VP of Communications

TRM

Build a Safer World.

TRM Labs provides AI-powered intelligence solutions that help public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime. TRM's platforms enable investigators to trace illicit activity, build cases, and construct operating pictures of threat networks. Leading agencies and businesses worldwide rely on TRM to make the world safer and more secure.

The VP of Communications owns how TRM shows up in the world: the corporate narrative, the earned channels that carry it, and the voices across the company that amplify it. Criminals are scaling with AI, and TRM is building to own the AI investigations category. You'll build a dedicated communications function from responsibilities currently shared across the team, set proactive narrative strategy on how modern crime is changing and how it's best fought, so that the market, media, analysts, prospective talent, and investors look to TRM for the definitive view on how AI is changing crime, the capacity gap facing the people who fight it, and how crimefighters close it.

The impact you will have:

TRM is known as the company that owns the AI investigations category: one clear corporate narrative, carried consistently by our leaders in the conversations that matter, through an executive-visibility program you design and run

TRM's share of voice and quality of coverage grow across media, industry analysts, and our other earned channels, shaping how customers, prospective talent, and investors see the company, built on journalist and analyst relationships you own

Subject-matter experts from every function become recognized voices in their fields, carrying TRM's story on stages, in bylines, and across our corporate social channels, because you found them, placed them, prepared them, and gave them the guides and AI-enabled workflows to stay consistent and on-brand

TRM responds fast and credibly when reputation is on the line, because the monitoring, playbooks, and AI-assisted media tracking you put in place are ready before they're needed

What we're looking for:

10+ years in corporate and executive communications, including owning earned media, ideally at a security, fintech, intelligence, or regulated-tech company

A proactive narrative strategist who has placed high-quality coverage and grown share of voice, not just shipped releases

Fluency in building sophisticated, credible corporate narratives about AI: what it changes, where it creates risk, and where your company stands, beyond using AI tools day to day

An AI-native approach: you use AI across monitoring, research, drafting, and reporting, and you build workflows others can use

A natural teacher and talent-spotter who can find the experts across a company, place them in the right forums, and coach them to be confident in front of press and audiences

Comfort building a function and its systems from the ground up, and leading cross-functionally without a large standing team

Exposure to a strong crisis-communications program and sound judgment under pressure; you've supported a live issue or two, but your instinct is to put TRM into the conversation, not keep it out

An excellent writer and editor who can distill complex, technical topics for press, executives, and the public

About the Team:

Reports to the Chief Brand Officer, within Brand & Communications

A senior leadership role that consolidates communications responsibilities currently split across several people into one dedicated function

Works closely with Policy, Insights, Product Marketing, Brand/Content, company Leadership, and subject-matter experts across the company

Manages TRM's PR agency and an APAC-based communications lead (contractor) from day one, with potential to build out a team as the function grows

Team Operating Rhythms:

US-based role; you'll build coverage for other time zones through your team and partners, starting with an APAC-based communications lead

Weekly marketing and leadership syncs; fast, async-first collaboration with executives and cross-functional partners

Clear communication norms and shared message guides so the company stays on-brand

Required online and collaboration hours:

Schedule: Core overlap across US business hours

On-Call Responsibilities:

Schedule: No formal on-call. Crisis-response availability is expected as issues arise.

Travel Requirements:

Schedule: Occasional travel for media, executive events, and team offsites

Frequency: Low to moderate (HM to confirm)

Onsite Requirements:

Schedule: Distributed; periodic in-person for key moments (HM to confirm)

Learn about TRM Speed in this position:

Within 30 days: ship a corporate narrative and messaging architecture, and a plan to consolidate the split comms responsibilities into one function

Within 60 days: land a planned earned-media moment, stand up the executive-visibility calendar, and identify the first group of subject-matter experts to develop as thought leaders

Within 90 days: have a tested crisis-communications playbook in place and a repeatable, AI-assisted media-monitoring and reporting workflow running

The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:

Individual pay is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. The compensation details listed in this posting reflect the US base salary only.

The estimated base salary range for this role is $195,000-$255,000

Additionally, this role may be eligible to participate in TRM’s equity plan.

Please note – we factor in the different costs for geographies outside the United States.

AI Fluency at TRM

AI fluency is a baseline expectation at TRM.

We believe AI meaningfully changes how top performers operate. We expect every team member to use AI to accelerate and reimagine their craft, not just automate surface tasks.

At TRM, AI fluency means you are among the top 10 percent of operators in your function in how you apply AI to:

Accelerate repeatable workflows

Structure and solve problems

Improve output quality

Increase speed and leverage

You will be evaluated on applied AI fluency during the interview process.

Life at TRM

We are building a safer world. That promise shows up in how we work every day.

TRM moves FAST. We are a high-velocity, high-ownership team that expects clarity, follow-through, and impact. People who thrive here are energized by hard problems, experimentation, and continuous feedback. If something takes months elsewhere, it will ship here in days.

Our work sits at the intersection of AI, national security, and fighting crime. The problems are complex, the stakes are real, and the environment evolves quickly. The pace and intensity of the work reflect the importance of the mission. As a result, the way we operate requires a high level of ownership, adaptability, collaboration, and creative problem-solving.

At TRM, you should expect:

Priorities and targets to change quickly

Operating with a high degree of ambiguity

A high level of personal ownership and accountability

Close collaboration across teams and functions

Frequent, high-touch communication

Creative problem-solving and out-of-the-box thinking

A pace that rewards urgency, adaptability, and outcomes

This environment is energizing for people who enjoy building, so