Digital Audio Product Lead — Streams & Podcasts

KNKX Public Radio; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision with FSA

PTO and Holidays

401K with generous company match

Disability, life, and AD&D insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Room to grow in digital work

Hybrid schedule with Seattle/Tacoma

Job summary

KNKX Public Radio seeks a Sr. Manager of Digital Audio to lead KNKX/Jazz24 streams and a growing podcast portfolio. You’ll own the product strategy, coordinate across engineering, listener services, and programming, and drive growth on 70+ platforms.

You’ll report to the Director of Digital Strategy & Projects, work hybrid from Seattle/Tacoma, and collaborate closely with NPR platforms to maximize reach and impact.

Qualifications

• Approximately 10 years of professional experience, with at least 5 in audio.
• Experience with audio analytics tools such as Triton and understanding of broadcast, web and digital metrics.
• Project management experience and ideally product management, with ownership from plan to launch to performance review.
• Experience managing a vendor critical to operations and holding them to requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own KNKX and Jazz24 streams as product manager across website, apps, smart speakers, and 70+ platforms; manage streaming vendor.
• Troubleshoot streams with engineering and vendor; assist Listener Services with recurring listener questions.
• Track and explain audio analytics; translate data into concise takeaways for colleagues and leadership.
• Run the podcast portfolio; build daily workflows, package episodes for platforms, and grow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, NPR.
• Manage KNKX audio across NPR platforms and pitch podcast stories to NPR Network.
• Build and own the KNKX On-Demand roadmap and connect it to other digital initiatives.
• Step in on production when needed (record, mix, produce special projects or podcast episodes).

Skills

Audio analytics

Project management

Vendor management

Customer service

Cross-functional collaboration

Digital audio platforms

Tools

Triton

Job description

KNKX Public Radio seeks a Sr. Manager of Digital Audio to lead KNKX/Jazz24 streams and a growing podcast portfolio. You’ll own the product strategy, coordinate across engineering, listener services, and programming, and drive growth on 70+ platforms.

You’ll report to the Director of Digital Strategy & Projects, work hybrid from Seattle/Tacoma, and collaborate closely with NPR platforms to maximize reach and impact.