Employment Counsel

Tanium; California; Hybrid; USD 191,000 - 293,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Medical

Dental & Vision

401(k) match

Family planning benefits

HSA/FSAs

Transit savings

Volunteer time off

Job summary

Tanium is seeking an Employment Counsel to partner with the People team and business stakeholders in a fast‑paced, global tech environment. The role focuses on strategic employment‑law advice, investigations, and policy development to attract, develop, and retain talent while managing legal risk.

The attorney will handle drafting and negotiation of employment documents, advise on compliance obligations including OFCCP and VEVRAA, and provide training and guidance on AI use in hiring and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of U.S. employment law experience in‑house or at a law firm.
• JD from an accredited institution and active U.S. state bar.
• Experience leading investigations and advising on employment issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic advice and counsel on a broad range of U.S. employment issues to People team and stakeholders.
• Oversee internal workplace investigations including harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and policy violations.
• Draft, review, and negotiate employment-related documents and templates (offers, agreements, separations, releases).
• Develop and update employment policies and HR guidelines to ensure compliance with federal, state and local laws.

Skills

Employment law

Workplace investigations

Drafting & negotiating

Education

JD (accredited)

Job description

The Basics:

Tanium is seeking a highly motivated, proactive attorney to join its legal team as Employment Counsel. The right person for this position must be a team player who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment, has a pragmatic approach to problem solving, and is passionate about employment law and its practical application in a complex, global technology business. This person will serve as a trusted advisor to our People team and business stakeholders, helping Tanium attract, develop, and retain top talent while managing legal risk.

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.

What you’ll do:

• Provide strategic advice and counsel to the People team and business stakeholders on a broad range of U.S. employment issues, including recruiting and hiring, onboarding, performance management, disciplinary actions, leaves of absence, accommodations, wage and hour compliance, compensation and benefits, pay transparency, contingent workers, employee classification, reorganizations, redundancies, non-competition and non-solicitation, and separations and terminations
• Oversee internal workplace investigations, including matters involving harassment, discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower complaints, and policy violations
• Investigate and respond to claims, demand letters, administrative complaints, audits, and other employment-related inquiries
• Manage pre-litigation and litigation matters with the assistance of outside counsel as needed
• Draft, review, and negotiate employment-related documents and templates, including offer letters, employment agreements, contingent worker agreements, separation and severance agreements, and release agreements
• Develop, review, and update employment policies, standards, and HR guidelines to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws
• Support Tanium’s federal contractor compliance obligations, including OFCCP compliance evaluations and AAP preparation and maintenance under VEVRAA and Section 503
• Advise on legal issues arising from the use of AI tools in recruiting and employment practices
• Design and deliver employment related training to the People team, employees and managers
• Monitor federal, state, and local employment law developments and proactively communicate changes and their business implications to the People team, leadership, and relevant stakeholders

We’re looking for someone with:

• At least 5 years of relevant employment law experience at a law firm and/or in‑house legal department
• JD from an accredited institution
• Active and in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. federal and state employment laws, including FLSA, ADA, FMLA, Title VII, and state equivalents
• Experience conducting or managing workplace investigations
• Familiarity with federal contractor compliance obligations, including OFCCP audits, AAP preparation, and VEVRAA and Section 503 requirements

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 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.

As a global organization with stakeholders around the world, 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.

Our commitment to excellence and innovation has earned us a place on the Forbes Cloud 100 list for ten consecutive years, and we continue to be recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

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 $191,000 to $293,000. 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.

• equity awards
• 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
• other well-being benefits

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