Director, Talent Management

The Basics:

We are seeking a strategic, data-driven, and innovative Director of Talent Management to lead Tanium’s global talent strategy during an exciting phase of growth and innovation. This leader will architect and scale world-class talent programs—spanning performance management, leadership development, succession planning, employee engagement, and internal mobility—with a strong focus on leveraging AI and advanced analytics to enhance talent outcomes. This is a highly visible role reporting to the Chief Talent Officer and collaborating closely with executive leadership, HRBPs, and cross-functional teams globally.

This is a hybrid position which will require in person attendance several days each week in our Emeryville, CA office.

What you’ll do:

• Talent Strategy & Planning
  • Design and lead Tanium’s enterprise-wide talent management strategy aligned to business priorities and future capabilities.
  • Drive talent reviews, and succession strategies at all levels of leadership.
• Performance & Growth
  • Enhance performance management processes that enable continuous feedback, goal alignment, and development.
  • Embed learning agility and high-impact development experiences into our performance cycle.
• AI & Talent Analytics
  • Deploy and manage AI-driven tools and predictive analytics to assess talent risk, enhance succession pipelines, and optimize talent decisions.
  • Partner with other leaders on People team to operationalize AI across talent workflows.   

We’re looking for someone with:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in Talent Management, Organizational Development, or HR Strategy within high-growth technology environments.
• Proven track record leading enterprise talent programs across global teams.
• Deep experience integrating AI/ML technologies into talent management, learning platforms, or workforce planning tools.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to translate talent insights into strategic action.
• Excellent influencing and stakeholder engagement skills at the executive level.
• Advanced degree in Organizational Psychology, HR, Business, or related field preferred.

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 $145,000 to $425,000. 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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