Program Manager, Fortune Live Media

Fortune Media (USA) Corporation; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation and personal days

Health, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) plan

Parental leave

Dependent care benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Inclusive work culture

Job summary

Fortune Media is seeking a dynamic producer for executive engagement and content programming in New York. You will build speaker pipelines, guide session formats, draft briefs and scripts, and shape cohesive programs for Fortune audiences.

You will partner with live events, marketing, editorial, production, sales and PR to ensure seamless delivery. The role demands strong editorial judgment, exceptional writing, and the ability to lead multiple workstreams with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience producing content in media or live events, or working in executive engagement, corporate relations, or related field.
• Executive presence with senior leaders and ability to align editorial line with client needs.
• Strong writing and editorial judgment translating business trends into newsworthy conversations.
• Excellent organization, detail-oriented and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced setting.
• Curiosity about business, with ability to spot rising leaders and fresh angles.
• Collaborative, clear communicator who moves work forward across teams.
• Fluency with AI tools to accelerate research and improve programming processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute speaker strategy: build targeted speaker pipelines and secure high-profile executives.
• Own session content end to end: design formats, write descriptions, prepare briefs and scripts.
• Shape program agendas by tracking business trends and translating into cohesive programs.
• Brief speakers and moderators with briefing documents and delivery support.
• Write and edit program copy for overviews, descriptions and marketing materials.
• Manage assigned programs and workstreams across events and projects.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure strong programming and timely events.
• Oversee on-site programming, troubleshoot in real time, coordinate with production and editorial teams.

Skills

Executive presence

Strong writing

Excellent organization

Curiosity about business

Collaborative instincts

Fluency with AI tools

Background in news media

Tools

AI tooling

Job description

What You'll Do

• Develop and execute speaker strategy: Build targeted speaker pipelines; identify, vet, pitch, and secure C-suite executives, founders, policymakers, investors, and other influential voices; and manage key relationships through the event.


• Own session content end to end:Design session formats, write session descriptions, moderator talking points, briefing materials, and scripts, and help take each session from initial concept to the stage.


• Shape program agendas: Track business news and emerging trends to identify compelling themes, session concepts, formats, and speakers, and translate them into cohesive programs for Fortune audiences.


• Brief speakers and moderators:Prepare briefing documents and help deliver them so everyone arrives confident and prepared.


• Write and edit program copy:Draft and edit program overviews, session descriptions, speaker materials and other website and marketing copy.


• Manage assigned programs and workstreams: Keep programming timelines, deliverables, and stakeholders on track across multiple events and projects at once.


• Work across teams:Partner with live events, client services, marketing, editorial, production, sales, and PR to ensure programming is strong and events are delivered seamlessly and on time.


• Manage segments of programming on-site: Oversee assigned sessions and speakers on-site, troubleshoot programming needs in real time, and work closely with production and editorial teams to ensure sessions are executed at a high level.

What You Bring

• 3-5 years of experienceproducing content in media or live events, or working in executive engagement, corporate relations, or related field.


• Executive presence:You're confident and diplomatic with senior leaders, and you can hold Fortune's editorial line while meeting client and sponsor needs.


• Strong writing and editorial judgment:You turn economic and business trends into newsworthy conversations with clear takeaways for a demanding audience.


• Excellent organization:You're resourceful, detail-oriented, and focused on solutions, and you handle complex, overlapping priorities well in a fast-paced setting.


• Curiosity about business:You follow the people and ideas shaping business news, look for fresh angles on familiar topics, and spot rising leaders before others do.


• Collaborative instincts: You communicate clearly, take feedback well, and know how to move work forward across teams with different priorities.


• Fluency with AI tools: You’re comfortable using AI and emerging technologies to accelerate research, strengthen workflows, and improve programming processes while exercising sound editorial judgment.


• Preferred:A background in news media or business journalism.

Salary Range: $100,000 to $110,000 commensurate with experience. This range is a good faith estimate and may ultimately vary based on a number of relevant factors.

A few of Fortune's perks and benefits

• 20 vacation days and 2 personal days on top of 11 company holidays and an honor-based sick leave policy.


• Health, dental, and vision coverage (90% paid for individuals and families), along with flexible spending accounts where Fortune contributes to your HSA.


• 401(k) plan.


• Generous parental leave.


• Dependent care, commuter, and cell phone benefits.


• Tuition reimbursement program.


• A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture.

About Fortune

At Fortune Media, our mission is to change the world by making business better. We achieve that by providing trusted information, great storytelling, rigorous benchmarking and world-class community building. And our key values are humility, ownership, and transparency.

The policy of Fortune Media is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, caste, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Fortune Media affirmatively seeks to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity and values diversity and inclusion.

Fortune Media is a global media organization dedicated to helping its readers, viewers, and attendees succeed in business through unrivaled access and best-in-class storytelling.

Fortune’s mission is to drive the conversation about business. With a global perspective, the guiding wisdom of history, and an unflinching eye to the future, we report and reveal the stories that matter today—and that will matter even more tomorrow.

With the trusted power to convene and challenge those who are shaping industry, commerce and society around the world, Fortune lights the path for global leaders—and gives them the tools to make business better. Our values inform our mission. We believe that business can be a powerful platform for good, and we are committed to holding it to that standard.