The Wall Street Journal is seeking a senior manager to own and advance our newsroom’s audience-data strategy. Reporting to the Head of Data and AI and serving as a leader on the newsroom digital strategy team, this role defines how we measure success, identify opportunity and translate audience data into actionable insight across coverage, product and editorial strategy. You will set the direction for newsroom analytics and metrics, ensuring editors, journalists and leadership have the data-driven insights needed to support an audience-first newsroom.
This is a hands-on leadership role. You will operate at both the strategic level, deciding what capabilities, tools and models the newsroom needs–and the execution level, prioritizing team workloads, reviewing analyses, troubleshooting dashboards and guiding technical implementation. The role includes shaping and building advanced data capabilities, including the use of machine learning and large language models to create informative, practical tools for newsroom decisionmaking.
The ideal candidate brings experience in news media or a related field, a deep understanding of audience behavior and strong empathy for newsroom workflows. You are an organized, proactive leader who can manage teams, set clear priorities, and translate complex data into insights that drive real editorial and business impact.
You Will
- 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
You Have
- 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
To apply, please submit your resume and a cover letter explaining how you would approach the job by March 13th. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and we encourage early submission as the position may be filled before the deadline.
Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at talentresourceteam@dowjones.com. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.
Business Area: Dow Jones - News - WSJ
Job Category: Data Analytics/Warehousing & Business Intelligence
Union Status
Non-Union role
Pay Range: $155,000 - $180,000
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For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..
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Req ID: 51511
