Senior Product Manager, AI Partner

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 OverviewWe are seeking a highly technical Senior Product Manager to own TrendAI’s strategic product relationships with frontier AI providers, Hyperscalers, and key AI security ecosystem partners.This role defines how TrendAI collaborates with, and builds competitive differentiation alongside, Anthropic, OpenAI, NVIDIA, and emerging security initiatives such as Glasswing and Daybreak — acting as the primary product interface between TrendAI and these strategic partners.The ideal candidate combines deep technical understanding of frontier AI and cloud architectures with the commercial and relationship skills to drive joint roadmaps, co-innovation programmes, and mutual value creation — translating partner capabilities into differentiated security products and measurable business outcomes.ResponsibilitiesPartner Strategy and Product RoadmapOwn the partner-facing product strategy and roadmap for TrendAI’s AI integration and ecosystem capabilities.Decide which partner capabilities TrendAI should integrate, extend, commercialize, or build independently — and define the criteria on which each decision is made.Serve as TrendAI’s primary product authority in external partner engagements with Anthropic, OpenAI, NVIDIA, and other strategic technology partners.Align partner strategy with TrendAI priorities across AI usage, applications, agents, identity, data, runtime security, detection, response, and governance.Frontier AI & Strategic Partner ManagementMaintain joint product roadmap alignment with frontier AI providers (Anthropic, OpenAI) and NVIDIA as strategic partners of TrendAI.Represent TrendAI’s security requirements in partner product discussions — covering APIs, identity, telemetry, data handling, policy enforcement, risk findings, evidence, and response.Track and assess partner capability releases, API changes, deprecations, and roadmap commitments; translate these into TrendAI product decisions and risk escalations.Define integration patterns for APIs, identity, telemetry, data handling, policy enforcement, risk findings, evidence, and response.Develop reference architectures and design partnerships with strategic Partners.Ensure integrations support SaaS, sovereign, and customer-controlled deployment models.Productization and Technical ExecutionTranslate partner technology into clear use cases, requirements, architecture, deployment models, packaging, licensing, and success metrics.Partner with engineering, architecture, research, UX, and security teams to deliver scalable and reusable capabilities.Ensure integrations use common TrendAI contracts for telemetry, policy, evidence, identity, and response rather than one-off connectors or integrations.Customer, Partner, and Market LeadershipEngage strategic customers, design partners, frontier-model providers, Hyperscalers, and technology alliances to validate priorities and develop pilots and reference architectures.Work across Product Marketing, Sales, Solution Engineering, Alliances, Legal, Compliance, Support, and Customer success to drive launches, enablement, differentiation, and adoption.Represent the partner product strategy clearly to executives, customers, partners, analysts, technical teams, and non-technical stakeholders.Go-to-Market and DifferentiationDefine why each partnership matters, which customer problem it solves, what TrendAI adds beyond the partner capability, and how it should be sold.Develop joint positioning, competitive analysis, customer presentations, solution briefs, demonstrations, and co-sell plans.Ensure every partnership and integration creates clear value for the customer, TrendAI, and the strategic partner.Data-Driven Prioritization and SuccessUse customer demand, adoption, product usage, technical feasibility, partner commitments, competitive intelligence, and pipeline impact to prioritize investment.Measure success through active integrations, customer adoption, influenced pipeline, partner-sourced opportunities, customer risk reduction, and reusable platform capability.QualificationsMandatory:7+ years of experience in cybersecurity, cloud security, AI platforms, or enterprise software5+ years of product management or technical product leadership experienceDemonstrated experience managing strategic technology partner relationships in a product capacity — able to represent your organisation's requirements credibly in joint roadmap and co-engineering discussionsStrong AI fluency is mandatory — demonstrated, hands-on use of AI and generative AI tools in daily product work, alongside a clear point of view on how frontier AI capabilities translate into differentiated security products. Experience delivering APIs, platform integrations, ecosystem products, or cloud-native security capabilitiesBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Information Technology, Business, or equivalent professional experience.Strong plus:Experience working with Hyperscalers, AI providers, security vendors, or strategic technology partnersPrevious experience as a software engineer, security architect, cloud architect, solutions architect, sales engineer, or technical product managerExperience with Anthropic, OpenAI, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or NVIDIAFamiliarity with Glasswing, Daybreak, frontier-model security programs, or advanced AI security researchExperience with AI security testing, red teaming, model evaluation, prompt security, or agent securityExperience integrating SIEM, XDR, SOAR, CNAPP, IAM, API gateways, or developer platformsExperience developing joint solutions, reference architectures, co-innovation, or co-sell programsStrong AI fluency is mandatory — demonstrated, hands-on use of AI and generative AI tools in daily product work, alongside a clear point of view on how frontier AI capabilities translate into differentiated security products. Your ExpertiseStrong Technical KnowledgeFrontier models and generative AIAI applications and agentic systemsLLM APIs, gateways, MCP, tools, skills, and pluginsCloud AI platforms and managed model servicesAI threats, testing, guardrails, and runtime controlsIdentity, authorization, and non-human identitiesData privacy, sovereignty, retention, and complianceSIEM, XDR, SOAR, and security telemetrySaaS, hybrid, on-premises, and sovereign architecturesProduct LeadershipAbility to turn emerging technology and partner capabilities into clear customer use cases and product requirements.Strong roadmap, prioritization, execution, analytical, and partner relationship management skills.Ability to distinguish between a technical integration, product feature, sellable capability, and strategic platform investment.Proven track record of managing external partner relationships with credibility in joint technical and commercial discussions.Excellent communication, customer and partner engagement, and cross-functional leadership skills.What We Offer YouYou'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 insuranceLife insuranceShort & Long Term Disability Pre-partum, maternity, parental and medical leaveMental Health Wellness ProgramAdoption AssistanceWellness IncentivePet Insurance401(k) with company matchPaid Time Off14 Annual HolidaysTuition AssistanceEmployee Resource GroupsWe 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.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 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 TrendAI, 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. TrendAI provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. TrendAI 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. #LI-LO1At 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. SummaryLocation: Austin; Irving, TexasType: Full time