Director, Editorial Strategy

TrendAI; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

Wellness program

Adoption assistance

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Holidays

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Job summary

TrendAI is seeking an Editorial Director to own the connective layer between research, thought leadership, and customer proof across channels. You will define narratives, package content with proof points, and schedule releases that resonate with CISOs and security leaders.

You will lead an editorial board, oversee a data‑driven content strategy, and partner with Threat Research and Product Marketing to shape long‑lead content into timely communications in a fast‑moving AI security landscape.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in editorial, content strategy, or integrated communications; with 2+ years leading a cross‑functional editorial function.
• Demonstrated ability to run an editorial calendar across multiple channels and stakeholders.
• Strong editorial judgment to translate technical material for a senior business audience.
• Diplomatic operator capable of aligning teams and delivering a shared function as a service.
• Comfortable in a fast‑moving, AI‑forward environment with high AI fluency.

Responsibilities

• Chair the editorial board, synthesize input, and own final call on packaging and scheduling.
• Cluster in-flight content into coherent narratives tied to market themes.
• Translate dense source material for CISOs and security leaders without diluting rigor.
• Sequence and time releases across PR, social, influencer, podcast, and exec comms.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

AI fluency

Editorial calendar management

Tools

Content-ops tooling

Job description

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 is Trend Micro’s enterprise AI security brand, building credibility with CISOs and security leaders through a rich stream of research, thought leadership, executive commentary, and customer proof. As the function scales, TrendAI is establishing a dedicated editorial layer to ensure the best of that work reaches the right audiences—packaged well and timed well—across every channel. The Editorial Director owns that connective layer. This is not a content‑production or order‑taking role, and not a gatekeeper that approves or blocks other teams' work. Think air‑traffic control: the distribution pods remain the pilots in charge of execution; the Editorial Director provides direction, sequencing, and data. The person in this seat looks across everything in flight, clusters it into the stories that matter, packages each with proof points and complementary assets, times release across channels, and ensures creators get clear feedback on what resonated.

Core Responsibilities

• Chair the editorial board, synthesize input from pod leads, and own the final call on what gets packaged, prioritized, and scheduled (the decision‑maker, informed by the board).
• Cluster in‑flight content—thought leadership, threat research, podcast, exec commentary, customer proof—into coherent narratives tied to market and leadership themes.
• Translate dense source material for the audience—e.g., turn a long‑form research report into something a CISO actually wants to open—without diluting the underlying rigor.
• Sequence and time releases across PR, social, influencer, podcast, and exec comms so assets reinforce one another.

Build the feedback loop

• Route performance and “what landed” signal back to originating teams (e.g., Threat Research and Product Marketing) so long‑lead work is continuously shaped by what the market responds to.
• Partner with the Data & Analytics Lead so editorial decisions are evidence‑based.

Own the messaging backbone

• Operate the content‑routing workflow—drafting, review, approval—so approved content moves quickly from idea to publication.
• Own the quote bank and messaging house: codify approved messaging, keep it current, and lock updates at defined approval gates.
• Feed and draw from the executive thought‑leadership program as a primary source of approved voice and POV.

Scale the function

• Run editorial hands‑on with a small pod at first; as the team and tooling mature, systematize it into a repeatable daily operation supported by the MI data and automation stack.

Qualifications

Required

• 8+ years in editorial, content strategy, or integrated communications, including 2+ leading a cross‑functional editorial or content function.
• Demonstrated ability to run an editorial calendar across multiple channels and stakeholders and to make prioritization calls that stick.
• Strong editorial judgment—can make technical or dense material resonate for a senior business audience.
• A diplomat and an operator: can align teams who don't report to you and land a shared function as a service.
• Comfortable in a fast‑moving, AI‑forward environment; high AI fluency and appetite to adopt new tooling quickly.

Preferred

• B2B technology, cybersecurity, or enterprise‑software background; understands the CISO/security‑leader audience.
• Experience standing up a net‑new editorial/content‑ops function (people, process, tooling).
• Familiarity with content‑ops tooling and data‑informed editorial decisioning.

What We Offer You

• 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

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.

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 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).

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.