Sr. Manager, Executive Communications

📋 Description

• • As the Sr. Manager, Executive Communications at Trellix, you will be instrumental in shaping and delivering impactful, consistent, and clear communications for our CEO and Executive Leadership Team (ELT). This strategic role is designed for a seasoned professional who can act as a trusted advisor, ensuring that leadership messages are aligned with corporate strategy, external positioning, and the overall employee experience.
• • You will be a key partner within the Corporate Communications team, reporting to the Sr. Director of Corporate Communications. Your collaboration will extend across Global PR, HR, and Executive Assistants, creating a cohesive communication ecosystem for our senior leaders.
• • This is a high-impact, strategic position focused on crafting compelling executive narratives, enhancing leadership presence, and ensuring message coherence at scale. It is not an administrative or logistical support role, but rather a critical function in articulating Trellix's vision and direction.
• • CEO Communications:
• • Serve as the primary communications partner to the CEO, providing strategic counsel and hands-on support for a range of critical communications.
• • Develop and refine company-wide messaging, ensuring it resonates with all stakeholders and reflects our core values and strategic objectives.
• • Craft compelling leadership narratives and key themes that articulate the company's vision, mission, and strategic priorities.
• • Prepare the CEO's presentations, talking points, and written communications, ensuring they are polished, persuasive, and aligned with our corporate identity.
• • Proactively ensure all CEO communications are meticulously aligned with the overarching company strategy, core values, and external positioning.
• • Anticipate potential message risks, sensitivities, and moments that require elevated clarity, care, or strategic nuance, developing proactive communication plans.
• • Executive Leadership Team Communications:
• • Drive consistency, continuity, and impact across all ELT communications, fostering a unified leadership voice.
• • Support key forums such as All Hands meetings, executive strategy sessions, and critical leadership updates, ensuring messages are clear, concise, and impactful.
• • Partner closely with individual ELT members and their Executive Assistants to shape agendas, refine key messages, and enhance the clarity and audience relevance of their communications.
• • Act as a crucial connective layer across all leadership communications, proactively identifying and mitigating potential noise, duplication, or misalignment.
• • Strategic Advisory & Message Stewardship:
• • Provide strategic advisory services to executives on a wide range of communication challenges, including messaging tone, structure, and sequencing.
• • Advise on optimal audience segmentation and channel selection to maximize message reach and impact.
• • Support the development and delivery of communications during significant change initiatives and moments of organizational impact.
• • Proactively identify gaps or inconsistencies across executive communications and develop actionable recommendations for improvement.
• • Support executive readiness for high-visibility internal and external speaking opportunities and engagements.
• • Corporate Communications & PR Alignment:
• • Collaborate closely with the Global PR team to ensure seamless alignment between internal executive messaging and external narratives, maintaining a consistent brand voice.
• • Ensure internal communications accurately reflect and reinforce our marketing-facing positioning and strategic priorities.
• • Coordinate with Corporate Communications peers on major announcements, crisis or issue response, and the development of company-wide messaging frameworks.
• • Contribute executive communications expertise to the broader corporate communications strategy, ensuring a holistic approach.
• • Own the company intranet strategy and governance within Corporate Communications, working in close partnership with Brand and HR to guarantee content accuracy, consistency, and alignment with executive and corporate messaging frameworks.
• • This role is pivotal in ensuring Trellix's leadership voice is clear, consistent, and compelling across all internal and external touchpoints, reinforcing our position as a leader in cybersecurity.