Tech Editor: Lead Cutting-Edge Tech Coverage (Multi-Platform)

Versant Media; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Versant Media’s CNBC division seeks an experienced multi-platform Tech Editor to guide our technology coverage across CNBC’s digital, video and television platforms. You will work with reporters, digital teams, video producers and editors to deliver fast, authoritative tech business news.

You will shape enterprise reporting, generate original story ideas, and lead a newsroom team to maintain high editorial standards in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience editing business, technology or financial news in a fast-paced newsroom.
• 3+ years of managing direct reports.
• Strong editing and writing skills, with a demonstrated ability to elevate reporting and develop compelling story angles.
• Experience managing reporters and collaborating across editorial teams.
• Proven ability to juggle breaking news with longer-term enterprise reporting.
• Strong news judgment and the ability to prioritize coverage under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Edit and oversee technology coverage across CNBC’s platforms, working closely with reporters, digital teams, video producers and television editors.
• Manage and develop reporters, helping them sharpen story angles, strengthen reporting and produce distinctive journalism.
• Balance breaking news with enterprise reporting on the companies, people and trends shaping the tech industry.
• Identify opportunities to tell stories across formats, combining reporting with video, graphics and television segments.
• Generate original story ideas and guide coverage that helps CNBC stand out in a competitive tech news landscape.

Skills

Editing

News writing

Editor leadership

Managing reporters

Deadline-driven

Job description

Versant Media’s CNBC division seeks an experienced multi-platform Tech Editor to guide our technology coverage across CNBC’s digital, video and television platforms. You will work with reporters, digital teams, video producers and editors to deliver fast, authoritative tech business news.

You will shape enterprise reporting, generate original story ideas, and lead a newsroom team to maintain high editorial standards in a fast-paced environment.