SVP, Content Performance & Growth

confidential; United States; On-site; USD 300,000 - 325,000; Full time

Job summary

Condé Nast in New York is seeking a Senior Vice President, Content Performance & Growth to shape how we grow audiences and maximize the value of our content across brands, platforms, and markets. You will bridge Editorial, Product, Marketing, Advertising, Commerce, and other functions to drive audience priorities and align with our global and US strategy.

The ideal candidate is a strategic leader and hands-on executive who translates data and insights into actionable growth plans, with a passion

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience in content, audience development, digital media, publishing, entertainment, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of how content, audiences, platforms, product, and revenue come together to drive business growth.
• Track record of using data and insights to improve content performance and audience growth.
• Excellent proactive storytelling skills, especially to very senior stakeholders.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Global perspective with balance between scale and local relevance.

Responsibilities

• Drive audience growth by developing strategies and best practices to reach and grow target audiences across O&O, SEO/GEO, newsletters, video, social, and other platforms.
• Connect content and business goals by partnering with Advertising, Consumer, Commerce, Finance, Product, and Content leaders to understand audience and content impact on the broader business.
• Deepen understanding of audiences across brands, platforms, and markets, translating data into clear strategies, priorities, and KPIs.
• Improve content performance by identifying creative and distribution practices that increase reach and engagement, focusing on video and emerging opportunities.
• Maximize the value of content globally by sharing, adapting, and distributing content across markets while keeping it local.
• Advise on strategic decisions with audience and business perspectives, including paywalls, distribution, and content investment.
• Foster a culture of experimentation by testing ideas quickly and scaling those with meaningful impact.
• Translate performance insights into actionable guidance for leaders across the organization, including legal/compliance considerations.
• Create alignment across teams by uniting stakeholders and establishing shared goals, metrics, and ways of working.
• Lead global Audience Strategy and Planning & Practices teams, overseeing Audience Strategy & Analytics, SEO, Creative Optimization, Newsletter Operations, Content Planning, and Translation & Adaptation.

Skills

Leadership experience

Audience growth

Data-driven storytelling

Cross-functional leadership

Executive presence

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Job description

Condé Nast is one of the world's most renowned media publishing companies, creating and distributing every type of media today, spanning print and digital publishing in all formats. With a portfolio of some of today's most influential brands, the company continues to grow its audience through a global operational and content infrastructure across its 12 owned and operated markets. Headquartered in New York City, the company's owned and operated markets include China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Spain, Taiwan, UAE/Dubai, the U.K., and the U.S., with additional local license partners in over twenty additional markets across the globe. Lead brands include Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Architectural Digest, Condé Nast Traveler, Vanity Fair, Wired, Allure, Ars Technica, Bon Appétit, House & Garden, Pitchfork, Tatler, and Vogue Business.

Job Description

Location:New York, NY

We’re looking for a Senior Vice President, Content Performance & Growth to help shape how we grow audiences and maximize the value of our content across brands, platforms, and markets.

This role will serve as a strategic connector across Editorial, Product, Consumer Marketing, Advertising, Commerce, and other key functions, championing audience priorities and ensuring alignment with our global and US strategy and KPIs.

The ideal candidate is both a strategic thinker and a hands‑on leader—someone who can see the big picture, bring people together around common goals, and turn data and insights into action.

A deep passion for and understanding of our audiences and core editorial categories is essential, as is the ability to operate effectively at the intersection of editorial, audience development, product, project management, consumer marketing, and commercial strategy. The successful candidate will be both a strategic leader and an expert practitioner-combining analytical rigor with strong creative, editorial and commercial instincts, and translating audience insight into actionable strategies that drive growth, deepen engagement and strengthen the long‑term impact of the organization.

This role will also oversee a global team tasked with unified content planning, cross‑market content sharing and adaptation, audience and analytics enablement, operational best practices, and the integration of emerging technology and AI into content workflows to maximize brand growth and monetization.

This role is based in New York and reports to the Chief Content Operations Officer.

Primary Responsibilities

• Drive audience growth by developing strategies and best practices to reach and grow target audiences across O&O, SEO/GEO, newsletters, video, social, and other platforms.
• Connect content and business goals by partnering closely with Advertising, Consumer, Commerce, Finance, Product, and Content leaders (including Audience Development Brand Leads) to understand how audience and content decisions impact the broader business.
• Deepen our understanding of audiences across brands, platforms, and markets, translating data and insights into clear strategies, priorities, and KPIs.
• Improve content performance by identifying creative and distribution practices that increase reach and engagement, with a particular focus on video and emerging opportunities.
• Maximize the value of our content globally by finding opportunities to share, adapt, and distribute content across markets while keeping it relevant to local audiences.
• Help the organization make smarter trade‑offs by bringing audience and business perspectives to major strategic decisions and cross‑functional initiatives—for example, understanding the potential impact of paywalls, distribution choices, or content investment.
• Build a culture of experimentation by identifying new opportunities, testing ideas quickly, and scaling the approaches that demonstrate meaningful impact.
• Turn data into action by making performance insights accessible, actionable, and relevant to leaders across the organization—including supporting needs around legal claims and compliance.
• Create alignment across teams by bringing together stakeholders with different priorities and helping establish shared goals, metrics, and ways of working.
• Lead global Audience Strategy and Planning & Practices teams, overseeing Audience Strategy & Analytics, SEO, Creative Optimization, Newsletter & Email Operations, Central Content Planning, Content Sharing, and Translation & Adaptation.

What You Bring

• Significant leadership experience in content, audience development, digital media, publishing, entertainment, or a related field.
• A strong understanding of how content, audiences, platforms, product, and revenue come together to drive business growth.
• A strong understanding of the media industry landscape.
• A track record of using data and insights to improve content performance and audience growth.
• Excellent proactive storytelling skills, especially to very senior stakeholders
• Experience leading complex, cross‑functional initiatives and influencing senior stakeholders.
• A strong understanding of digital distribution, including O&O, search, social, newsletters, video, and off‑platform audiences.
• Experience with experimentation, optimization, and scaling successful ideas across brands or markets.
• A global perspective and an appreciation for the balance between scale and local relevance.
• Excellent communication and executive presence, with the ability to make complex ideas simple and actionable.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, influencing, and stakeholder‑management skills, with the ability to operate effectively across markets and cultures.
• Experience developing senior talent and building high‑performing, collaborative, and globally connected teams.

The expected base salary range for this position is from $300,000 - $325,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to relevant skills, training, experience, and education.

In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, successful candidates may also be eligible to receive discretionary bonus compensation.

Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.