Tanium
The Basics:
As Tanium's Senior Director of Coporate Communications, you will oversee the strategy, development, and execution of integrated, global communications strategies and programs across public relations, social media, and executive communications, aligned with Tanium's overall go-to-market (GTM) and business goals.
We seek an experienced, hands-on senior communications professional to evolve our external communications efforts into storytelling that drives impact and action. We are looking for someone with a history of creating innovative and impactful storylines and the ability to partner with our executive team to raise the profile of our company and the Autonomous Endpoint Management category. This role will proactively think creatively to garner more earned attention for key thought leadership and product messages.
You will report to our Vice President Global Communications & Analyst Relations.
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: Strategize and Execute: Develop and execute a global external communications strategy that strengthens brand positioning and increases visibility across key audiences, aligned to business objectives and priorities. Lead media relations efforts, ensuring a proactive and data-driven approach to securing impactful coverage. Own agency relationships for media relations and social media. Build and maintain strong relationships with key journalists, industry analysts, and influencers to shape external narratives. Engage Stakeholders: Partner with executive leadership to enhance executive visibility through media engagement, thought leadership, strategic speaking opportunities and social media. Meet regularly with key business stakeholders to understand business needs and objectives; provide counsel and recommendations on external communications strategies and best practices. Drive and Manage international PR efforts, including the optimization of global agency support and regional localization strategies. Align PR and external communications efforts with broader marketing initiatives, ensuring a cohesive and integrated approach Measure Impact: Measure and report quarterly on the impact and effectiveness of PR, social, and executive communications initiatives. Collaborate Proactively on Key Corporate Milestones: Actively collaborate with teams to manage a proactive, well-planned external media strategy, including preparation and execution of corporate and business announcements, media opportunities in line with external events, and opportunistic media relations. Inspire Excellence, Lead, and Develop: Lead, grow, and develop a team of high-performing communications professionals. Research and Innovate: Research relevant media coverage and industry trends and develop outreach campaigns that position executives as thought leaders around those topics. Build Influencer Networks: Build a plan to further develop a robust spokesperson and influencer network globally. Support building external platforms and messaging through interviews, op-eds, and speaking engagements. Define Key Messages: Define key messages on topics relevant to Tanium's core business and audiences with a focus on developing our profile as a respected thought leader. Social Media Strategy: Develop and implement a comprehensive social media strategy to enhance brand awareness, engage with audiences, and drive traffic to Tanium's digital platforms. Content Creation: Oversee the creation and curation of engaging content for social media channels, ensuring consistency with Tanium's brand voice and messaging. Monitor and Respond: Monitor social media channels for trends, feedback, and engagement opportunities. Respond to comments and inquiries in a timely and professional manner. We're looking for someone with:
Experience:
15+ years of leadership experience in corporate communications or public relations roles, preferably in the software/SaaS industry.
Education:
Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing, Communications, or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
Other:
Leadership: Experience leading a team with proven ability to attract, retain, and inspire a results-oriented team. Executive Interaction: Demonstrated experience presenting to and interacting with press, industry analysts, executive leaders, board members, customers, and a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders. Agency Management: Experience managing relationships with global PR agencies. Team-oriented with Accountability: Strong team ethic and collaborative work style, with the ability to work independently, assume responsibility, and be accountable. Executive Presence: A strong executive presence, exceptional interpersonal skills, and experience working directly with C-level and senior executives and driving alignment among them. Communication Skills: World-class communication skills, both verbal and written. Creative Thinking: Ability to think creatively, with a track record for bringing strategic thinking and product propositions into action plans and output. Innovation: Innovation and creativity: ability to conceptualize and effectively communicate ideas, to improve and chart the next chapter of storytelling. Social Media Expertise: Proven experience in developing and executing successful social media strategies, with a deep understanding of social media platforms, trends, and best practices. Analytical Skills: Strong analytical skills to measure the effectiveness of social media campaigns and make data-driven decisions
About Tanium
Tanium delivers the industry's only true real-time cloud-based endpoint management and security offering. Its platform is real-time, seamless, and autonomous, allowing security-conscious organizations to break down silos between IT and Security operations that results in reduced complexity, cost, and risk. Securing more than 32M endpoints around the world, Tanium's customers include Fortune 100 organizations, top US retailers, top US commercial banks, and branches of the U.S. Military. It also partners with the world's biggest technology companies, system integrators, and managed service providers to help customers realize the full potential of their IT investments. Tanium has been named to the Forbes Cloud 100 list for nine consecutive years and ranks on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For. For more information on The Power of Certainty™, 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.
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.
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 $173,000 to $520,000. 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.
