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Director of R&D and Strategic Finance

Most Loved Workplace® Certified Job

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Remote, US

Finance

About the Role

At Tanium, a Most Loved Workplace® certified employer in the Computer Software space, Autonomous IT powered by AI and real-time endpoint intelligence for unstoppable organizations.

The Basics:

We are looking for a Director, R&amp;D and Strategic Finance, to act as a key finance partner to R&amp;D leadership (Engineering, Product, and Strategy), owning budget management for these orgs while providing best-in-class financial modeling, analyses, and insights to enable data-driven decision-making and deliver against Tanium's multi-year financial plan.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

You will play a key role in shaping Tanium's growth strategies by partnering with business leaders to assess performance, understand business drivers and levers, and model scenarios to accelerate growth and achieve financial targets. Beyond day-to-day budget ownership, this role will have direct exposure to executive-level strategic decision-making, including analysis supporting product strategy, strategic partnerships, pricing strategy, and product marketing strategy.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

This is a high-impact and high-visibility role, providing the opportunity to influence decision-making at Executive Leadership levels and lead a small team supporting budgeting and project execution across R&amp;D. The ideal candidate will have prior experience partnering with Engineering, Product or GTM teams, extensive financial modeling and analysis experience, strong business acumen, attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and the ability to partner with senior leaders in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

What you’ll do:

<ul>

<li>Own budget management for the R&amp;D organizations (Engineering and Product), including planning, forecasting, and variance analysis to ensure alignment with Tanium's financial targets&nbsp;</li>

<li>Build and maintain relationships with R&amp;D leadership to identify and model potential growth initiatives, drive pivotal investment decisions, and provide recommendations to optimize return on strategic investments&nbsp;</li>

<li>Lead and develop a small team responsible for supporting budgeting, financial modeling, and project execution across R&amp;D&nbsp;</li>

<li>Prepare high-quality business analyses, insights, and modeling on ad hoc projects for the COO, CFO, CTO, and other executive stakeholders&nbsp;</li>

<li>Build and improve management reporting and analyses to provide timely, insightful, and actionable information to enable data-driven decision-making&nbsp;</li>

<li>Develop a deep understanding of Tanium's product and go-to-market model, translating this into operational and financial information to monitor the health of the business&nbsp;</li>

<li>Drive continuous improvement within financial processes, tools, and models, including ongoing enhancements to provide line of sight to risks and opportunities&nbsp;</li>

<li>Comfortable working in high-growth environments and operating with ambiguity&nbsp;</li>

</ul>

We’re looking for someone with:

<ul>

<li>Bachelor’s degree in Business or Finance&nbsp;</li>

<li>Minimum of 8+ years of strategic/corporate finance, investment banking/management consulting, or experience at a high-growth technology company.&nbsp;</li>

<li>Experience leveraging AI to automate processes and improve efficiency&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>

<li>Prior experience partnering with R&amp;D organizations or GTM organizations, preferably in technology/software with subscription/SaaS models&nbsp;</li>

<li>Experience working on complex business problems, leading to assessment of options, recommendations, and action plans&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>

<li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to quickly craft precise and elegant responses.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>

<li>Advanced in PowerPoint and experience with PowerBI or other data visualization tools.&nbsp;</li>

</ul>

About Tanium&nbsp;

<div>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.</div>

<div>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 <a id="OWA8cd82040-d6a4-2e07-8c22-f773746075e4" href="http://www.Tanium.com/" target="_blank" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0">www.Tanium.com</a> and&nbsp;follow us on <a id="OWA51246dd5-7f28-280e-6637-139dda4774bb" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/Tanium" target="_blank" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1">LinkedIn</a> and <a id="OWAd79eefc3-ede9-5e26-14d4-517b82af2392" href="https://twitter.com/Tanium" target="_blank" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2">X</a>.</div>

On a mission. Together.&nbsp;

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.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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. &nbsp;

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.&nbsp;

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.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

What you’ll get&nbsp;

The annual base salary range for this full-time position is $206,000 to $316,000 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.&nbsp;

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.<div class="content-conclusion">Tanium is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected Veteran status, or other legally protected categories. If you require a reasonable accommodation in searching for a job opening, completing an application, interviewing, or completing any pre-employment testing or requirements, please contact&nbsp;<a href="mailto:accommodations@Tanium.com">accommodations@Tanium.com</a>. For more information refer to the “Know Your Rights” poster which is available here -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/poster" target="_blank">https://www.eeoc.gov/poster</a>.

