Counsel

The Basics:

Tanium is seeking a highly motivated, proactive attorney to join our legal team and specialize in regulatory compliance matters. The right person for this position must be a team player who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment, has a pragmatic approach to problem solving, and is interested in gaining experience and developing expertise in a variety of business areas. 

This is a hybrid position, which will require in person attendance several days each week in one of the following locations: Addison, TX; Bellevue, WA; Durham, NC; Emeryville, CA; or Reston, VA.

What you’ll do:

• Monitor global laws and regulations related to Tanium’s business practices, product sales, and operations 
• Identify legal compliance risks and develop mitigation strategies consistent with the company’s business objectives. 
• Translate regulations into actionable steps and manage the implementation, reporting, and training of actions across the organization 
• Provide legal and business advice on subject matters such as: 
  • anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, and third-party diligence efforts 
  • enterprise risk management policies and programs 
  • export controls and trade restrictions 
  • government and procurement regulations (including lobbying requirements) 
  • global privacy laws and data security standards  
  • environmental and sustainability requirements 
• Manage projects for risk mitigation and regulatory compliance 
• Partner with the Finance, Sales, Marketing, and IT teams on cross-functional matters. 
• Conduct and manage investigations into regulatory and policy compliance matters 

We’re looking for someone with:

Experience:

• Prior experience handling regulatory matters in an advisory or litigation context. 
• A curious generalist, who has a desire to learn and master new areas 
• JD from an accredited institution 
• Active and in good standing in at least one state bar 
• At least 3 years of relevant legal experience at a law firm, government agency, and/or in-house 

Other: 

• Experience working in-house in the software industry 
• Exceptionally good communication skills  
• Proven ability to work independently as well as part of a tightly-knit legal team 
• Ability to work cross-functionally within an organization to build consensus and achieve strategic goals as well as the ability to enforce legal requirements without alienating clients 

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 $125,000 to $370,000. 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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