Chief Product Officer

USA-Today-Co.; United States; Sur place; USD 450 000 - 480 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

USA TODAY Co. is seeking a Chief Product Officer (CPO) to join the executive team and lead the transformation of our product ecosystem into a growth engine for a modern, digital-first media enterprise.

The CPO will define an integrated product vision, strategy, and roadmap across consumer, advertising, and platform experiences, aligning with company goals and evolving customer needs. This role partners with the CEO and peers to drive product-led growth, experimentation, and scalable platforms,

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive product leadership experience.
• Experience in high-growth technology companies.
• Proven impact driving product-led growth and revenue expansion.

Responsabilités

• Define and align enterprise product strategy with multi-year vision and roadmaps.
• Drive product-led growth across digital products and platforms.
• Own end-to-end product lifecycle from discovery to sunset and optimize performance.

Connaissances

Product leadership

Strategy development

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decision-making

Description du poste

Chief Product Officer (CPO)

serves as a core member of the executive team, reporting to the ChiefExecutive Officer, leading the transformation of our product ecosystem into a growth engine for amodern, digital-first media enterprise. This role is central to transforming USA TODAY Co. into acustomer-centric, product-led, digitally scaled media enterprise. The CPO will help unlock newgrowth pathways, leveraging the diversity of the product portfolio, to modernize the productecosystem, and ensure the company remains competitive in a rapidly evolving media andtechnology landscape.

This role will define and execute an integrated product vision, strategy, and roadmap acrossconsumer, advertising, and platform experiences—ensuring alignment with company strategy,changing customer needs, and long-term growth objectives. The CPO will partner closely with theCEO and executive leadership team to drive product-led growth, innovation, and differentiateduser experiences across USA TODAY and the broader network.Consistent with enterprise priorities, this leader will combine deep product expertise, mediaindustry knowledge, and technology-driven innovation to accelerate revenue growth, audienceengagement, customer expansion and loyalty and platform scalability.

• This role is central to transforming USA TODAY Co. into a product-led, digitally scaledmedia enterprise
• The CPO will leverage the breadth of the product portfolio and potential to unlock newgrowth pathways, modernize the product ecosystem, and ensure the company remains competitive in a rapidly evolving media and technology landscape

Key Responsibilities

1. 1. Define and Align Enterprise Product Strategy
   • Define and communicate a clear, compelling multi-year product vision and strategyaligned with company growth goals
   • Translate strategy into actionable product roadmaps, investment priorities, andmeasurable outcomes
   • Ensure product initiatives directly support revenue growth, customer acquisition,retention, and engagement, purposefully elevating the overall quality and reliability of theexperience across channels and platforms, and safeguarding consumer trust across ourproduct portfolio
   • Serve as the executive owner of product portfolio performance across consumer, B2B,and platform products
2. 2. Drive and Scale Product-Led Growth & Innovation
   • Drive a product-led growth model across all digital products and platforms
   • Identify and scale new opportunities across subscriptions, advertising, data products,and emerging revenue streams
   • Lead innovation across AI, personalization, content experiences, and platformcapabilities
   • Ensure rapid experimentation, testing, and data-driven iteration across the product lifecycle
   • Build efficient and fast-cycle development and learning as a practice and cultural norm
3. 3. End-to-End Product Lifecycle Ownership
   • Oversee the full product lifecycle: discovery, development, launch, optimization, andsunsetting
   • Ensure a strong focus on customer needs, user experience, and product-market fit
   • Deepen understanding of the customer, championing customer-centricity throughout theentire product lifecycle.
   • Establish clear product KPIs, OKRs, and performance management systems tied tobusiness outcomes
   • Leverage analytics to continuously optimize product performance and decision-making
4. 4. Cross-Functional Leadership
   • Partner with Technology, Data, Content, Revenue, Marketing, and Operations leaders todeliver cohesive product experiences
   • Align engineering capabilities, monetization strategies, and go-to-market execution toachieve product strategy
   • Act as a key connector across teams to ensure speed, prioritization clarity, and executiondiscipline
   • Collaborate with the executive team on capital allocation, strategic tradeoffs, andtransformation priorities
5. 5. Organization Leadership & Talent Development
   • Shape and lead a high-performing design and product organizations (productmanagement, UX, product analytics)
   • Establish best-in-class product management disciplines, operating rhythms, andgovernance models
   • Attract, develop, and retain top product and digital talent
   • Foster a culture of customer-centricity, innovation, accountability, and continuousimprovement
6. 6. Market Leadership & External Engagement
   • Act as a visible leader externally representing USA TODAY Co.’s product vision withpartners, investors, and the broader market
   • Monitor industry trends, competitive landscape, and emerging technologies to informproduct strategy
   • Bring external perspective from high-growth technology environments to acceleratetransformation

Qualifications & Experience

Leadership Experience

• 15+ years of progressive product leadership experience, including senior executive roles
• Proven success leading product organizations in high-growth technology companies
• Demonstrated impact driving product-led growth, digital transformation, and revenueexpansion

Industry Expertise

• Strong experience in both:
• Technology-driven product environments (SaaS, platforms, marketplaces, and digital ecosystems)
• Media, content, or digital publishing companies with scaled audiences

Functional Expertise

• Deep expertise across:
• Product strategy and roadmap development
• Customer experience and user-centered design
• Data, analytics, and experimentation frameworks
• Monetization models (subscription, advertising, data-driven products)
• Proven ability to align product, technology, and commercial strategies

Leadership Capabilities

• Strategic thinker with strong business and financial acumen
• Exceptional cross-functional leader with ability to influence at executive and board levels
• Track record of building and scaling high-performing teams and organizations
• Comfort operating in complex, fast-changing environments with competing priorities

Personal Attributes

• Visionary and growth-oriented, with an entrepreneurial mindset
• Customer-obsessed with strong intuition for user needs and product-market fit
• Data-driven decision-maker with bias for action and experimentation
• Highly collaborative, capable of aligning diverse stakeholders
• Resilient, adaptable, and energized by large-scale transformation and change

The annualized base salary for this role will range between $450,000 and $480,000. Variable incentive compensation, including commissions, is not reflected in these figures and based on the role, may be applicable. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, education level, location, and union representation, if applicable