The Wall Street Journal · 7 hours ago
Senior Manager, Newsroom Data
The Wall Street Journal is seeking a senior manager to own and advance their newsroom’s audience-data strategy. This role involves leading a team to define metrics, prioritize initiatives, and translate audience data into actionable insights to support an audience-first newsroom.
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Responsibilities
Lead and manage a team of audience data analysts and data scientists, providing clear direction, mentorship and technical guidance
Own the newsroom’s audience data and analytics strategy, identifying and prioritizing high-impact initiatives aligned with audience-first goals
Define, build and maintain newsroom metrics, dashboards and analytical frameworks
Partner closely with product, audience, and content teams within the newsroom digital strategy group
Collaborate with data analytics and engineering teams across Dow Jones
Drive the application of advanced analytics, machine learning, and LLM-based approaches where they meaningfully improve newsroom insight and decision-making
Qualification
Required
Experience hiring, mentoring and leading high-performing teams of data analysts and data scientists
Strong technical depth and the ability to operate as a subject-matter expert while leading strategy
Deep understanding of audience behavior and a strong sense of empathy for editorial teams and newsroom culture
A track record of building high-quality, impactful data products in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments
Experience creating project roadmaps, prioritizing work, and holding teams accountable for delivery
Hands-on experience with modern data and analytics tools, including Python; cloud platforms such as AWS and Google Cloud; data warehouses such as BigQuery and Snowflake; BI and visualization tools such as Looker and Tableau; and data pipeline orchestration tools like DBT
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present clearly to senior leadership and document technical systems and projects
Strong project management skills and attention to detail
Benefits
Comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package
Physical health
Retirement and savings
Caregiving
Emotional wellbeing
Transportation
Elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce
Company
The Wall Street Journal
Winner of 40 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism, The Wall Street Journal includes coverage of U.S.