AI Newsroom Innovation Lead

News Corp

Sydney

Hybrid

AUD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements

Executive remuneration package

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Shape AI in journalism

Job summary

News Corp Australia is seeking an experienced National Newsroom Innovation Product Manager to drive editorial R&D across Australia’s largest newsrooms. You will lead discovery, rapid prototyping, and de-risking of groundbreaking AI solutions in collaboration with editorial and technical leaders.

You will guide ideas from exploratory R&D to validated proofs-of-concept, leading an Innovation squad including AI Product Manager, Data Scientist and AI/Python Developer, ensuring smooth handovers into

Qualifications

Proven track record leading 0to-1 innovation in media or tech.
Strong understanding of generative AI, LLMs and prompting.
Experience turning ideas into validated prototypes for production.
Ability to bridge data science, engineering and newsroom leadership.

Responsibilities

Translate editorial challenges into a prioritized R&D product roadmap (rolling 8-week and full financial year).
Lead end-to-end innovation lifecycle with agile prototyping and business-case definitions.
Act as product authority on model accuracy, hallucination management and output validation.
Oversee production handovers from prototypes to BAU maintenance and scaling.
Produce technical charters, evaluation frameworks and product briefs for collaboration with editorial heads.
Remove blockers to enable newsroom-paced delivery with enterprise-grade reliability.
Establish R&D metrics and KPI to measure prototype velocity, feasibility and value.