Job Overview
Job description
- Location:
- United States
- Work arrangement:
- On-site
Role Summary
Location: Remote, US
TrendLife is looking for a seasoned communications professional to lead media relations in the US, with a secondary responsibility supporting analyst relations. This role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution — you’ll shape how top-tier journalists understand and cover TrendLife, while also rolling up your sleeves to pitch stories, prep spokespeople, and manage media inquiries directly.
You’ll be part of a global communications team, collaborating closely with counterparts across APAC, EMEA, and Latin America to drive consistent, high-impact narratives worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Develop media relations and messaging strategy to support technology, partnership, education or program initiatives.
- Provide guidance and counsel to regional counterparts to ensure global consistency and achievement of KPIs.
- Act as an on-the-record spokesperson on behalf of TrendLife when appropriate, representing the brand with credibility and consistency. Develop and maintain global spokesperson bench.
- Serve as a day-to-day point of contact for media relations agencies. Ensure support for media inquiries, including coordinating responses with internal subject matter experts and executives as needed.
- Develop industry analyst relations strategy. Coordinate briefings and inquiries with key industry analysts relevant to the consumer AI and cybersecurity space.
- Assist in synthesizing analyst perspectives for internal stakeholders to inform product direction, product messaging or go to market strategies.
- Help track analyst research calendars and flag opportunities for TrendLife inclusion in relevant reports.
- Draft press releases, talking points, FAQs, and other briefing materials.
- Monitor coverage and provide actionable reporting on media results and sentiment.
- Manage North America and European PR agency relationships, including scope, budget, and performance accountability.
- Work with field and product marketing teams to support launches, announcements, and issues management.
- Leverage AI tools to improve research, media monitoring, briefing preparation, and reporting workflows.
- Identify and implement process improvements that increase team efficiency without sacrificing quality.
Requirements
- Minimum 10+ years of experience in public relations, strategic communications, and industry analyst relations with a strong focus on the consumer technology industry.
- Experience managing external PR agencies in multiple countries, including setting expectations, reviewing work, and holding teams accountable to results. Track record of securing substantive media coverage.
- Proven experience overseeing industry analyst relations. Previously established direct relationships with key analysts a plus.
- Comfort and experience serving as a spokesperson, preferably in broadcast, engaging directly with media on the record.
- Familiarity with global communications campaigns spanning multiple markets.
- Background in or exposure to issues management and crisis communications.
- Demonstrated ability to operate inside a global organization, navigating cross-regional teams and multiple time zones.
- Hands-on experience using AI tools for research, drafting, monitoring, or workflow efficiency, and comfort adopting new tools as they emerge.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Strong judgment under pressure.
- Experience in cybersecurity or enterprise technology communications preferred.
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About the Company
Our Security Research & Development group sits at the frontier of AI-era cyber defense. We study how attackers are beginning to weaponize artificial intelligence, how AI is reshaping detection and response, and what durable capabilities defenders will need over the next several years. We are not a day-to-day operations team. Our charter is to research, prototype, and design the core capabilities that will anchor our platform and our customers' defenses for the next generation.
- Role:
- Senior Manager, Media & Analyst Relations
- Job Type:
- Full Time
Company profile
Trend Micro
trendmicro.comTrend Micro Inc. is an American-Japanese cybersecurity software company that develops enterprise security software for servers, containers, cloud environments, networks and endpoints. Its AI cybersecurity platform offers layered protection, cyber risk exposure management and security operations, and its cloud security products protect customers of AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and VMware. The company has R&D in 16 locations and 62 global offices.
- Company Size
- 5,000 - 10,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Shinjuku, Japan
- Founded
- 1988
- Founders
- Eva Chen
- Funding Stage
- Public