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About Our Organization:

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats including print digital mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the worlds largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal Americas largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barrons MarketWatch Mansion Global Financial News Investors Business Daily Factiva Dow Jones Risk & Compliance Dow Jones Newswires OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS NWSA; ASX: NWS NWSLV).

About Dow Jones Design & Research

Our Design & Research org brings together world-class designers and researchers with a unified purpose: to connect people to the news and information that matters most. Were the strategic force that transforms deep user understanding into exceptional product experiences across our entire portfoliofrom The Wall Street Journal to Factiva.

Our integrated approach ensures that research insights directly shape design decisions while design explorations reveal new research opportunities. Together were building coherent accessible experiences that honor our 135-year legacy while pushing us boldly into the future. Were a globally distributed team spearheading a digital transformation at Dow Jones newly staffed by industry leaders from Google LinkedIn The New York Times and more. Through our combined expertise in design craft and research rigor we ensure that millions of users can depend on our platforms for truth in a world full of noise.

About the Role

Were seeking a Vice President of Product Research to lead our research organization and establish Dow Jones as the industry leader in understanding media consumers and enterprise users. This is a pivotal role that will shape how our company understands and serves our users across B2B and B2C markets and everything in between.

As VP of Product Research youll build and lead a world-class team that transforms user insights into a strategic advantage for our business. Youll partner with executives across Product Technology Editorial and Marketing to ensure research drives our most critical decisions. This role demands someone who can balance methodological excellence with business impact building systems that deliver insights at the pace of modern media while maintaining the rigor that complex decisions require.

Youll be responsible for evolving our research practice from a service function into a strategic partner that anticipates market changes identifies emerging opportunities and helps Dow Jones stay ahead of evolving user needs. You are an expert at Seeing Over the Horizon. Youve built and led teams that successfully articulated research outcomes and how their results may impact our users and our business to a diverse organization across multiple levels of seniority up to the CEO. Your leadership will be instrumental in building a truly user-centered organization where research insights inspire innovation at every level.

You will report to the SVP of Design & Research at Dow Jones.

You Will

• Build and lead a world-class global research organization while developing the next generation of research leaders. Youll create team structures that ensure methodological excellence across regions foster an innovative culture and make Dow Jones Research a premier destination for talent through mentorship and career development programs.
• Partner with executive leadership to establish research as a strategic differentiator. Youll transform research from a service function into a proactive force that anticipates market changes identifies emerging opportunities and directly influences multi-year planning portfolio decisions and competitive strategy.
• Build industry-leading research operations that scale with impact. Youll create systems and processes that deliver timely actionable insights while maintaining rigormaking excellent research repeatable across our entire ecosystem.
• Communicate our research vision and strategy across multiple audiences. Internally youll build alignment by connecting research insights to business outcomes in compelling ways. Externally youll elevate our reputation through speaking publications and partnerships with academic institutions and peer companies.
• Navigate the intersection of AI and human insight strategically. Youll integrate emerging technologies into our research practice while preserving the irreplaceable value of human judgmentensuring AI enhances rather than replaces our understanding of users.
• Champion a user-centered culture by democratizing research across the organization. Youll embed research thinking at every level partner with design leadership to uplevel the teams research skills and ensure user insights actually drive decisionsnot just inform them.
• Advance the field of media and enterprise research through thought leadership. Youll push innovation in research methods contribute to industry best practices and position Dow Jones as a leader in understanding how people consume and use information in the digital age.

You Have

• 15 years of experience leading research teams in consumer or B2B businesses (preferably both) with demonstrated impact on business outcomes.
• A proven track record of establishing and scaling research programs that meaningfully drove product and business strategy at companies with comparable scale and complexity. Youve built research functions from the ground up or transformed existing teams into strategic partners that influence C-level decisions.
• Experience building and leading research organizations across multiple locations and time zones.
• Experience influencing executive-level decisions through research-driven recommendations.
• Expertise as a research evangelist with experience presenting to boards speaking at major conferences and building external partnerships that enhance organizational capabilities.
• Deep expertise across qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.
• Experience building shared research capabilities across multi-disciplinary teams including creating frameworks and training programs that allow non-researchers to gather valid insights.
• Experience with subscription-based or advertising-supported business models.
• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience (advanced degree in HCI Psychology Anthropology or related field preferred).
• Experience building strategic partnerships across Product Technology Marketing and Editorial teams.
• Excellence in translating complex research findings into compelling narratives that inspire action.
• Experience managing research operations including vendor relationships budget allocation and technology investments.
• Experience with ethical research practices privacy regulations and inclusive methodologies.
• Experience building diverse high-performing teams and developing research talent.

Nice to Have

• Experience in news media financial services or enterprise information services
• Published research or speaking experience at industry events or conference
• Experience with AI/ML applications in research and predictive analytics
• Knowledge of international research practices and cross-cultural research methodologies
• Background in building research operations from early stage to scale

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans for you and your family (paid by Dow Jones)
• Extra Paid Time Off (30 days of holidays/year)
• Possibility to work remotely for 3 months/year (desplazamiento program) or one week of remote work per quarter
• Meal benefit with Pluxee (171 /month on top of your salary)
• Retirement Plans (Dow Jones will pay 2% of a members Pensionable Salary and match employee contribution up to a maximum of 3%)
• Comprehensive Insurance Plans
• Well-being Resources (200 USD per quarter Classpass etc.)
• Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support
• Subscription Discounts
• Employee Referral Program

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This is a hybrid remote/in-office role based in Barcelona.

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