IT Audit Manager

Socket.dev; Addison (TX); Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Medical, dental and vision

401(k) with match

Volunteer time off

Job summary

Tanium is seeking an IT Audit Manager to lead and grow its global audit program. You will develop methodologies, supervise auditors, and drive remediation of control gaps in alignment with leadership and external assessors.

The role emphasizes risk-informed decision making, KPI reporting, and collaboration across business units to ensure audit readiness and regulatory compliance. This hybrid role requires in-person attendance several days per week at Addison, TX and other locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA preferred.
• Extensive experience leading audit or compliance functions.

Responsibilities

• Leads and grows Tanium's audit program and team.
• Develops audit methodology, processes, and templates for a repeatable program.
• Coordinates with external auditors and leaders to remediate deficiencies.

Skills

Audit leadership

Compliance programs

Project management

KPIs tracking

Cloud/SaaS awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

NIST SP 800 series

ISO 27001

SOC 2 Type II

FISMA

Job description

The Basics

The ideal candidate brings extensive experience leading audit and compliance programs across multiple frameworks and certifications. The IT Audit Manager builds and runs Tanium's audit program, leading a team of auditors, developing audit methodology, and driving remediation of control gaps. The IT Audit Manager works closely with leadership, external assessors, and stakeholders across the business to ensure Tanium's compliance program remains consistent, efficient, and audit-ready.

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:

• Leads and supports expansion of Tanium’s audit program
• Develops and implements audit methodology, processes, and templates to drive a consistent, predictable, and repeatable audit program
• Leads and coaches a globally distributed team of auditors, assigning work, setting priorities, and monitoring progress through the audit lifecycle
• Identifies, tracks, and reports on critical audit KPIs to leadership, including budget-to-actuals, deficiencies, quality and accuracy, and program maturity
• Reviews audit reports for quality, ensuring findings and remediation recommendations are clear, accurate, and actionable
• Coordinates with external auditors and assessors on audit program logistics, information-sharing, and treatment of identified deficiencies
• Ensures plans of action and milestones are established for gaps identified during risk assessments, audits, and inspections
• Advises senior leadership on audit findings, control weaknesses, and risk mitigation approaches
• Monitors emerging technologies, laws, and regulations for their potential impact on the audit program
• Partners across departments and business units to implement the organization’s audit principles and programs

We’re looking for someone with:

• Education and Certifications
• Bachelor's Degree in a related field, or equivalent experience
• Relevant certifications preferred such as CISSP, CISM. CISA, etc.
• Experience
• Extensive experience leading audit or compliance functions in a similar role
• Project management experience, including leading and organizing a team to complete work within a defined timeframe and budget
• Confident delegating tasks, and consistent in tracking and monitoring progress against milestones
• Knowledgeable in frameworks such as NIST SP 800 series, FISMA, ISO 27001
• Expert understanding of ISO 27000 series and SOC 2 Type II frameworks
• Exposure to a broad range of audits and frameworks, such as: UK CE, TISAX, ISO 27701, ISO 42001, IRAP, ISMAP, MTCS, NIS2, EU CRA, PCI-DSS, DORA, ENS, EU AI Act and GDPR
• Skilled in applying technical and program-management expertise to plan, track, and report on regulated program deliverables
• Experience tracking and driving remediation of control deficiencies and gaps identified internally and externally
• Extensive experience with audit program metrics and KPIs, and strong program/project management fundamentals
• Technical aptitude and a fundamental understanding of cloud infrastructure and SaaS technologies
• Experience managing a distributed, global team across varying time zones and geographies
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across diverse, cross-functional team

About Tanium

Tanium is the Autonomous IT company. Driven by AI and real-time endpoint intelligence, Tanium Autonomous IT empowers IT and security teams to make their organizations unstoppable.

Many of the world’s leading organizations trust Tanium’s single, unified platform for endpoint management and security to innovate faster, stay resilient and move business forward with confidence, at scale. To learn how Tanium delivers Autonomous IT for unstoppable business – visitwww.tanium.comand follow us onLinkedInandX.

On a mission. Together.

At Tanium, we are stewards of a culture that emphasises 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 $101,000 to $155,000. 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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