Senior Technical Product Manager

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About this role:

The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism is seeking a highly motivated, organized, and tech-savvy product leader with a passion for local news to help drive engagement, evolve internal tools, and drive operational efficiency. This role will manage and quickly interpret business and customer needs, and partner with product design and engineering to launch compelling solutions. You’ll work with editorial, marketing, audience, analytics, and business development teams to identify and prioritize product needs for both The Baltimore Banner and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. A goal-oriented mindset, energy for problem solving, and bias for action are essential for success in this role. Bonus points if you have demonstrated experience in digital news, working with editorial products, and building responsive web and mobile app products (Android and iOS).

Reporting to the SVP, Product, you’ll work with editorial, marketing, audience, analytics, and business development teams to identify and prioritize product needs. A goal-oriented mindset, energy for problem solving, and bias for action are essential for success in this role. Bonus points if you have demonstrated experience in digital news, working with editorial products, and building responsive web and mobile app products (Android and iOS). 

What you'll do:

• Define and shape the product roadmap to solve critical problems to drive engagement, revenue growth, personalization, and operational efficiency
• Lead projects through product discovery, research, experimentation, usability testing, and the launch of iterative product improvements
• Champion user needs, pain points, and business opportunities across the organization to develop high-functioning features and products.
• Work collaboratively to craft and execute on a strong product vision, and sharing the progress through written and verbal communication across all levels of leadership
• Manage the rollout of new products, ensuring all stakeholders are aligned on priorities and timelines, and track their adoption and impact.
• Constantly seek out opportunities to increase personal and team efficiency and effectiveness in a dynamic environment
• Travel to Pittsburgh may be occasionally required for key team meetings.

What you'll bring:

• 3-5 years of experience in product management as a discipline; bonus points for experience in digital media and news.
• A proven track record of driving ideas from concept to execution, with increasing complexity.
• Experience writing technical reports and documentation and/or background in software engineering.
• Systems troubleshooting, bug identification, test plan execution, and documentation related to system baselines.
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate a creative vision, concepts, ideas, and solutions clearly, and effectively to stakeholders and internal teams.
• Power to influence others and build consensus, while dealing with ambiguity
• A degree in a relevant academic discipline, i.e. science/engineering, visual or experiential design, journalism or domain expertise / equivalent professional experience.

Salary Range: $120,000 - $145,000. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by several factors, including experience, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. This role is not eligible for corporate bonus opportunity. We constantly review all teammate pay to ensure a great compensation package that is fair and equitable across the board.

Our amazing benefits include:

• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Retirement savings - 401K plan offered through Human Interest, with a company match
• Student Loan Debt Repayment Assistance for qualified employees
• Full health benefits - medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA/HSA., and coverage for family/dependents
• Sick Leave eligible for rollover 
• Commuter Benefits
• 11 Paid National Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Generous Parental Leave
• Company paid access to a wellness platform to support mental, financial and physical wellbeing

Our Core Values:

• Do what’s right.  Honesty, morality, respect and the mission guide our actions and decisions. By doing the right thing, we inspire others to believe.
• Work together.  We collaborate to create something special. Together we challenge assumptions, trust each other, take risks, and foster transparent and direct communication.
• Listen to be heard.  Our stories are trustworthy. They are inspired by and created for our readers. Their story is our story. Communities are at the center of our journalism, and everything we do.
• Deliver impactful results.  Acting as one accountable team and driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, we deliver bold and innovative results. We act fast, execute and learn. We celebrate great outcomes.
• Be inclusive.  We celebrate the uniqueness of each individual and act by curating a culture that leverages diverse perspectives as the key to fulfilling our mission. The Banner is for all of us.

The Venetoulis Institute embraces diversity and inclusion, and we are wholeheartedly committed to being proactive in inspiring a culture of inclusion across our organization. We are dedicated to establishing an organization that reflects the fundamental respect for different ways of working and living, and we assure every employee the opportunity to reach their full potential.

We are dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodation due to a disability to participate in the application process, please contact  [email protected] to request accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may include, but are not limited to, adjustments in the application process, modifications or assistance regarding job interviews, and accommodations to enable access to our facilities. We appreciate the value that individuals with disabilities bring to our workforce and encourage applicants with disabilities to disclose their needs for accommodation to facilitate a smooth and inclusive recruitment experience.