• Job Description

  Req#: REQ-015607

  The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

  Job Description

  Strategy and Operations Deputy, Live and Express

  We have been reminded again and again that fast, comprehensive coverage of breaking news — especially live, 24/7 news — turns casual readers into loyal fans of The New York Times. Here is your chance to help reinvent how we do that, as a strategy and operations deputy for the Live and Express Desks. The two desks work closely to help the newsroom respond to fast-developing stories around the world. We have been a force multiplier on the big, serious stories — the Ukraine war, of course, natural disasters, mass shootings, political unrest, major criminal trials and more. And we also keep an eye out for the fun and offbeat stories that readers turn to for relief (A live briefing of the National Spelling Bee? Here you go. The discovery of 80,000 honeybees in someone's shower? We're on it.) As we've expanded, we've felt the need for more resources devoted to operations and strategy so that the reporters and editors on both desks can focus on day-to-day breaking news, which is relentless.

  The Strategy & Operations Deputy will also serve broader goals of the newsroom. The Times has committed to creating a culture and an environment in which we can all do our best work, including making our newsroom more diverse and equitable and our editorial practices more inclusive. The deputy will work closely with Newsroom Strategy, Audience, Product and the newsroom’s Culture and Careers group, among other departments.

  The Strategy & Operations Deputy will report to the editors overseeing Live and Express and partner with them and the rest of their leadership teams to ensure that the two desks function at the highest level possible and continually improve — from the way the journalism is produced day to day, to how people are recruited, assigned and developed, to how the report and operation evolves toward the future. A core goal will be to ensure that departments achieve greater diversity and operate more fairly and inclusively for all their members. This deputy will embed with both teams, understand their work intimately and get to know everyone so that issues can be foreseen and handled smoothly. The deputy will serve as a senior leader on both desks implementing and overseeing systems and processes and driving progress.

  Candidates should be prepared to write a memo critiquing The Times’s breaking and trending news coverage and offer suggestions on how to make the Live and Express operations even stronger.

  The ideal applicant will be involved with the following:

  • Culture & Careers: Shape culture and systems and support leaders across the departments to ensure this is a great place to work and grow. This includes enabling best-in-class practices within the departments for recruiting and hiring, gathering feedback to help editors with performance evaluations, career development and mobility, training, communication and beyond. Shaping, supporting and tracking DEI goals for the departments will be a core part of this work.

  • Operations: Set up, oversee and continually improve systems to ensure the departments operate as effectively as possible and support our journalistic goals, as assigned by the deskheads. These could include keeping an events coverage calendar, story lists, schedules, collaboration and communication contacts with other desks and outside groups, department budgets and core logistics. They will be key partners with our department operations managers on payroll, expenses, equipping staff and other tasks.

  • Strategy: Help the departments look beyond the daily report to the small and big opportunities and challenges ahead on the horizon — across areas including coverage, audience, operations, budgets and beyond — and develop and implement plans to address them.

  • Audience: Help monitor audience trends for both desks, prepare reports and assist in disseminating best practices for both internal promotion, such as the home page and newsletters, and external platforms (search and social).

  • Product: Be an advocate to make sure all the tools used for breaking news coverage, presentation and promotion are best in class.

  • Newsroom-wide best practices: While Strategy & Operations Deputies will focus mainly on their own departments, they will also play a role in improving newsroom-wide strategy, operations and culture. An important responsibility will be to share and learn from best practices across departments and to identify department-specific issues that should inform approaches across the wider newsroom.

  • Strategy & Operations Deputies will participate in regular working sessions led by Newsroom Strategy and Culture & Careers, who will occasionally call on them to support strategy and operations work beyond their department.

  Basic Qualifications

  • 5+ years’ experience in journalism or at a media company or other relevant organization, ideally with experience in a strategy or operations role.

  • Experience working in newsrooms in a journalism or operations role — which could include editing, writing, overseeing lines of coverage, managing workflow, managing staff, mentoring careers and improving culture.

  • Demonstrated organizational ability to manage operations, including setting up, overseeing and continuously improving systems, workflow and processes to increase department effectiveness, as well as organizing planning conferences, brainstorming and post-mortems.

  • A strong analytical and planning skill set, including the ability to identify strategic issues, frame and analyze problems in a structured way, and develop and implement high-impact, actionable solutions.

  Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with people management, including recruiting and hiring, performance and feedback, career development, training, culture and communication.

  • Commitment and track record of improving organizational culture and making organizations more diverse, equitable and inclusive, with experience in difficult conversations to resolve conflicts.

  • Track record of developing strong and trusting relationships, collaborating and building consensus.

  • Ability to communicate in writing and in person clearly, concisely and persuasively.

  • Strong drive, taking the initiative to surface challenges and opportunities and develop and act on solutions.

  • Commitment to The New York Times mission and values

  The annual base pay salary for this role is between $160,000.00 and $175,000.00.

  The New York Times is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied global community we serve. Our journalism and the products we build in the service of that journalism greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

  The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. The New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws. Individuals seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process should email reasonable.accommodations@nytimes.com . Emails sent for unrelated issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

  The Company will further consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable "Fair Chance" laws.

  The New York Times Company follows the pay transparency and non-discrimination provisions outlined by the United States Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Click here for details.

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