Director, Threat Research Engagement

Zscaler

4d•$199,500 - $285,000•Remote

About The Position

We are looking for a Director, Threat Research Engagement — ThreatLabz to join our Marketing team. This is a remote-eligible role reporting to the VP, Solutions Marketing. As the strategic voice for ThreatLabz — Zscaler's world-class threat intelligence research team — you will lead a hybrid team of technically minded creatives to set a new standard for how threat research is shared in the industry. You will translate complex threat research, telemetry insights, and security findings into compelling narratives that resonate with security leaders (CISOs), technical practitioners, information sharing organizations, and tier 1 media properties, driving global authority and market leadership.

Requirements

Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a proven history of integrating new technologies to enhance daily workflows and augment problem-solving
Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Journalism, or a related field
Must be proficient in go-to-market strategy, product messaging, and cross-functional collaboration
Demonstrated success building and scaling content programs or research engagement initiatives for security or SaaS audiences
Experience leading or building hybrid, cross-disciplinary teams

Nice To Haves

Direct experience working with threat intelligence, security research, or incident response teams
Proven ability to craft messaging for both technical and executive-level audiences
Background in media relations, analyst relations, or thought leadership strategy tied to security research

Responsibilities

Develop positioning and messaging that establishes ThreatLabz as the definitive source of threat intelligence — clearly differentiating Zscaler's research capabilities and telemetry scale in a highly competitive market.
Collaborate cross-functionally with the ThreatLabz research team, Product Management, Sales, Enablement, and Demand Gen to lead high-impact report launches, research releases, and threat intelligence programs.
Create and commission impactful content engineered for human readers, machine ingestion, and AI-driven discovery — ensuring ThreatLabz research reaches every audience, in every format, through every channel that matters.
Communicate the core value of ThreatLabz intelligence to the sales organization and develop tools that connect threat research to customer conversations, accelerating the end-to-end selling process.
Monitor the evolving threat landscape, track how competitors and analysts frame threat intelligence, and ensure our go-to-market strategy positions ThreatLabz as the industry benchmark for security insight.