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Tanium

Director of Strategic Accounts - SLED Northeast

Tanium
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remote executive full-time $139,000 to $213,000 Remote, US

First indexed 4 Sept 2026

Description

As a Director of Strategic Accounts (DSA) on the Tanium SLED field sales team, you will be responsible for generating opportunities to position the Tanium platform within an assigned territory and/or accounts.

You’ll be equally as comfortable with the CIO, CISO or VP Ops as you would hosting a room of Red Team members; from talking business benefits to bits and bytes.

The successful DSA drives a superior customer experience by delivering technology solutions tailored to customer needs and is able to exceed their assigned quota.

Responsibilities

  • Articulate the value of the Tanium platform to decision makers and expertly manage the complex sales cycle
  • Nurture and develop relationships within the assigned territory and/or accounts, presenting to the C-suite the value of the Tanium platform
  • Work with the Partner and Marketing teams to define and support prospecting and sales efforts within assigned territory and/or accounts
  • Generate appropriate sales development activity to ensure healthy pipeline management
  • Accurately forecast, maintaining excellent SFDC hygiene
  • Conduct online webinars or in-person presentations to generate qualified leads
  • Travel as needed

Requirements

  • Proven success in State/Local Government and Higher Education in the Northeast region
  • Significant enterprise software sales experience, generating and closing large & complex software transactions with the biggest customers in the region
  • A strong team mentality - selling is a team sport at Tanium, where managing and using virtual resources to tackle large and complex sales cycles is a must have skill
  • Proven track record of exceeding quota
  • Experience calling on and presenting to C-Suite level contacts
  • Background leveraging an existing network of partners, distributors, and VARs to enable rapid growth and exceed sales objectives
  • The ability to evangelize and build new business opportunities within an assigned territory and/or accounts
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills

Benefits

  • Annual base salary range: $139,000 to $213,000
  • Commission eligible
  • Equity awards
  • 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
  • Other well-being benefits
  • 5 days set aside as volunteer time off (VTO)
This listing is enriched and indexed by YubHub. To apply, use the employer's original posting: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/tanium/jobs/7874935