Manager, Thought Leadership Writer Job at Tanium in Durham

Location

Hybrid positions (minimum 3 days per week) in the following locations: Addison, TX; Bellevue, WA; Durham, NC; Emeryville, CA; Reston, VA.

About Tanium

For over 18 years, Tanium has given customers the power to manage, secure, and protect their information technology environments with speed and scale. Organizations worldwide, including 10 of the top 20 banks, five of the top 10 global retailers, and 40 of the Fortune 100, rely on Tanium to automate IT and be unstoppable. Tanium delivers the industry’s only real‑time cloud‑based endpoint management and security offering.

Application & Diversity Policies

Tanium values authentic communication and fairness throughout the hiring process. Please complete your job application and all interviews yourself, independently and without assistance from others or artificial intelligence (AI) tools, automated systems or similar technologies. Candidates should also not rely on others to prepare, complete, or present materials or participate in interviews on their behalf.

Tanium is an Equal Opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration 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 need a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process, contact accommodations@tanium.com.

Job Overview

Role: Thought Leadership Writer, Global Corporate Communication team.

Reporting To: Editorial Director.

As a key member of the team, you will manage the execution of Tanium’s thought‑leadership editorial strategy, author, edit, and produce content across legacy and new media such as blog, podcast, social media, digital magazine, and contributed bylines.

What You’ll Do

• Continuously develop an understanding of the market and the transformative effects of AI, data, cybersecurity, and cloud technologies.
• Work closely with the Editorial Director to execute the editorial vision, ensuring alignment with mission and core messaging across multi‑media channels.
• Author thought leadership pieces, reports, and other editorial content.
• Maintain editorial standards for all written content to ensure clarity, accuracy, and consistency.
• Proofread, edit, and revise content for grammar, clarity, narrative flow, and corporate standards.
• Support the newsroom by extending coverage wins with derivative narratives.
• Translate technical information into clear, concise, and impactful material for executive, technical, and business audiences.
• Collaborate with the social media team on events, activations, product launches, and other initiatives.
• Conceive, script, and produce multimedia content assets, partnering with marketing creative where needed.
• Coordinate asset development across the content lifecycle—from ideation to distribution and measurement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in journalism, marketing, or business. English or communications degrees with technical‑domain experience are encouraged.
• 5+ years of technical writing and/or editorial experience, ideally in IT, cybersecurity, or networking domains.
• Excellent writing and editing skills with a strong grasp of journalistic principles and storytelling.
• Experience with product storytelling and collaborating across teams to craft narratives about new products or initiatives.
• Good organizational skills with the ability to juggle multiple projects and deadlines.
• Strong understanding of content management systems, digital asset management systems, and other web publishing technologies.
• Proven track record of developing and driving content projects from kickoff to completion.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines; experience with weekly or daily content delivery is a plus.
• Experience in vendor‑side product marketing, tech analysis, or tech journalism is desired.
• Comfortable collaborating with technical content developers.
• Ability to synthesize insights from multiple streams of information.
• Insatiable curiosity and a pursuit of clear answers to big questions.
• Strong spirit of team collaboration.
• Ability to self‑start while working remotely and staying integrated with the core team.
• Must provide writing and multimedia samples.

Benefits

Annual base salary range: $70,000 to $210,000 (location, experience, and other factors may influence final offer). Equity awards and a comprehensive benefits package include medical, dental, vision, family planning, health savings, flexible spending, transportation savings accounts, 401(k) with company match, life, accident, and disability coverage, business travel accident insurance, employee assistance programs, and additional wellness benefits.

Why Tanium

Tanium is a Forbes Cloud 100 member for nine consecutive years and ranks on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For. We emphasize collaboration, respect, and diversity, and we provide five days of volunteer time off (VTO) to support community engagement.