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Tanium seeks a Director of R&D and Strategic Finance to serve as a key finance partner to R&D leadership (Engineering, Product, and Strategy). This role owns budget management for R&D organizations while providing financial modeling, analyses, and insights to enable data-driven decision-making aligned with the company's multi-year financial plan.
Key responsibilities include: owning budget management for Engineering and Product organizations, including planning, forecasting, and variance analysis; building relationships with R&D leadership to identify and model growth initiatives and drive investment decisions; leading and developing a small team supporting budgeting, financial modeling, and project execution; preparing high-quality business analyses and modeling for executive stakeholders (COO, CFO, CTO); building and improving management reporting to enable data-driven decisions; developing deep understanding of Tanium's product and go-to-market model; and driving continuous improvement in financial processes, tools, and models.
The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience in strategic/corporate finance, investment banking, management consulting, or at high-growth technology companies. Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Business or Finance; prior experience partnering with R&D or GTM organizations in technology/SaaS; extensive financial modeling and analysis experience; experience leveraging AI to automate processes; strong business acumen; attention to detail; excellent communication skills; and ability to partner with senior leaders in fast-paced, high-growth environments. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role with direct exposure to executive-level strategic decision-making on product strategy, partnerships, pricing, and product marketing.
