AI Newsroom Innovation Lead (Hybrid)

News Corp Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 190.000 - 270.000; Vollzeit

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Zusammenfassung

News Corp Australia is seeking an experienced National Newsroom Innovation Product Manager to drive editorial R&D and AI tooling across the country’s largest newsrooms. You will lead an AI-focused squad, guiding ideas from exploratory R&D to validated concepts ready for live newsroom adoption.

You will manage cross-functional collaboration with editorial leaders, data scientists, and developers, ensuring ethical, scalable, and high-impact AI solutions that meet News Corp Australia’s standards.

Qualifikationen

• Proven track record in product management leading 0to-1 innovation, rapid prototyping or R&D initiatives in media, digital publishing, or fast-paced tech.
• Experience guiding teams through exploratory R&D to validated concepts and live adoption.
• Strong understanding of AI tooling, model evaluation, and production handover processes.

Aufgaben

• Translate editorial and business challenges into an actionable AI R&D roadmap (rolling 8-week and full fiscal year).
• Lead end-to-end innovation lifecycle with agile prototyping and business-case framing for new AI capabilities.
• Own model accuracy, bias controls, and output validation to uphold journalistic integrity.
• Oversee transition of prototypes to production with smooth handovers to BAU maintenance.
• Create technical charters, evaluation frameworks, and product briefs to align editorial and technology partners.
• Remove blockers and foster newsroom-paced delivery with enterprise-grade reliability.
• Define R&D metrics and lead indicators to measure velocity, feasibility and value.

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Product management

AI product development

R&D leadership

Stakeholder management

Tools

Python

Jobbeschreibung

News Corp Australia is seeking an experienced National Newsroom Innovation Product Manager to drive editorial R&D and AI tooling across the country’s largest newsrooms. You will lead an AI-focused squad, guiding ideas from exploratory R&D to validated concepts ready for live newsroom adoption.

You will manage cross-functional collaboration with editorial leaders, data scientists, and developers, ensuring ethical, scalable, and high-impact AI solutions that meet News Corp Australia’s standards.