Director of Security

The Basics

The Director of Security is accountable for the ongoing execution of cybersecurity across Tanium’s corporate estate, including operations, incident response, policy & process development and technology adoption. The role is directly responsible for the overall management of Tanium’s cybersecurity engineering & operations teams, as well as relationships with external partners directly related to Tanium’s cybersecurity program. Lastly, this role works closely with leadership from Product Management and Engineering to champion and advocate for improvements in Tanium’s technologies through internal adoption and continuous, actionable feedback.

What you'll do 

• Manage, develop, and grow Tanium’s Security Engineering and Security Operations functions 
• Define and publish cybersecurity policies 
• Develop, implement, and refine process and technology controls 
• Monitor, measure and report on the efficacy of Tanium’s cybersecurity program 
• Thoughtfully engage with IT & Security leadership to define and maintain clear priorities throughout the year  
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to develop thought leadership and viewpoints on relevant industry trends 
• Collaborate with the internal security and engineering teams to drive feature development and product improvement 
• Maintain relationships with executive leadership across Tanium to drive alignment between evolving business and cybersecurity requirements  
• Embrace Kanban as a driving force for efficient, transparent, flexible work management across the security organization 

We’re looking for someone with 

• Education 
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, IT or other relevant degree or equivalent work experience 
• Experience
  • 10+ years of relevant experience in one or more similar roles 
  • Strong knowledge of fundamental cybersecurity domains, such as cloud security, applied cryptography, vulnerability management, incident response, SOC management, EDR, etc. 
  • A reputation as a dynamic, pragmatic, and capable leader in the information security industry 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with past experience authoring industry perspectives and presenting at conferences 
• Other
  • Travel Requirements: Up to 10% of time expected to travel 

About Tanium 

Tanium, the industry’s only provider of converged endpoint management (XEM), leads the paradigm shift in legacy approaches to managing complex security and technology environments. Only Tanium protects every team, endpoint, and workflow from cyber threats by integrating IT, Operations, Security, and Risk into a single platform that delivers comprehensive visibility across devices, a unified set of controls, and a common taxonomy for a single shared purpose: to protect critical information and infrastructure at scale. Tanium has been named to the Forbes Cloud 100 list for six consecutive years and ranks on Fortune’s list of the Best Large Workplaces in Technology. In fact, more than half of the Fortune 100 and the U.S. armed forces trust Tanium to protect people; defend data; secure systems; and see and control every endpoint, team, and workflow everywhere. That’s the power of certainty. Visit www.tanium.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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.   

We are an organization with stakeholders around the world and 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. 

Taking care of our team members 

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.