Growth & Strategy Director, Digital Media

253 Nationwide News Pty Ltd; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Publications access

Perks & discounts

Health & wellbeing — onsite gym

Parental leave & time off

Financial wellbeing

Development programs

Volunteer opportunities

Inclusive facilities

Job summary

News Corp Australia is seeking a Head of Growth to shape the future of its leading digital lifestyle and news portfolio, including news.com.au, Taste, Escape and Body+Soul. You will combine management consulting rigor with the pace of a high-growth digital business to set strategic direction, unlock opportunities and expand reach.

You will lead strategic planning, partner with commercial teams to identify revenue opportunities, and drive growth initiatives across social and off-platform channels

Qualifications

• Experience in top-tier management consulting (McKinsey/BCG/Bain/Strategy& or Big4 Strategy).
• Hands-on leadership in a high-growth digital business or start-up.
• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of digital publishing economics.
• Ability to translate strategy into executable plans and influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning across the digital portfolio and provide data-led frameworks for major commercial decisions.
• Identify new revenue opportunities and support advertising products and data assets
• Direct off-platform strategy across social media, distribution networks and emerging platforms.
• Build scalable social distribution and creator ecosystems to grow audience and monetisation.
• Collaborate with Audience, Marketing, Brand Product to improve off-platform to owned-property journeys.
• Mentor teams and foster a high-performance, growth-oriented culture.

Skills

Management consulting

Strategic planning

Data-driven decisions

Executive leadership

Job description

News Corp Australia is seeking a Head of Growth to shape the future of its leading digital lifestyle and news portfolio, including news.com.au, Taste, Escape and Body+Soul. You will combine management consulting rigor with the pace of a high-growth digital business to set strategic direction, unlock opportunities and expand reach.

You will lead strategic planning, partner with commercial teams to identify revenue opportunities, and drive growth initiatives across social and off-platform channels