Editorial Director

The Basics:

As a key member of the Global Corporate Communication team, the Editorial Director will lead the day-to-day execution of our thought-leadership editorial strategy. Reporting directly to the VP of Global Corporate Communication, this strategic leader will drive the creation of story’s  across multi-media channels, both legacy and new media including but not limited to  - podcast, social media platforms, digital magazine, blog, by-line articles, etc. - ensuring that Tanium’s public-facing thought leadership aligns with our editorial strategy, standards, and voice. The person in this role will lead the conceptualizing, assigning, and editing of content, including managing the composition and work product of our “bench” of writers and editors. The Editorial Director will also interact closely cross-functionally to source story ideas, themes and topics to cover.  

This position follows the Company’s hybrid schedule which currently requires employees to work in the office at one of the following locations a minimum of three days per week: Addison, TX; Bellevue, WA; Durham, NC; Emeryville, CA; or Reston, VA.

What you’ll do:

• Work closely with the VP of Global Corporate Communication to develop and implement the editorial vision for Tanium, ensuring that content aligns with our mission and core messaging across multi-media channels
• Oversee editorial planning and calendar, ensuring timely production and publication of high-impact content.
• Draft thought leadership pieces, reports, and other editorial content as needed.
• Manage content production workflows, from ideation to publication, including overseeing and mentoring a team of freelance writers and editors to create high-quality journalism-style content across channels
• Collaborate with our Marketing & Communication, Product, Research & Data, teams to guide the creation of content, including supporting editorial needs related to events and activations, new product launches, board materials, and other ad hoc initiatives
• Manage the social media team to help Identify emerging trends in education and media to inform storytelling approaches.
• Maintain editorial standards for all written content, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and consistency across all publications
• Lead efforts to innovate editorial formats and storytelling methods, integrating multimedia and interactive features when appropriate.
• Track content performance and audience engagement, using insights to continually refine editorial strategies 

We’re looking for someone with:

• 10+ years of editorial experience, ideally with a bachelor's degree in journalism, corporate business strategy communication, or content strategy. The ideal candidate is a skilled storyteller, strategic thinker and detailed editor 
• Proven leadership experience managing editorial teams, with a strong focus on coaching and mentoring writers.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills, with a deep understanding of journalistic principles and storytelling.
• Strong ability to create content for multiple audiences, including media, policymakers, business leaders, and industry influencers.
• Experience with product storytelling and collaborating across teams to craft narratives around new products or initiatives.
• Experience with editorial strategy and performance metrics;  
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to juggle multiple projects and deadlines 

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 $430,000. 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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