The New York Times · 1 week ago
Technical Product Director, Foundations, News Product
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$188K/yr - $225K/yr
5+ years expThe New York Times is a leading journalism organization seeking a Technical Product Director for their Foundations team within the News Product Mission. The role focuses on enhancing the performance and intuitiveness of their web and mobile experiences, ensuring seamless access to critical news for millions of readers.
Digital MediaJournalismNews
Responsibilities
Define and drive a multi-quarter roadmap to ensure our web and app experiences are as performant and intuitive as possible, focusing on speed, reliability and ease of use
Collaborate with Engineering and Data to define performance expectations and track progress
Scale and evolve foundational backend services, such as personalization and sitemaps, so they can be expanded into new product contexts
Manage the mobile app release process in collaboration with Engineering, ensuring a stable but flexible delivery cadence for our readers
Partner closely with the Developer Platforms mission and peer teams within the News Product mission to align on standards and ensure foundational improvements benefit the entire organization
Identify and reduce reader friction, using qualitative and quantitative insights to prioritize improvements that make navigating our journalism effortless
Lead, coach and develop a team of product managers, setting clear goals, operating rhythms and a high bar for product management and cross-functional collaboration
Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world
Qualification
Required
5+ years of technical product management experience, including ownership of product strategy and roadmap for high-traffic consumer web or mobile products
People management experience leading and developing product managers
Consumer app and web experience (iOS/Android/Web), including iterative shipping in a live product environment
Experience leading complex, cross-functional work and align stakeholders across missions, including senior technical and newsroom leaders
Analytical expertise and a data-informed approach to prioritization, balancing technical quality with immediate user needs
Experience communicating complex technical concepts to a variety of audiences, with experience in clear decision-making in ambiguous spaces
Preferred
Experience managing frontend optimization, accessibility, and modern web architectures (e.g., SSR, edge rendering) for high-traffic sites using observability tools like DataDog RUM
Experience defining technical roadmaps for foundational mobile app architecture, managing complex release cycles, and establishing incident response protocols
Experience architecting and scaling web personalization or recommendation systems within a high-traffic environment
Experience working in native app environments including specific features built using hybrid (web-in-native) technologies
Demonstrated experience working in or closely with a newsroom, editors or content creators
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision benefits
Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
A company-matching 401(k) plan
Paid vacation
Paid sick days
Paid parental leave
Tuition reimbursement
Professional development programs
Company
The New York Times
The New York Times is powered by the idea that independent, deeply reported journalism fuels a healthy and engaged society.
1001-5000 employees
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Chief Financial Officer
Crystal Chien
VP of Engineering
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