Program Manager

Tanium; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Tanium is seeking a Program Manager to own the program management of product development from ideation through go-to-market. The role emphasizes building processes for an AI-first development organization and collaborating with Engineering, UX, Enablement, and Marketing to shepherd products through the lifecycle.

The position follows a hybrid schedule requiring three days in office at Addison, TX; Durham, NC; or Reston, VA, with a strong bias toward proactive, autonomous progress in ambiguity.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in program or project management, ideally building or maturing a process.
• Ability to manage several concurrent, cross-stage workstreams without losing precision.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and making concrete calls with partial information.
• Proven track record of driving timelines and holding stakeholders accountable.
• Excellent organizational and written/oral communication, including executive audiences.
• Ability to work independently in a hybrid environment.
• BA or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the spec-driven product launch end-to-end from ideation to delivery.
• Manage multiple concurrent workstreams across stakeholders and stages.
• Set timelines, hold partners accountable, and communicate readiness to leadership.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive decisions, not just meetings.
• Develop first-draft materials for product enablement and marketing from directional input.
• Act as a proxy for Product Managers and represent priorities when needed.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Manage multiple workstreams

Executive communication

Ambiguity navigation

Time management

Attention to detail

Independent in hybrid work

Education

BA or equivalent experience

Job description

The Basics

Tanium is actively seeking a Program Manager to own the program management of product development activities - from ideation through go-to-market - for their assigned portfolio, partnering closely with portfolio product leaders within the CTO's organization. This is a build role, not a maintain role. Y ou will contribute to the design, implement,ation, and iterat,ion of program management processes for a spec-driven AI-first product developmentorganization.The ideal candidate has a strong program/project management foundation, sharp judgment under ambiguity, and the confidence to drive cross-functional teams,including senior stakeholders,to decisions and deadlines. You willrepresentthe Product Organization in collaboration with Engineering, UX, Enablement, and Marketing to usher products through the development lifecycle. A successful candidate is a self-starter who builds forward motion with incomplete information rather than waitingon full clarity.

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; Durham, NC; or Reston, VA.

What you’ll do

• Coordinatethespec-drivenproduct launchprocess end-to-end- from ideation to delivery- for a product portfolio area.


• Manage multiple concurrent workstreams across different stakeholders and different stages simultaneously, keeping each moving without waiting for perfect alignment before acting.


• Set timelines, hold cross-functional partners accountable to them, and communicate product readiness to leadership - including when that means pushing back on scope creep or slipping deadlines.


• Collaborate with cross-functional teams - subject matter experts, UX, Engineering, Enablement, Legal, and Marketing - driving them toward decisions rather than simply coordinating meetings.


• Develop first-draft materials for product enablement and marketing, working from directional input rather than a finished brief.


• Act as a proxy to the Product Managers whose portfolios you manage, representing their priorities and making calls in their absence.

We’re looking for someone with

Education

• BA or equivalent experience

Experience

• 3+ years in program or project management, ideally having built or significantly matured a process rather than only operating within an existing one.


• Demonstrated ability to manage several concurrent, cross-stage workstreams without losing precision on any one of them.


• Comfort operating in ambiguity - able to take a partial set of facts, make a reasonable call, and produce something concrete for others to react to, rather than gathering exhaustive requirements before starting.


• A track record of driving timelines and holding stakeholders accountable.


• Excellent organizational and time-management skills and aptitude in leveraging cutting edge technologies - including AI tools - to drive greater efficiencies.


• Outstanding oral and written communication skills, including comfort delivering to executive audiences.


• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to identify and correct errors.


• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively in a hybrid work environment.

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 - 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 $144,000 to $216,000. 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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