Joblaze summary

In this role, the Product Manager for Virtual & Physical Appliances at Tanium is tasked with overseeing the product roadmap from conception to launch, collaborating closely with engineering teams to ensure alignment with customer needs. The position requires a solid background in SaaS solutions and familiarity with Linux environments, as well as strong communication skills to engage with stakeholders effectively. Ideal candidates are entrepreneurial individuals with a track record in product management, particularly in enterprise software. Tanium emphasizes a collaborative culture, making this role suitable for those who thrive in dynamic, team-oriented environments.

Joblaze insights

Listed about 2 months ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Tanium's careers page November 2, 2026.
Salary band is below the typical range for Product roles (median ~$184,000).
Starts above 30% of 82 comparable mid product roles we track (median $150,000 across 57 companies).
SaaS appears in 4.4% of 298 comparable mid product roles.

Quick facts

Is the Product Manager - Virtual & Physical Appliances role remote?: It's hybrid — Tanium expects some on-site time in Addison, TX (Hybrid); Bellevue, WA (Hybrid); Durham, NC (Hybrid); Emeryville, CA (Hybrid); Reston, VA (Hybrid).
What's the salary range?: Tanium lists $135,000–$210,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?: 3–5 years of relevant experience for this Product Manager - Virtual & Physical Appliances role.
Where is the role based?: Tanium is hiring for this position in Addison, TX (Hybrid); Bellevue, WA (Hybrid); Durham, NC (Hybrid); Emeryville, CA (Hybrid); Reston, VA (Hybrid).
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Linux, SaaS, enterprise IT infrastructure.
What seniority level is this role?: Tanium targets mid-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Product Manager - Virtual & Physical Appliances role at Tanium.

From the original posting

Note: This role is Hybrid in office 3 days per week

The Basics

Our Product Management team is actively seeking a Product Manager for Platform to join our passionate, driven and fast-paced team. In this role you will be responsible for the development and business success of Tanium products that are part of the core platform including hosting, services, and appliance. You will own and maintain the product roadmap from ideation to launch of Tanium’s platform components in partnership with our engineering teams. You will be doing this while keeping in mind customer needs, satisfaction, & adoption.

Ideal candidates are entrepreneurial, have intuition and an understanding of what makes an enterprise software business successful. Candidates will be a strong communicator who can bring their industry expertise to drive vision and development cross-functionally across all levels of the organization. Must have a successful track record of working with stakeholders on new products.

This is an individual contributor role.

What you’ll do

Own the delivery of the product roadmap from ideation to launch in partnership with the engineering teams.
Collaborate with other Product Managers across the organization to define the strategic short- and long-term technical roadmap of products and identify new opportunities.
Document customer use cases, product requirements, and business justifications for new feature development.
Partner with internal teams on development of appropriate materials to ensure successful enablement and training on new features and updates.
Support product marketing initiatives, partner relationships, and other opportunities to accelerate the adoption your products and to build Tanium’s brand
Work closely with the business and technical teams to find solutions to daily challenges.
Leverage innovation and trends in the marketplace to develop strategic solutions.

We’re looking for someone with

Education

BA/BS required

MA preferred

Experience

3 – 5 years of product supporting a SaaS solution, appliance or equivalent experience with demonstrated ability to discover opportunities, and then define and deliver products.
Proven track record of working with business stakeholders to drive definition and alignment
Working knowledge of Linux environments and enterprise IT infrastructure strongly preferred.
Experience partnering with system administrators, infrastructure teams, or owning products related to appliances, hosting, platform services, or systems management is a plus.

Other

Align with the Tanium values: we win as a team, we do the right thing, and we are unstoppable
Intuition to identify greenfield (or neglected) markets that align with Tanium’s platform and present opportunities for rapid growth
Willingness to take on firmly entrenched competitors with creative approaches to technology, and tenacious pursuit to build and grow a product’s customer base
Ability to establish and nurture strong customer champions for a product that can serve as its advocates and its advisory board
Strong written communication, verbal communication and presentation skills
Adept at understanding and navigating organizations to inspire and influence internal and external customers
Grit; ability to deal with and overcome challenges and ability to deal with ambiguity

About Tanium

Tanium is the Autonomous IT company. As Al accelerates both innovation and risk, Tanium Atlas, the company's autonomous operating system, puts the full depth of the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform behind every IT and security operator - human and agentic. Tanium provides the real-time intelligence, agentic decision-making, and autonomous execution operators needed to detect, decide, and remediate at machine speed across their endpoint estate.

What you’ll get

The annual base salary range for this full-time position is $135,000 to $210,000. 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.

Tanium is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment 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 require a reasonable accommodation in searching for a job opening, completing an application, interviewing, or completing any pre-employment testing or requirements, please contact accommodations@tanium.com. For more information refer to the “Know Your Rights” poster which is available here - https://www.eeoc.gov/poster.

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Product Manager - Virtual & Physical Appliances

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