Director, Analyst Relations

Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity leader, helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information across enterprises, governments, and consumers.

Fueled by decades of security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, Trend harnesses AI to protect organizations and individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints.

The Trend Vision One™ enterprise cybersecurity platform accelerates proactive security outcomes by predicting and preventing threats across the entire digital estate and environments like AWS, Google, Microsoft, and NVIDIA.

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The Person in this Role Must:

• Be viewed as a credible, responsive, and trusted partner to industry analysts and influencers, and to internal stakeholders.

• Provide strategic guidance on analyst and influencer engagements to the business.

• Consistently capture analyst insights and feedback to inform strategy and messaging.

• Ensure evaluations are well-managed, on-time, and high quality.

• Run analyst relations program responsibilities with discipline, consistency, and strategic intent.

Desired Qualifications:

• Open to candidates with or without direct Analyst and Influencer Relations experience, however, must have experience engaging industry analysts and influencers in cybersecurity product management, product marketing, or marketing communications.

• Demonstrable understanding of Analyst Relations and Influencer Relations as part of the broader marketing and go-to-market ecosystem, including its role in messaging, positioning, and credibility-building.

• Excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills, with confidence in engaging senior analysts, executives, product management, product marketing and analyst relations colleagues.

• Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly and credibly, and to work collaboratively with product management and marketing to review and improve briefing materials.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and long-cycle deliverables in a fast-paced environment. Organizational skills and attention to detail are important.

• Proven track record of consistent high performance, personal accountability, and challenging self and others to deliver results.

• High personal and professional integrity.

• BA/BS in Communications, Technology or Business (preferred).

• Familiarity with/affinity for/aptitude for learning technology markets (information security preferred).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, SaaS, enterprise software, or cloud technologies

• If not previously in an analyst relations role, then a background in public relations, product management, product marketing, or competitive intelligence.

• Experience supporting executive-level analyst engagements.

• Familiarity with analyst relations metrics and impact reporting.

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.

• Group benefits program with health and dental coverage

• Telehealth Virtual Health Services

• Life Insurance

• Short & Long Term Disability

• Pre-partum, maternity, parental and medical leave

• Critical Illness Insurance

• Mental Health Wellness Program

• Wellness Incentive Program

• Retirement Savings Programs 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.

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No sponsorship will be provided for work permit applications or renewals for this position now or in the future.

Trend Micro Canada is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this role is CAD $107,000.00 – $161,000.00. A candidate’s final compensation for this position will be determined by various factors to include, but not limited to relevant work experience, skills, and certifications.