Product Manager, News Product - Community

The New York Times; New York (NY); On-site; USD 104,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

The New York Times is seeking a Product Manager to join our News Product mission in NYC. You will collaborate with editors, designers, engineers and analysts to evolve storytelling formats, surfaces and experiences, with a focus on growing weekly usage of our comment section.

You will define a roadmap, translate ideas into tangible tasks, and lead ceremonies while building strong partnerships across teams. This NYC-based hybrid role requires in-office presence two days a week.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of product management or relevant work experience.
• Experience working in ambiguous, cross-functional problem spaces with multiple stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience working with editors or newsrooms.
• Experience growing an online community in a professional or personal capacity.
• Familiarity with editorial format and publishing workflows.
• An understanding of the evolving media, technology and news landscape.
• A desire to grow as a product manager and learn from experienced product leaders.

Responsibilities

• Define a roadmap by gathering requirements, authoring tickets, organizing the product backlog, communicating with partners, and assessing bugs and feedback
• Translate product ideas or editorial needs into clear, tangible tasks for engineering and design partners, and helping maintain a prioritized backlog
• Lead team ceremonies (stand-ups, planning, retros) and promoting a collaborative, inclusive, and mission-driven team culture
• Develop collaborative relationships with partners in Engineering, Design, Data, Project Management, Audience Insights, and the Newsroom
• Monitor product performance, gathering qualitative and quantitative insights, and using findings to inform product iterations
• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

Skills

Product management

Cross-functional collaboration

Editors collaboration

Community growth

Job description

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

Mission Overview & Responsibilities :

The New York Times is looking for a Product Manager to join our News Product mission. This team works with our newsroom to innovate across storytelling formats, surfaces and experiences and the tools that power them.

As a Product Manager, you’ll support product development across a range of editorially grounded initiatives. You’ll partner with editors, designers, engineers, and analysts to evolve how we inform and engage our readers. You will have a specific focus on growing weekly usage of our comment section.

This is a NYC-based, hybrid role. You can expect to go into the office two days a week.

Responsibilities:

• Define a roadmap by gathering requirements, authoring tickets, organizing the product backlog, communicating with partners, and assessing bugs and feedback

• Translate product ideas or editorial needs into clear, tangible tasks for engineering and design partners, and helping maintain a prioritized backlog

• Lead team ceremonies (stand-ups, planning, retros) and promoting a collaborative, inclusive, and mission-driven team culture

• Develop collaborative relationships with partners in Engineering, Design, Data, Project Management, Audience Insights, and the Newsroom

• Monitor product performance, gathering qualitative and quantitative insights, and using findings to inform product iterations

• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

• You will report to the Senior Product Manager, News Product.

Basic Qualifications :

• 2+ years of product management or relevant work experience

• Experience working in ambiguous, cross-functional problem spaces with multiple stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications :

• Demonstrated experience working with editors or newsrooms

• Experience growing an online community in a professional or personal capacity

• Familiarity with editorial format and publishing workflows

• An understanding of the evolving media, technology and news landscape

• A desire to grow as a product manager and learn from experienced product leaders

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$104,000—$125,000 USD

Candidate Use of GenAI Tools:

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