Product Manager - Strategic Innovation & AI

Storyful; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

The New York Post is seeking a Product Manager, Strategic Programs to join the newly formed Product Innovation and Strategy team. This role will shape new products, AI initiatives, and emerging technologies across NYPost.com, apps, and other digital experiences.

You will partner with stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Editorial, Design, Data, and Commercial to turn ideas into tangible solutions, test new tools, and drive measurable business impact.

Qualifications

• 3 to 4 years of experience in Product Management, Product Innovation, Strategic Programs, Project Management, or a similar role is the sweet spot for this position.
• Genuine enthusiasm for AI and emerging technology, with hands on experience experimenting with Generative AI tools and an interest in learning what is coming next.
• A self starter who can take an ambiguous problem and figure out where to start without needing constant direction.
• Someone who is scrappy and resourceful and enjoys finding creative solutions when the obvious answer does not exist.
• Strong project and product management skills, including the ability to prioritize, organize, manage competing deadlines, and drive work through completion.
• Excellent communication skills and the confidence to work directly with stakeholders, senior leaders, and C Suite executives.
• Someone can move comfortably between strategy and execution and is willing to roll up their sleeves and do the work.
• Strong problem solving skills and the ability to work across technical and non technical teams.
• Experience defining product requirements, managing projects, and using data and feedback to measure success.
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Airtable, Monday.com, or similar platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own strategic product and innovation initiatives from idea through launch, keeping projects moving and turning concepts into real products and experiences.
• Work directly with stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Editorial, Design, Data, Commercial, and other teams to understand opportunities and build solutions.
• Experiment with AI tools, emerging technologies, and new platforms to identify ways we can improve our products, workflows, audience experience, and business.
• Take an idea, figure out what is possible, test it, learn from it, and determine whether it should move forward.
• Turn business needs into clear product requirements, user stories, project plans, priorities, and next steps.
• Be hands on. Jump into the work, solve problems, test solutions, and do whatever is needed to keep an initiative moving.
• Identify opportunities to use AI and automation to make our teams more efficient and our products better.
• Partner with technical teams to help turn concepts and experiments into practical, scalable solutions.
• Define success metrics and KPIs, track results, gather feedback, and use what you learn to improve or rethink an initiative.
• Coordinate testing and launch activities and make sure new products and experiences are ready for our audiences.
• Keep up with what is happening across AI, technology, media, and the broader product landscape and bring new ideas to the table.
• Manage multiple initiatives and know when to prioritize, reprioritize, push something forward, or change direction.

Skills

Product management

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Ambiguity handling

Communication

Tools

Jira

Airtable

Monday.com

Job description

The New York Post is seeking a Product Manager, Strategic Programs to join the newly formed Product Innovation and Strategy team. This role will shape new products, AI initiatives, and emerging technologies across NYPost.com, apps, and other digital experiences.

You will partner with stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Editorial, Design, Data, and Commercial to turn ideas into tangible solutions, test new tools, and drive measurable business impact.