General Manager, Global Risk Insights

Be at the forefront of global risk intelligence.

At Dow Jones we power decisions with trusted intelligence. As part of News Corp our portfolio includes world-renowned brands such as The Wall Street Journal Factiva Barrons and Dow Jones Risk & Compliance. We deliver information that informs markets protects reputations and enables smarter decisions.

We are now expanding our leadership team to include a General Manager Global Risk Insightsa newly created executive role designed to drive strategic growth and innovation across our geopolitical risk intelligence business.

About the Team

Our Risk and Enterprise organisation brings together the strength of Dow Jones Risk & Compliance Factiva and our strategic acquisitionsincluding Oxford Analytica and Dragonfly. We help global enterprises identify assess and act on risks across AML anti-corruption sanctions and now geopolitical landscapes. This role is a unique opportunity to unify and grow a critical capability in the global risk ecosystem.

The Opportunity

As General Manager Global Risk Insights you will lead the strategy commercial execution and growth of Dow Jones geopolitical risk content and advisory business. You will shape our enterprise content vision drive product innovation and deliver actionable insights that help C-suite decision-makers navigate complex global environments.

You will work cross-functionally across product sales marketing and operations to scale high-impact solutions that empower organizations worldwide.

Essential Job Description & Summary

The General Manager Global Risk Insights serves as the primary executive owner for Dow Jones global geopolitical intelligence and advisory portfolio. The role holds end-to-end P&L accountability and is responsible for setting the commercial strategy driving revenue expansion and unifying content and analytical capabilities across newly acquired and legacy assets (including Oxford Analytica and Dragonfly).

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Strategic Portfolio Direction: Defining and executing the multi-year vision for enterprise geopolitical risk products content and bespoke advisory services.
• Commercial Performance & Growth: Owning the P&L setting growth targets expanding client acquisition across global enterprise accounts and driving membership for the Geopolitical Risk Council.
• Product & Content Leadership: Overseeing product roadmaps content frameworks and analytical methodologies to ensure intelligence is actionable timely and integrated seamlessly into client workflows.
• Thought Leadership & External Representation: Serving as a prominent public voice media spokesperson and advisor to C-level client executives government bodies and regulatory stakeholders.
• Operational Integration & Scale: Building leading and harmonizing cross-functional teams across research sales marketing and product development to maximize scale operational efficiency and margin health.

Strategic Leadership

• Define and execute the geopolitical risk strategy aligned with overall Dow Jones business goals.
• Provide strategic counsel to C-level leaders and client boards on global developments and potential risk exposure.
• Serve as a public thought leader speaker and internal champion of global risk intelligence.
• Advise senior leadership on political regulatory and economic shifts that impact corporate operations and investments.
• Lead product vision and roadmap development for enterprise risk content solutions and advisory services.
• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with key industry stakeholders clients and risk consultancies.

Business Growth & Innovation

• Own P&L responsibility and drive commercial performance across all geopolitical risk business units.
• Drive membership and active engagement for theGeopolitical Risk Council cultivating intentional One Dow Jones usage of geopolitical risk data by partnering with Barrons Global Signals The Trust and other internal stakeholders.
• Identify high-value market opportunities create new recurring revenue streams and forge strategic partnerships.
• Build and lead high-performing cross-functional teams across sales marketing product and operations.
• Drive operational efficiency standard workflows and scalable delivery across all business functions.
• Develop mentor and empower team members to foster a culture of excellence and high performance.
• Help lead and scale the Global Horizons annual conference to maximize industry engagement brand positioning sponsorship and commercial value

Operational Excellence

• Build scale and align cross-functional teams spanning analysis product marketing and sales execution.
• Establish track and optimize key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure product success financial health and operational impact.
• Foster an agile innovation-driven culture rooted in analytical rigor and integrity.

Stakeholder & Market Engagement

• Engage with government agencies regulatory bodies think tanks and industry trade groups.
• Represent Dow Jones at premier global forums industry events and executive conferences focused on geopolitical risk.
• Collaborate closely with internal legal compliance and risk teams to ensure alignment with international regulatory frameworks.

What You Bring

Essential Qualifications

• 15 years of progressive executive leadership in geopolitical risk international security intelligence or enterprise risk management.
• Proven track record of scaling B2B businesses managing P&L performance and delivering on aggressive revenue growth targets.
• Deep domain expertise in international affairs global regulatory trends macroeconomic impacts and strategic risk forecasting.
• Demonstrated success in digital product innovation enterprise software/SaaS or strategic content solutions.
• Exceptional communication and executive presence with experience advising C-suite executives and boards.
• Strong history of leading matrixed global teams through organizational growth and business transformation.

Preferred Experience

• Senior background in government intelligence agencies or multinational corporate risk strategy.
• Direct familiarity with modern geopolitical risk methodologies software platforms and risk modeling tools.
• An established high-level network across the risk compliance academic or corporate advisory sectors.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Business Area:

Dow Jones - Risk

Job Category:

General Management

Union Status:

Non-Union role