Tanium is a unified endpoint management and security platform: agentic AI for real-time visibility, patching, and risk remediation across endpoints. Backed by a16z and IVP.
About the role
Tanium is seeking an Event Manager, Tradeshows to own the end-to-end planning, logistics, and execution of Tanium's presence at third-party tradeshows, industry conferences, and sponsored events across North America and globally. This role is central to how Tanium shows up in the market — ensuring every booth, sponsorship, and event activation reflects the brand with precision, generates qualified pipeline, and delivers a measurable return on investment.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing , Communications, Event Management, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in B2B event or field marketing , with a track record of independently owning and executing large-scale events (1,000+ attendees or booth footprints of 400+ sq ft)
- Deep expertise in tradeshow operations including exhibit design and fabrication, general service contractor management, drayage, A/V production, housing blocks, and on-site logistics
- Proven ability to build and manage event budgets of $500K or more, with strong financial discipline and experience reconciling actuals against forecast
- Experience managing multiple concurrent events across different geographies and time zones
- Proficiency with event management and registration platforms (e.g., Cvent, Bizzabo , Swoogo , or Splash) and CRM systems (Salesforce) is preferred
More about this role
Tanium is seeking an Event Manager, Tradeshows to own the end-to-end planning, logistics, and execution of Tanium's presence at third-party tradeshows, industry conferences, and sponsored events across North America and globally. This role is central to how Tanium shows up in the market — ensuring every booth, sponsorship, and event activation reflects the brand with precision, generates qualified pipeline, and delivers a measurable return on investment.
The ideal candidate is an experienced B2B event professional with deep expertise in tradeshow operations — someone equally comfortable negotiating a contract with a general services contractor, managing a $1M+ event budget, and briefing a field sales team on pre-show engagement strategy. They are operationally excellent, calm under pressure, highly organized, and proactive about identifying and resolving issues before they become problems on the show floor. This role requires approximately 25-30% travel.
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,...
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