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. Proactive security starts here. TrendMicro.com Location: This role can be based in one of our offices located in Austin, TX; Las Colinas, TX; or Ottawa, ON. Position Summary We are seeking a dynamic Director of Product Management with a deep passion for cybersecurity and extensive experience in Exposure Management , with a primary focus on Vulnerability Management . This role involves owning product strategy and multiyear roadmaps, conducting market and customer research, and driving execution across engineering, design, and gotomarket teams. The Director will provide strategic leadership for our Exposure Management portfolio, ensuring tight alignment between customer risk outcomes, market needs, and business objectives. Key responsibilities include using datadriven insights to guide investment decisions, partnering closely with engineering leadership to deliver scalable capabilities, and working with field and customerfacing teams to ensure success in the market. Ideal candidates bring deep domain expertise in vulnerability and exposure management, strong leadership and communication skills, and the ability to operate effectively in a fastpaced environment. A background in technical roles such as software engineering, sales engineering, security architecture, or technical leadership is highly valued. Responsibilities Product Strategy and Roadmap: Develop, own, and communicate the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Exposure Management product area, with a strong emphasis on Vulnerability Management. Align product direction with business objectives, customer risk reduction outcomes, and market demands. Market Research and Analysis: Conduct ongoing market research to identify trends in exposure management, vulnerability assessment, and risk prioritization. Analyze the competitive landscape and customer needs to inform strategic decisions and differentiation. Product Development: Partner closely with engineering and UX leadership to drive the development of new capabilities across vulnerability discovery, prioritization, and remediation workflows. Ensure timely delivery, technical quality, and scalability. Customer Engagement: Act as a senior voice of the customer, engaging directly with strategic customers and partners to understand realworld exposure challenges. Gather, prioritize, and translate customer needs into clear product requirements. Crossfunctional Collaboration: Work closely with sales, marketing, customer success, and support teams to ensure successful product launches, strong field enablement, and sustained adoption of Exposure Management capabilities. DataDriven Decision Making: Use qualitative and quantitative dataincluding product usage, risk signals, and customer outcomesto guide prioritization, measure success, and continuously refine product strategy. Analyst Relations: Build and maintain strong relationships with industry analysts focused on Exposure Management, Vulnerability Management, and broader security operations. Represent product strategy and roadmap externally and incorporate analyst feedback into planning. Qualifications Experience: 8+ years of experience in the cybersecurity industry, with significant handson experience in Exposure Management and Vulnerability Management. Experience in technical roles such as software engineering, sales engineering, security architecture, or technical leadership is highly valued. Product Knowledge: Deep understanding of vulnerability management, exposure assessment, and riskbased prioritization, along with adjacent cybersecurity domains. Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problemsolving skills, with the ability to use data to drive strategic decisions and measure customer and business impact. Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to clearly convey complex technical and riskbased concepts to executive, technical, and nontechnical stakeholders. Customer Focus: Strong passion for understanding customer risk, operational constraints, and realworld security challenges. Collaboration and Leadership: Proven ability to lead through influence, work effectively across crossfunctional teams, and mentor senior product managers. Adaptability: Ability to thrive in a fastpaced, evolving security landscape and adapt strategy as market and customer needs change. Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or equivalent experience. Preferred Skills Thirdparty integrations and ecosystem development Exposure Management, including: Vulnerability Management Attack Surface Management Asset discovery and classification Riskbased prioritization and scoring Security Operations, including: SIEM SOAR XDR Threat Intelligence and contextual risk enrichment Why Join TrendAI? TrendAI is a leader in AI security. We not only delivered the first openweight, cybersecurityfocused large language model, but also the industrys first security companion agent evaluated directly by customers. Trend Vision One integrates endpoint, cloud, network, email, identity, AI application, and data security into a single, unified platform. In this role, you will partner with business leaders to design systems that can reason, learn, and protectaccelerating agility, speed of delivery, and datacentric security. You will help transform cuttingedge research into realworld defense capabilities, protecting millions of users in the generativeAI agent era and enabling enterprises to stay ahead of evolving threats. What We Offer You You''re important to us. What matters to you, matters to us too. TrendAI provides benefit options for you and your family. Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance Life insurance Short & Long Term Disability Prepartum, 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 worklife 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 employmentbased 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 employmentbased. At Trend Micro, we embrace change, empower people, and encourage innovation in a connected world. Our diversity and multicultural workforce are key contributing factors to our success across the globe. Trend Micro provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. Trend Micro does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy and childbirth or related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care leave status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Director, Product Management