Please be aware of job offers coming from people claiming to be Tanium employees. Tanium employees will only use @Tanium.com email addresses to communicate with you, will have video interviews with you, and will never ask you for money.

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Why This Is a Most Loved Workplace® Certified Job

Systemic Collaboration

We know our mission is critical: to empower IT and security leaders to make their organizations unstoppable and to protect the people, data, and systems behind the essential services relied on every day. This sense of purpose drives our teams to do their best work in service of our customers, partners, shareholders, and each other. We take pride in knowing that what we do matters and that our work has a real impact across industries and around the world. We also operate under the team mantra, “one team, one mission,” which ensures that every one of us is working towards the same unstoppable goal. We see that this connection clearly resonates with our team: in our annual engagement survey, 91% say they understand how their work contributes towards Tanium’s success.

Positive Vision for the Future

Our values are the foundation Tanium’s culture and are the basis upon which we hire, engage, develop, and reward our people. Here’s how we practice them: – We do the Right Thing: We put our customers first, always act ethically, and think and act like owners of Tanium. – We Win as a Team: We reject self-serving behavior and succeed through collaboration, diversity, mutual trust, and respect. – We are Unstoppable: We focus on our mission with a relentless pursuit of innovation and excellence.

Alignment of Values

Our leadership team inspires Tanium team members to achieve success by embodying our values of doing the right thing, winning as a team, and being unstoppable. We expect the same from our leaders as we do from every Tanium team member, because we all have a hand in building and maintaining our world-class culture. Dan Streetman, Tanium’s CEO, models those values from the top. Before his software career, Dan served in the U.S. military as an Army Ranger-qualified Infantry Officer and redeployed to active duty a decade ago. These shared values of integrity and mission focus made him an excellent fit to step in and lead Tanium on our mission to make the world a safer, more secure place.

Respect

Committing to making Tanium a great workplace for ALL. Here’s how we do that: - Inclusive Hiring Standardized interviewing, diverse recruiting partnerships, diversity training, the creation of our internship program to welcome future leaders from all backgrounds to Tanium, and more! - Empowering Every Team Member: Robust Diversity Equity Inclusion Belonging learning path for all team members with several trainings, including Inclusion@Tanium, a training that helps team members understand their own unconscious biases and actions that drive a culture where people of all backgrounds can thrive. - Hearing Every Voice: Listening to our employees through surveys, focus groups, Q&As at All Hands, and informal feedback channels to welcome and action on diverse points of view. - Building Our Future, Together: The Tanium Referral Program reinforces this by encouraging team members to bring in trusted, values‑aligned talent, fostering pride and ownership while also offering meaningful financial incentives that recognize their contribution to our shared success. - Recognizing What Matters: In addition to an equitable compensation and rewards program, we have a comprehensive, fully paid parental leave policy globally. -Honoring Who We Are: We prioritize celebrating the vibrant culture of our diverse team through observances like Pride, MLK Jr Day, International Women’s Day, Veterans Day, and more!

Killer Outcomes

Tanium is a great place to work – not just in accolades, but in the lived experiences of our team members every day. We believe that when people come together with purpose, humility, and collaboration, extraordinary things can happen. Our people agree – 97% of Tanium team members say they trust and respect their colleagues in our annual engagement survey.

What It's Like to Work Here

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Frequently Asked Questions About Working at Tanium

Common questions candidates ask about this role and Tanium's workplace

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. 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. For more information, visit www.tanium.com.

This position is listed as remote based on the job location.

Salary information may vary by role and location. Please check the specific job listing or discuss compensation during the interview process.

Tanium is an established organization in its industry. The company is a certified Most Loved Workplace®, highlighting a strong, positive culture and committed workforce.

Tanium offers competitive benefits to support employee well-being. You can view more details on their CertCheck profile.

The day-to-day environment is guided by core values such as Why Work Here and CEO Leadership and Company Culture.

The company has committed to inclusive practices including: Mission-Driven Excellence and Inclusive and Collaborative Culture.

They score particularly well in the area of Systemic Collaboration. They have earned Most Loved Workplace® certifications including: Parents Caregivers Most Loved Workplaces® 2025 and DIVERSITY Most Loved Workplaces® 2025.

Tanium currently has 52 open positions. They are hiring across departments like Advanced Consulting Engineers, IT Support, Global Support. You can view all current openings at certcheck.mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/tanium/jobs.

The interview process typically involves an initial recruiter screen followed by team interviews. Please contact Tanium's recruiting team for specific details on this role's process.