National Business Editor — Lead Strategy & Growth (Hybrid)

Nine Entertainment Co; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

18 weeks paid parental leave

Employee Exclusives program

Digital newspaper subscription

Stan subscription voucher

Job summary

Nine, Australia’s leading locally owned media group, seeks a Business Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. You will set the strategic direction for national business coverage and lead a high-performing team across Sydney and Melbourne, shaping impactful journalism and driving digital growth.

Reporting to the National Editor, you’ll oversee editing, analytics-driven decisions, and cross-platform storytelling, with interstate travel and weekend work as required.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience as a senior journalist or editor delivering high-impact business and economic journalism.
• Prior editorial and newsroom leadership experience with first-rate news judgment and copy editing skills.
• Proven track record in people management, coaching reporters, and driving a high-performing team culture across multiple geographic locations.
• Deep expertise in corporate Australia, financial markets, regulatory frameworks, and economic policy.
• Strong fluency in real-time audience analytics, digital packaging, SEO, and paywall optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Lead editorial strategy and set daily breaking news coverage for corporate, economic and market news across mastheads.
• Manage and mentor a large team of reporters and producers across Sydney and Melbourne.
• Oversee structural editing, copy accuracy, and digital packaging to hit engagement benchmarks.
• Drive breaking news and pitch major business stories, investigations and analysis
• Leverage real-time audience analytics to optimise headlines, framing, and content distribution.
• Collaborate across mastheads and multimedia teams to deliver audio, video, and visual storytelling.
• Roster and manage day-to-day operations and team performance across Sydney and Melbourne newsrooms to foster growth, employee safety and a high-performing culture.

Skills

Senior journalist or editor

Editorial strategy

People management

Copy editing

Real-time analytics

SEO

Cross-city coordination

Job description

Nine, Australia’s leading locally owned media group, seeks a Business Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. You will set the strategic direction for national business coverage and lead a high-performing team across Sydney and Melbourne, shaping impactful journalism and driving digital growth.

Reporting to the National Editor, you’ll oversee editing, analytics-driven decisions, and cross-platform storytelling, with interstate travel and weekend work as required.