Senior Manager, Executive Communications

TrendAI™, the global AI security leader and enterprise business unit of Trend Micro, empowers organizations with full AI visibility and consolidated security that inspires confidence, drives innovation, and eliminates risk.

At TrendAI™, we’re always seeking exceptional talent; people who want to collaborate with the best and push boundaries together. Here, your work goes beyond building a career. You will help protect what matters and play a vital role in shaping a safer, more trustworthy AI-powered future.

AI Fearlessly.

Role Summary

TrendAI has credible executive voices and a strong stream of substance to share with the market. As Market Influence scales, TrendAI is building a dedicated executive-communications and thought-leadership program to the presence of those voices across the outlets, topics, and channels that matter to security leaders. This role builds and runs that program - including TrendAI's executive thought-leadership program , which develops spokespeople through recorded working sessions and turns their voice into a reusable, durable asset.

This is a first-class executive-communications role, blending program-building, executive coaching, and in-voice writing.

Core Responsibilities

Grow executive visibility

Map each priority spokesperson's target presence - topics, outlets, channels - and systematically it, benchmarking against industry peers

Identify and land placement, speaking, byline, podcast, and social opportunities for the executive bench

Maintain per-spokesperson POV documents - living docs covering bio, swim lanes, and topics they will and won't touch - to route opportunities cleanly

Build & run the thought-leadership program

Co-build the program with the Editorial Director and Head of Market Influence, then run its cadence of working sessions with spokespeople

Operate the bench

Manage the spokesperson roster, ensuring balanced coverage and representation across channels

Partner with PR and the editorial engine so executive voice is coordinated with the broader narrative

Qualifications

Required

7+ years in executive communications, PR, or thought-leadership programs, with direct, first-class exec-comms experience (ghostwriting/voice, placement, executive positioning)

Track record landing executive visibility - placements, bylines, keynotes, podcasts - for senior leaders

Excellent writing and editorial judgment; can capture and reproduce an executive's authentic voice

Comfortable coaching and challenging senior executives, including reporter-style pressure-testing

High AI fluency; eager to use tooling that scales voice capture and content

Preferred

B2B tech / cybersecurity; fluent with the CISO/security-leader landscape and its media

Experience building a spokesperson/thought-leadership program from the ground up

Media-training background; familiarity with earned-media measurement

What We Offer You:

You're important to us. What matters to you, matters to us too. Trend Micro provides benefit options for you and your family.

Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance

Life insurance

Short & Long Term Disability

Pre-partum, maternity, parental and medical leave

Mental Health Wellness Program

Adoption Assistance

Wellness Incentive

Pet Insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid Time Off

14 Annual Holidays

Tuition Assistance

Employee Resource Groups

We offer competitive compensation with bonus opportunity tied to company performance, along with room to enhance your skills through ongoing learning and broad technological opportunities. Achieving work-life balance is a priority, complemented by team activities, fostering an environment rooted in equity, inclusion, and collaboration, that is reflected in both our culture and our work.

Be Passionate. Be Innovative. Be a Trender.

This position does not offer sponsorship for work permit applications or renewals, either now or in the future. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship, both currently and moving forward. The company will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this role (including, but not limited to, H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT, or any other employment-based visa).

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