Senior Manager, Newsroom Data
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 155000 - 180000
Posted on:
22 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Description:
The Wall Street Journal is seeking a senior manager to own and advance our newsrooms audience-data strategy. Reporting to the Head of Data and AI and serving as a leader on the newsroom digital strategy team this role defines how we measure success identify opportunity and translate audience data into actionable insight across coverage product and editorial strategy. You will set the direction for newsroom analytics and metrics ensuring editors journalists and leadership have the data-driven insights needed to support an audience-first newsroom.
This is a hands-on leadership role. You will operate at both the strategic level deciding what capabilities tools and models the newsroom needsand the execution level prioritizing team workloads reviewing analyses troubleshooting dashboards and guiding technical implementation. The role includes shaping and building advanced data capabilities including the use of machine learning and large language models to create informative practical tools for newsroom decisionmaking.
The ideal candidate brings experience in news media or a related field a deep understanding of audience behavior and strong empathy for newsroom workflows. You are an organized proactive leader who can manage teams set clear priorities and translate complex data into insights that drive real editorial and business impact.
You Will:
Lead and manage a team of audience data analysts and data scientists providing clear direction mentorship and technical guidance
Own the newsrooms audience data and analytics strategy identifying and prioritizing high-impact initiatives aligned with audience-first goals
Define build and maintain newsroom metrics dashboards and analytical frameworks
Partner closely with product audience and content teams within the newsroom digital strategy group
Collaborate with data analytics and engineering teams across Dow Jones
Drive the application of advanced analytics machine learning and LLM-based approaches where they meaningfully improve newsroom insight and decision-making
You Have:
Experience hiring mentoring and leading high-performing teams of data analysts and data scientists
Strong technical depth and the ability to operate as a subject-matter expert while leading strategy
Deep understanding of audience behavior and a strong sense of empathy for editorial teams and newsroom culture
A track record of building high-quality impactful data products in fast-paced deadline-driven environments
Experience creating project roadmaps prioritizing work and holding teams accountable for delivery
Hands-on experience with modern data and analytics tools including Python; cloud platforms such as AWS and Google Cloud; data warehouses such as BigQuery and Snowflake; BI and visualization tools such as Looker and Tableau; and data pipeline orchestration tools like DBT
Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to present clearly to senior leadership and document technical systems and projects
Strong project management skills and attention to detail
To apply please submit your resume and a cover letter explaining how you would approach the job by March 13th. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and we encourage early submission as the position may be filled before the deadline.
Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy age national origin disability status genetic information protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application due to a disability email us at Please put Reasonable Accommodation in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.Business Area:
Dow Jones - News - WSJJob Category:
Data Analytics/Warehousing & Business IntelligenceUnion Status:
Non-Union rolePay Range: $155000 - $180000We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidates experience industry knowledge location technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract engage and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary for bonus eligible roles targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.For benefits eligible roles in addition to cash compensation the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package with a variety of physical health retirement and savings caregiving emotional wellbeing transportation and other benefits including elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..Required Experience:
Senior Manager
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