Senior Tech Editor: Lead Scoops & In-Depth Tech Coverage

Insider; San Francisco (CA); On-site; GBP 118,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Business Insider is seeking a tech editor to drive coverage that digs into Big Tech and startup culture, and illuminate Silicon Valley. The editor will assign and edit engaging stories showing what it’s like to work in tech and to start businesses in a fast-changing sector.

The role requires leading a team of reporters on the West Coast, with beats from LLMs to robotics, and collaborating across global teams.

Qualifications

• Experience covering tech industry.
• Proven news judgment and priority setting.
• Strong communicator and listening skills.
• Experience coaching reporters to develop sources.
• Team player able to collaborate across BI reporting teams.

Responsibilities

• Edit and strategize on agenda-setting tech stories, high-impact scoops, features, and enterprise.
• Oversee and guide a team of reporters including in source development and breaking scoops and strong writing.
• Advise and coach reporters to deliver original reporting that other publications need to chase and our audience needs to read.
• Successfully juggle edits for scoops, exclusive features, and ambitious projects.
• Collaborate across the newsroom to enhance our tech coverage by working with data graphics, events, features/investigations, and the video teams depending on the best way to tell tech stories and engage our audience

Skills

Editing

News judgment

Team leadership

Sourcing tactics

Communication

Job description

Business Insider is seeking a tech editor to drive coverage that digs into Big Tech and startup culture, and illuminate Silicon Valley. The editor will assign and edit engaging stories showing what it’s like to work in tech and to start businesses in a fast-changing sector.

The role requires leading a team of reporters on the West Coast, with beats from LLMs to robotics, and collaborating across global teams.