For more information on how Tanium processes your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy
As Tanium's Senior Director of Coporate Communications, you will oversee the strategy, development, and execution of integrated, global communications strategies and programs across public relations, social media, and executive communications, aligned with Tanium's overall go-to-market (GTM) and business goals.
We seek an experienced, hands-on senior communications professional to evolve our external communications efforts into storytelling that drives impact and action. We are looking for someone with a history of creating innovative and impactful storylines and the ability to partner with our executive team to raise the profile of our company and the Autonomous Endpoint Management category. This role will proactively think creatively to garner more earned attention for key thought leadership and product messages.
You will report to our Vice President Global Communications & Analyst Relations.
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: Strategize and Execute: Develop and execute a global external communications strategy that strengthens brand positioning and increases visibility across key audiences, aligned to business objectives and priorities. Lead media relations efforts, ensuring a proactive and data-driven approach to securing impactful coverage. Own agency relationships for media relations and social media. Build and maintain strong relationships with key journalists, industry analysts, and influencers to shape external narratives. Engage Stakeholders: Partner with executive leadership to enhance executive visibility through media engagement, thought leadership, strategic speaking opportunities and social media. Meet regularly with key business stakeholders to understand business needs and objectives; provide counsel and recommendations on external communications strategies and best practices. Drive and Manage international PR efforts, including the optimization of global agency support and regional localization strategies. Align PR and external communications efforts with broader marketing initiatives, ensuring a cohesive and integrated approach Measure Impact: Measure and report quarterly on the impact and effectiveness of PR, social, and executive communications initiatives. Collaborate Proactively on Key Corporate Milestones: Actively collaborate with teams to manage a proactive, well-planned external media strategy, including preparation and execution of corporate and business announcements, media opportunities in line with external events, and opportunistic media relations. Inspire Excellence, Lead, and Develop: Lead, grow, and develop a team of high-performing communications professionals. Research and Innovate: Research relevant media coverage and industry trends and develop outreach campaigns that position executives as thought leaders around those topics. Build Influencer Networks: Build a plan to further develop a robust spokesperson and influencer network globally. Support building external platforms and messaging through interviews, op-eds, and speaking engagements. Define Key Messages: Define key messages on topics relevant to Tanium's core business and audiences with a focus on developing our profile as a respected thought leader. Social Media Strategy: Develop and implement a comprehensive social media strategy to enhance brand awareness, engage with audiences, and drive traffic to Tanium's digital platforms. Content Creation: Oversee the creation and curation of engaging content for social media channels, ensuring consistency with Tanium's brand voice and messaging. Monitor and Respond: Monitor social media channels for trends, feedback, and engagement opportunities. Respond to comments and inquiries in a timely and professional manner. We're looking for someone with:
Experience:
15+ years of leadership experience in corporate communications or public relations roles, preferably in the software/SaaS industry.
Education:
Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing, Communications, or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
Other:
Leadership: Experience leading a team with proven ability to attract, retain, and inspire a results-oriented team. Executive Interaction: Demonstrated experience presenting to and interacting with press, industry analysts, executive leaders, board members, customers, and a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders. Agency Management: Experience managing relationships with global PR agencies. Team-oriented with Accountability: Strong team ethic and collaborative work style, with the ability to work independently, assume responsibility, and be accountable. Executive Presence: A strong executive presence, exceptional interpersonal skills, and experience working directly with C-level and senior executives and driving alignment among them. Communication Skills: World-class communication skills, both verbal and written. Creative Thinking: Ability to think creatively, with a track record for bringing strategic thinking and product propositions into action plans and output. Innovation: Innovation and creativity: ability to conceptualize and effectively communicate ideas, to improve and chart the next chapter of storytelling. Social Media Expertise: Proven experience in developing and executing successful social media strategies, with a deep understanding of social media platforms, trends, and best practices. Analytical Skills: Strong analytical skills to measure the effectiveness of social media campaigns and make data-driven decisions
About Tanium
Tanium delivers the industry's only true real-time cloud-based endpoint management and security offering. Its platform is real-time, seamless, and autonomous, allowing security-conscious organizations to break down silos between IT and Security operations that results in reduced complexity, cost, and risk. Securing more than 32M endpoints around the world, Tanium's customers include Fortune 100 organizations, top US retailers, top US commercial banks, and branches of the U.S. Military. It also partners with the world's biggest technology companies, system integrators, and managed service providers to help customers realize the full potential of their IT investments. Tanium has been named to the Forbes Cloud 100 list for nine consecutive years and ranks on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For. For more information on The Power of Certainty™, 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.
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.
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 $173,000 to $520,000. 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.
For more information on how Tanium processes your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy