Senior Manager, License Compliance

The Basics:

The Sr. Manager of License Compliance will be responsible for developing, leading and executing Tanium’s global license compliance strategy to ensure customers use the Company’s products in accordance with contractual terms. This role partners cross-functionally with Legal, Sales, Product, Engineering, and Customer Success to build scalable processes, mitigate risk, and drive revenue assurance across the product suite.  

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: Addison, TX; Bellevue, WA; Durham, NC; Emeryville, CA; or Reston, VA.

What you’ll do: 

• Design and implement a comprehensive license compliance program tailored to Tanium’s delivery model.
• Monitor customer usage data to identify overuse, underuse, or non-compliance with licensing terms.
• Lead audits, investigations and partner with Legal and Sales to resolve violations.
• Educate internal teams and customers on licensing terms, usage rights, and compliance best practices.
• Track and report on compliance metrics, trends, and risk areas to executive leadership.
• Ensure stakeholders are aware of Tanium’s End-of-Life (EOL) policy for software versions and monitor version usage across the customer base.
• Oversee hardware lifecycle compliance, ensuring alignment with contractual terms and operational standards.
• Build and operationalize scalable workflows for license tracking, enforcement, and escalation.
• Develop enablement materials and training programs for Sales, Customer Success, Legal, and Engineering teams.
• Roll out new processes across global teams, ensuring alignment with Tanium’s go-to-market strategy and customer engagement model.
• Establish feedback loops to continuously improve compliance processes based on stakeholder input and evolving business needs.

We’re looking for someone with:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Information Systems, Legal Studies, or a related field. 
• 7+ years of experience in software license compliance, revenue assurance, or related disciplines.
• Strong knowledge of software licensing models (subscription, perpetual, usage-based), entitlement management, and end-of-life lifecycle policies.
• Proven track record of successfully executing compliance programs that balance customer experience with contractual enforcement.
• Demonstrated experience with Salesforce CRM, reporting tools, and compliance dashboards.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills with ability to interact effectively with various stakeholders. 
• Proven experience leading compliance programs and cross-functional initiatives in a high-growth tech environment.
• Ability to manage sensitive compliance cases with professionalism and discretion.

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. 

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