• Business travel accident insurance


• Employee assistance programs


• Disability insurance

Requirements

• 8+ years of total professional experience in enterprise B2B software, with at least 5 years in product management supporting a SaaS, cloud platform, data platform, infrastructure, or security technology productBA/BS requiredMA/MS or equivalent advanced technical/business degree preferred


• Experience with large-scale enterprise data systems;


• experience with graph databases is a plus


• Strong data platform experience, including one or more of the following:


• Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity, quickly ramp into new technical domains, and bring structure to broad, evolving problem spaces


• Strong track record of working with engineering and business stakeholders to drive product definition, strategic alignment, prioritization, and execution


• Query layers and large-scale database systems


• Deep experience with cloud and SaaS architectures, with strong working knowledge of hyperscaler environments such as Azure and/or AWS


• People leadership experience, including building and leading teams;


• experience managing managers is a plus


• Experience working across distributed systems and multiple product surfaces, rather than a single narrowly defined application or monolith


• Proven ability to influence horizontally across cross-functional teams, product pods, and senior stakeholders


• Data quality, reliability, governance, and lifecycle considerations


• Data movement, export/import, integration, or interoperability capabilities


• Data storage and data access architectures


• Data visualization and analytics experiences


• Technology background preferred, ideally with experience in security, systems management, IT operations, cloud infrastructure, data platforms, or enterprise platform products


• Proven experience leading product strategy for complex technical platforms, including the ability to define opportunities, translate customer needs into requirements, and deliver products at enterprise scale


• Experience with graph databases or graph-based data models


• Experience with large-scale database systems, analytics platforms, or enterprise data visualization products


• Experience leading product teams through organizational growth, hiring, or team structure evolution


• Experience building durable export/import patterns and integrations across complex enterprise products


• Broader hyperscaler depth across Azure, AWS, and/or other cloud providers