Senior Director, Ecosystem & Solution Architectures - Technical Alliances

Tenable, Inc.; Columbia (MD); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Savings with Company Match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Education Assistance

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Job summary

Tenable, Inc. is seeking a Senior Director for Ecosystem & Solution Architectures. This remote position involves leading technical strategy and managing a team to enhance integrations with strategic partners like AWS and Cisco. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in Solutions Architecture within the cybersecurity domain, demonstrating strong technical knowledge and leadership capabilities.

Responsibilities include overseeing product integrations, compliance management, and coordinating with internal teams to drive project success. Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including flexible spending accounts and educational assistance, are offered.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Solutions Architecture or Technical Alliances.
• Expert-level understanding of vulnerability management and cloud security.
• Proven ability in working with RESTful and GraphQL APIs.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical strategy and execution of ecosystem integrations.
• Serve as primary technical leader for strategic partners.
• Manage technical design and integration delivery across products.

Skills

Solutions Architecture

Technical Alliances

Cybersecurity

Enterprise IT

API Expertise

Leadership

Cloud Security Concepts

Technical Strategy

Job description

Senior Director, Ecosystem & Solution Architectures - Technical Alliances

US - Remote , US - Headquarters - Maryland - Columbia

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without sponsorship. We are unable to provide sponsorship for work visas of any kind at the time of hire, or at any point during employment. This includes, but is not limited to: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, J-1, etc.

Your Role:

Managing a team of three, the Senior Director of Solutions Architecture is a key leadership role at Tenable, responsible for driving the technical vision, strategy, and execution of Tenable’s global technology ecosystem. This leader oversees the complete lifecycle of complex platform integrations with strategic partners like AWS, Cisco and ServiceNow, ensuring technical excellence and market readiness. The role requires deep technical knowledge across Tenable's product suite and a proven ability to lead intricate, cross‑functional projects with a focus on both strategic product‑market fit and hands‑on technical execution.

Your Opportunity:

• Partner Engagement: Serve as the primary technical and strategic leader for highly visible partners.
• Integration Design: Lead the technical design, development, and delivery of platform integrations across core Tenable products with Partners. Focus on bi‑directional data flow, including ingesting third‑party asset/network metadata into Tenable. Expertise in leveraging and debugging APIs and understanding best practices for integrations.
• Strategic Planning: Document end‑to‑end integration paths, value propositions, and GTM (Go‑To‑Market) plans, gaining buy‑in from Tenable Leadership.
• Patch Management: Own architecture, support and lead product management for Tenable Patch Management.
• Technical Troubleshooting: Provide hands‑on guidance to partners on advanced integration topics.
• Compliance & Membership: Manage the technical requirements for key industry memberships, ensuring Tenable meets integration criteria with integration partner requirements.
• Cross‑Functional Coordination: Lead and coordinate technical discussions and project resources from multiple internal teams, including Customer Success (CS), Professional Services (PS), Product Management, and Sales (Account Team).
• Process & Escalation: Define and enforce clear, compliant escalation processes, acting as the exclusive point of contact for external technical vendors to prevent unauthorized direct communication with Tenable customers or other internal teams.
• Documentation & Contracts: Provide final technical review and guidance on critical legal and contractual documents for technical projects, such as SOWs and vendor contracts.

What You'll Need:

• Experience: 10+ years of progressive experience in Solutions Architecture, or Technical Alliances within the Cybersecurity or Enterprise IT industry.
• Deep Technical Acumen: Expert‑level understanding of vulnerability management, cloud security concepts (CSPM), and IT asset data/network metadata.
• API & Integration Expertise: Proven hands‑on experience working with and guiding external developers on RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
• Product Knowledge (Preferred): Familiarity with Tenable product APIs and the technical architecture of key alliance platforms (e.g., ServiceNow, Infoblox, Adaptiva).
• Soft Skills: Demonstrated ability to lead technical strategy, drive complex projects with minimal supervision, and communicate effectively across a diverse set of technical, business, and executive stakeholders.
• Leadership: Experience leading or guiding a team of Principal Technical Product Managers or Solutions Architects.

Compensation & Benefits:

This is the base pay range for this position. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, location and experience, and may fall outside of the range shown. Employees are also eligible for variable compensation in addition to base pay (commission for sales roles, bonus for non‑sales roles), depending on company and individual performance.

Tenable also offers a variety of comprehensive and competitive benefits which include: medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance; 401(k) retirement savings with company match; an employee stock purchase plan; an employee referral program; flexible spending accounts; an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); education assistance; parental leave; paid time off (PTO); company‑paid holidays; health and wellness events; and community programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We’re committed to promoting Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) at Tenable – through all equal employment opportunity laws and regulations at the international, federal, state and local levels. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please contact [e-mail] for further assistance.