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At The Washington Post, you’ll help reinvent news. Our work is driven by a deep investigative spirit and enhanced by innovation to bring audiences closer to the stories that matter most.\nAbout Our Team\nThe Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award-winning News and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.\nWhy This Role Matters\nWhy This Role Matters\nPlays a critical role in accelerating The Washington Post's growth by transforming partnership performance data, market intelligence, and commercial insights into strategic business decisions.\n\nEnables the Partnerships organization to maximize the value of platform relationships, business development initiatives, and emerging revenue opportunities through disciplined performance measurement and strategic analysis.\n\nServes as the analytical engine connecting Platform Partnerships, Business Development, and Strategy & Operations, helping leadership prioritize investments, strengthen partner relationships, and identify new avenues for audience and revenue growth.\n\nAdvances The Washington Post's transformation by evaluating evolving media, technology, creator, subscription, and AI ecosystems to inform long-term partnership strategy.\n\nCreates scalable processes, reporting frameworks, and strategic insights that improve decision-making and support sustainable commercial growth.\n\nWhat Motivates You\nYou are energized by solving complex commercial challenges through data, analysis, and strategic thinking.\n\nYou enjoy uncovering insights that shape executive decisions and create measurable business impact.\n\nYou thrive in highly collaborative environments where cross-functional partnerships drive innovation and growth.\n\nYou are motivated by building scalable frameworks that improve visibility, accountability, and business performance.\n\nYou enjoy balancing quantitative analysis with commercial judgment to identify new opportunities and solve ambiguous business problems.\n\nYou are excited by the rapidly evolving media, technology, and AI landscape and want to help shape how journalism reaches new audiences through strategic partnerships.\n\nYou take pride in helping partners succeed while advancing The Washington Post's mission and long-term business objectives.\n\nHow You'll Support the Mission\nDevelop and continuously evolve an enterprise partnership performance framework that measures commercial, contractual, audience, and strategic outcomes, enabling leadership to make informed investment and growth decisions.\n\nEvaluate partnership performance across platform relationships and business development initiatives to identify opportunities that improve revenue generation, audience growth, and long-term partner value.\n\nTransform quantitative analysis, market intelligence, and partner insights into strategic recommendations that influence partnership strategy, commercial priorities, and executive decision-making.\n\nPartner with leaders across Platform Partnerships, Business Development, Product, Audience, Finance, Legal, Data & Analytics, and Technology to align cross-functional initiatives that accelerate partnership growth and execution.\n\nAssess emerging market trends, competitive dynamics, platform evolution, creator ecosystems, subscription models, and AI-driven opportunities to identify new partnership strategies that strengthen The Washington Post's competitive position.\n\nLead strategic business reviews for priority partners by synthesizing performance metrics, identifying growth opportunities, and aligning internal and external stakeholders on actionable next steps that expand commercial value.\n\nEvaluate new partnership opportunities by assessing strategic alignment, financial impact, operational feasibility, audience potential, and business risk, enabling disciplined investment decisions.\n\nDevelop executive dashboards, business reviews, performance scorecards, and strategic recommendation materials that improve transparency, accountability, and leadership decision-making.\n\nIntegrate insights across Platform Partnerships and Business Development to establish a unified view of partnership performance, identify scalable best practices, and strengthen enterprise commercial strategy.\n\nChampion continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance partnership analytics, reporting capabilities, and strategic planning processes that improve organizational effectiveness.\n\nThe Skills and Experience You Bring\nBachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Data Analytics, Communications, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.\n\n4+ years of experience in strategy, consulting, business development, partnerships, account management, corporate strategy, digital media, or a related commercial function.\n\nDemonstrated ability to translate quantitative and qualitative data into strategic recommendations that influence business decisions and improve commercial performance.\n\nExperience developing KPI frameworks, executive dashboards, business reviews, or performance management systems.\n\nStrong analytical and financial acumen with experience evaluating business performance, commercial opportunities, and strategic trade-offs.\n\nUnderstanding of the digital media, technology, platform, creator, subscription, advertising, and AI ecosystems and the commercial forces shaping the publishing industry.\n\nExperience evaluating partnership opportunities using financial, operational, strategic, and audience considerations.\n\nStrong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams, build alignment, and drive execution without direct authority.\n\nExcellent written, verbal, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate complex analyses and recommendations to executive audiences and external partners.\n\nHigh degree of ownership, adaptability, sound judgment, and strategic thinking in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities.\n\nExperience using business intelligence and visualization tools (such as Tableau, Looker, Power BI, or similar) is preferred.\n\nExperience with financial modeling, SQL, or analytical tools is preferred.\n\nExperience working with platform partnerships, licensing, subscriptions, AI partnerships, social distribution, or emerging media business models is preferred.\n\nCollaboration makes us stronger. That’s why our offices are designed with open layouts, modern technology, and easy access to transportation. With certain exceptions for newsgathering and business travel, we work on-site five days a week.\nCompensation and Benefits\nWherever you are in your life or career, The Washington Post offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits for every step of your journey:\nCompetitive medical, dental and vision coverage\n\nCompany-paid pension and 401(k) match\n\nThree weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave\n\nNine paid holidays and two personal days\n\n20 weeks paid parental leave for any new parent\n\nRobust mental health resources\n\nBackup care and caregiver concierge services\n\nGender affirming services\n\nPet insurance\n\nFree Post digital subscription\n\nLeadership and career development programs\n\nBenefits may vary based on the job, full-time or part-time schedule, location, and collectively bargained status.\nThe salary range for this position is:\n$130,300 - $242,100 AnnualThe actual salary within this range will depend on individual skills, experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements. This position may be eligible for a bonus or incentive program, and a member of the Talent Acquisition team will discuss bonus payment terms and conditions during the interview process.\nYour story awaits. 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