General Manager, North Asia

Thomson Reuters; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic General Manager for North Asia to lead editorial operations across key bureaus. This pivotal role involves managing relationships with stakeholders, ensuring the safety of journalists, and driving innovation through new technologies. The successful candidate will have a strong background in editorial management, a knack for navigating complex situations, and a commitment to equity and fairness. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to world-class journalism in a vibrant region, with significant potential for professional growth and impact.

Benefits

Global Career Opportunities

On-the-job Learning and Coaching

Competitive Salary Packages

Paid Volunteering Days

Work with Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalists

Qualifications

• Proven track record in managing editorial teams and operations.
• Experience in managing complex stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Oversee operational aspects of bureaus in Greater China, Korea, and Japan.
• Champion innovation in workflows and technology use.

Skills

Editorial Management

Stakeholder Management

Crisis Management

Integration of New Technologies

Mandarin Chinese

Japanese Language Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Journalism or Related Field

Master's Degree in Business or Management

Job description

General Manager, North Asia

Reuters seeks an experienced newsroom leader with the skills and experience to run editorial operations and manage challenging situations to become our General Manager, North Asia.

The General Manager, North Asia will work with editors and newsroom managers to support our bureaus in Greater China, Korea and Japan to produce outstanding journalism, meet and exceed client expectations, adapt quickly to new technologies, and do so while ensuring the safety and well-being of our journalists.

Based in Beijing, the successful candidate will work closely with the teams on the ground and the editorial safety team to navigate a challenging reporting landscape – securing world-class reporting while safeguarding our teams.

A strong communicator with a diplomatic touch, the General Manager would manage our relations with the Chinese authorities, as well as with other external stakeholders including the country teams of LSEG, our single-biggest client.

The successful candidate would partner with newsroom leaders across the region and globally to help the bureaus proactively transform and adapt to new tools such as generative AI, to keep these important bureaus at the forefront of journalistic innovation and competitiveness.

This is an important and challenging role, at the heart of some of Reuters most important news bureaus, and it promises significant opportunity for professional growth, in an exciting location.

About the Role

The General Manager, North Asia will:

• Oversee operational aspects of our bureaus in Greater China, Korea and Japan
• Work closely with editors in translating coverage and business priorities into decisions on hiring and team structure
• Partner with internal HR, safety, legal, finance and real estate teams on issues related to our teams in the region
• Play a central role on editorial safety issues across the region, and in particular in-person in our mainland China team
• Champion innovation in workflows and use of technology, to ensure we free up as much resource as possible to do distinctive reporting

About You

You are a good fit for General Manager, North Asia if you:

• Have a proven track record in effectively managing editorial teams or in overseeing editorial operations
• Bring experience in managing complex stakeholder relationships,including senior leadersand externally
• Track record of delivering change in the newsroom and comfortable delivering difficult messages
• Have effectively managed reporting in challenging situations
• Demonstrate aptitude for or experience in integrating new technologies into newsrooms
• Bring a strong commitment to equity and fairness when dealing with staff
• Mandarin Chinese, or Japanese, language skills a plus

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What’s in it For You?

At Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

• Global Career: As a global company, we can offer a truly international career and progression opportunities.

• Learning & Development: On the job learning and coaching. We also have a dedicated training team focused on the continuous development of our journalists.

• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer competitive salary packages and market leading benefits including paid volunteering days.

• Perks: Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and a team who provide unmatched, award-winning coverage of the world’s most important stories.

About Reuters

Reuters is the world’s largest multimedia news provider. Founded in 1851, it is committed to the Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from bias. With unmatched coverage in over 16 languages, and reaching billions of people worldwide every day, Reuters provides trusted intelligence that powers humans and machines to make smart decisions. It supplies business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers.

About Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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