Principal Product Manager Newsroom

Your Team: The Suns digital product teams are dedicated to the development and continuous improvement of a world-class portfolio including our websites apps and various digital platforms. We operate as an agile cross-functional programme collaborating to ensure our products meet the ever-changing needs of our audience and business. Our focus is on optimising user experiences enhancing platform capabilities and refining tools that empower our editorial teams to deliver excellence every day.

Your Role: Reporting to the Head of Product you will take ownership of key digital initiatives across our Newsroom to help shape the future of one of Britains most iconic brands. You will act as the primary strategic bridge between editorial ambition commercial requirements and engineering capacity ensuring our digital platforms remain robust scalable and future-ready. This is a leadership position where you will inspire a team of product managers to deliver impactful digital experiences to millions of readers.

Day to day you will:

• Deliver a clear and impactful vision for digital products in alignment with wider business goals and audience needs.

• Enhance newsroom capabilities by optimising editorial workflows to enable the quick delivery of multiformat content.

• Lead and mentor a team of product managers providing guidance and support to help them grow and deliver their best work.

• Establish a robust data framework for internal tools using usage metrics to prioritise high-value features and manage technical debt.

• Drive the practical integration of AI and emerging technologies directly into the publishing workflow to augment journalist capabilities.

• Solve complex problems with creativity to maintain alignment between business objectives and user needs.

What were looking for from you:

• Experience delivering successful products in an audience-focused digital-first environment.

• Experience working across content curation and distribution platforms like WordPress with a deep understanding of enterprise-scale ecosystems and technical trade-offs.

• Leadership skills used to foster a culture of collaboration and innovation while guiding a team of product managers.

• Subject matter expertise in publishing or media environments specifically regarding newsroom processes and content planning.

• Communication skills used to bridge the gap between technical and non-technical teams when managing complex stakeholder requirements.

• Analytical mindset used to interpret data to prioritise initiatives and measure the success of product features.

• Agile proficiency applied to leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times The Sunday Times The Sun The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news analysis opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel audio and video events and experiences our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion guided by principles and acting with purpose we exist to promote a fair society freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling we represent reflect and reach the nation telling the stories that matter.

At News UK we embrace a hybrid work model currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration innovation and team spirit within our workspace. Certain roles may necessitate additional in-office days; please discuss this with your recruiter for specific requirements.

Life at News

Driven by passion guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent reflect and reach the nation telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

We represent reflect and reach the nation telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age gender ethnicity disability social class or sexuality we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network Parents and Carers and LGBTQ group News Is Out and the Apprentice Society.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions

• Discounted gym memberships free ClassPass at Home weekly in person/ virtual exercise classes

• Bikes for Work and Electric Car scheme

• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks

• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP physio/massage and counselling

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

• Wide range of training available plus full LinkedIn Learning access

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

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