Commercial Solutions Engineer

Tanium

Tanium

Addison, TX, USA
Posted on Wednesday, May 29, 2024

We are changing the world! Want to help the largest organizations on the planet achieve unprecedented visibility and control over the most complex environments in the world?

Do you have an uncanny ability to understand customer needs and deliver solutions? Do you have technical skills along with the ability to translate those skills to any audience? At Tanium our Solutions Engineering team works closely with Sales and Technical Account Management (TAM) teams to engage current and potential customers. We drive and lead the technology evaluation stage of the sales cycle, demo the platform, and deliver comprehensive Proof of Value (POV).

You will be engaged in interactive pre-sales discovery meetings, analysis of customers’ current technology and architecture, operational and business needs; and the development and presentation of appropriate Tanium solutions. You will support deep-dive technical discussions with the customer to position Tanium’s transformative enterprise operations and security platform to the relevant stakeholders, from C-level to the technology user.

**This position requires working in Tanium's Addison, Texas office full-time. Qualified candidates must reside near the Addison area and be willing to work in the office 5 days a week.

Essential Job Functions

  • Work directly with our world-class sales team from initial discovery to deal close to shorten sales cycles and improve closing rates
  • Oversee and participate in initial discovery meetings with customers, providing platform demos and highly technical Proof of Value engagements for both existing customers and new sales opportunities
  • Be the direct conduit translating customer business challenges into technical solutions, positioning Tanium to effectively solve those challenges
  • Function as a technical expert throughout sales engagements, ensuring that tactical motions in the pre-sales and POV processes line up with strategic account goals
  • Partner with field engineering teams (TAMs) to ensure maximum technical effectiveness and consistent customer experience throughout the POV process
  • Consistently and cogently address our customers’ needs through astute verbal, written, and presentation skills
  • Build, manage and maintain strong relationships with customers, peers and partners
  • Operate as a keystone in the sales model, working with the Sales, Marketing, Product, and TAM organizations to continuously improve effectiveness and efficiency throughout the customer life-cycle
  • Travel expected to be 10-20% to engage with customers and prospects in person

Minimum & Preferred Job Qualifications

  • 0+ years of operational and/or selling experience in endpoint operations or security
  • Experience presenting to Solutions Users
  • A demonstrated track record of taking ownership of complex initiatives and producing successful outcomes
  • Broad knowledge of the IT security, operations, and compliance space and products
  • Knowledge with hands-on experience in one or more of the following:
    • Endpoint Security
    • IT Operations Management
    • Regulatory Compliance
  • Knowledge of scripting languages is a plus
  • Demonstrated critical thinking skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Naturally team-oriented with a mission-first attitude
  • BS degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or equivalent experience desired

About Tanium

Tanium, the industry’s only provider of converged endpoint management (XEM), leads the paradigm shift in legacy approaches to managing complex security and technology environments. Only Tanium protects every team, endpoint, and workflow from cyber threats by integrating IT, Operations, Security, and Risk into a single platform that delivers comprehensive visibility across devices, a unified set of controls, and a common taxonomy for a single shared purpose: to protect critical information and infrastructure at scale. Tanium has been named to the Forbes Cloud 100 list for six consecutive years and ranks on Fortune’s list of the Best Large Workplaces in Technology. In fact, more than half of the Fortune 100 and the U.S. armed forces trust Tanium to protect people; defend data; secure systems; and see and control every endpoint, team, and workflow everywhere. That’s the power of certainty. Visit www.tanium.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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 $60,000 to $175,000. 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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