Head of Growth — Off-Platform & Partnerships

News Corp Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Publications access

Perks & discounts

Health & wellbeing

Time off

Financial wellbeing

Job summary

News Corp Australia seeks a Head of Growth to shape the growth of its leading digital lifestyle and news portfolio, including news.com.au, Taste, Escape and Body+Soul. This role blends strategic rigour with execution speed to unlock new revenue opportunities and drive audience growth across social, owned and off-platform channels.

You will lead data-driven planning, collaborate with commercial teams and partners, and mentor a high-performance team to deliver measurable impact across multiple

Qualifications

• Experience in top-tier management consulting (e.g., McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Strategy& or Big 4 Strategy) with problem-solving and executive communication.
• Hands-on leadership in a high-growth startup, scale-up or digital business with a test-and-learn mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning across the digital portfolio with data-led frameworks for major commercial and growth decisions.
• Partner with commercial teams to identify revenue opportunities and support advertising products and data assets.
• Lead strategic initiatives, market-entry opportunities and business development projects to diversify revenue and strengthen market position.
• Define and execute the off-platform strategy across social media, third-party networks and emerging platforms.
• Build scalable approaches to social distribution and creator ecosystems to grow brand authority and monetisation.
• Collaborate with Audience, Emerging Platforms, Marketing and Brand Product teams to improve journeys from off-platform touchpoints to owned digital properties.
• Help maximise audience lifetime value, engagement and retention through integrated cross-platform growth strategies.
• Provide trusted strategic advice to General Manager and influence senior stakeholders across platforms.

Skills

Management consulting experience

Strategic modelling

Executive communication

Growth strategy

Digital publishing economics

Audience acquisition

Social monetisation

Partnerships

Job description

News Corp Australia seeks a Head of Growth to shape the growth of its leading digital lifestyle and news portfolio, including news.com.au, Taste, Escape and Body+Soul. This role blends strategic rigour with execution speed to unlock new revenue opportunities and drive audience growth across social, owned and off-platform channels.

You will lead data-driven planning, collaborate with commercial teams and partners, and mentor a high-performance team to deliver measurable impact across multiple