Senior Manager, Executive Communications

Trend Micro•Austin, TX

About The Position

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 expand 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.

Requirements

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
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).

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Grow executive visibility
Map each priority spokesperson's target presence — topics, outlets, channels — and systematically expand 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

Benefits

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
competitive compensation with bonus opportunity tied to company performance
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.