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Senior Technical Recruiter — Tanium

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Durham, NC (Hybrid); Emeryville, CA (Hybrid)Hybrid$70,000 – $215,000 a year

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The Basics:

Every organization is asking the same question right now: do I have the real-time visibility I need to stay secure and put AI to work safely? Tanium's autonomous, agentic platform - built on nearly two decades of real-time telemetry across 36 million+ endpoints worldwide - is the answer. That urgency is why Anthropic launched Project Glasswing, inviting Tanium and other companies like CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks, whose software underpins the world's critical infrastructure, to apply advanced AI models directly to their own codebases. Proven platform, frontier AI, real stakes - that's the moment Tanium is in right now.

As our Senior Technical Recruiter, you'll own full-cycle recruiting for some of our most competitive, highest-impact technical roles - backed by a best-in-class, AI-enabled stack (recruiting tools like Noon.AI and BrightHire, plus enterprise AI like Claude for everyday work) built to strip out busywork so you can spend your time on judgment calls, not admin. This role covers a variety of technical requisitions rather than one narrow lane, so it rewards curiosity and learning agility over deep specialization in any single domain. Our environment moves fast and priorities shift often. If that kind of ambiguity energizes you, you'll get broad exposure across teams and real room to build influence quickly.

This position follows the Company’s hybrid schedule which currently requires employees to work in the office at one of the following locations a minimum of three days per week: Durham, NC or Emeryville, CA.

What you’ll do:

  • Own full-cycle recruiting (from intake through offer and close) across a variety of technical roles (engineering, product, AI research, IT, etc.)
  • Build and execute proactive sourcing strategies that go beyond inbound applicants: passive-candidate outreach, talent mapping, and creative channels for hard-to-find technical talent
  • Partner with hiring managers and TA leadership as a strategic advisor: run structured intakes, calibrate on requirements, and influence hiring decisions with market insight
  • Use recruiting data, funnel metrics, and our AI-enabled recruiting stack (Noon.AI, BrightHire) to work smarter, spot bottlenecks, and report progress
  • Deliver a high-touch, world-class candidate experience end to end, with fast follow-up at every stage
  • Evaluate candidates rigorously using structured/behavioral interviewing and deliver thorough, calibrated scorecards
  • Keep Greenhouse accurate and current: job postings, candidate records, and a weekly pipeline/status report for stakeholders
  • Run post-interview debrief meetings and prep hiring teams with clear, actionable materials
  • Build durable relationships across candidates, the TA team, and business partners, and act as an ambassador for Tanium's employer brand

We’re looking for someone with:

  • 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience required, 7+ preferred, including a track record of closing niche or competitive technical talent
  • Agency and in-house experience a plus; enterprise software recruiting experience preferred
  • Thrives in a fast-paced, outcome-oriented recruiting environment - driven by closing searches and hitting hiring goals, not just staying busy
  • Strong sourcing skills: proven ability to find and engage candidates who aren't actively looking, not just screen inbound applicants
  • Learning agility and genuine curiosity: comfortable ramping quickly across different technical domains rather than specializing in just one
  • A track record of advising and influencing senior stakeholders, including director/VP-level hiring managers
  • Comfort operating with autonomy in a fast-paced, ambiguous, frequently-shifting environment: you see that as opportunity, not friction
  • Data-driven approach: comfortable tracking, interpreting, and acting on recruiting funnel metrics
  • Experience with Greenhouse or a comparable modern ATS strongly preferred; comfort with AI-enabled recruiting tools (e.g., Noon.AI, BrightHire) a plus
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the interpersonal skill to build trust quickly with candidates and hiring managers alike

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.

The company is recognized as a Leader in the inaugural 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Management Tools, as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Client Endpoint Management Software for Windows Device Management 2025-2026 Vendor Assessment, and as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™. Endpoint Management Platforms, Q2 2026.

To learn how Tanium delivers Autonomous IT for unstoppable business, 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.

As a global organization with stakeholders around the world, 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.

Our commitment to excellence and innovation has earned us a place on the Forbes Cloud 100 list for ten consecutive years, and we continue to be recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

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 $70,000 to $215,000. 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.

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 [email protected]. For more information refer to the “Know Your Rights” poster which is available here - https://www.eeoc.gov/poster.

Please be aware of job offers coming from people claiming to be Tanium employees. Tanium employees will only use @tanium.com email addresses to communicate with you, will have video interviews with you, and will never ask you for money.

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