Director of Strategic Initiatives

Job Description:

The Wall Street Journal is looking for a bold and innovative journalist to lead strategic initiatives in service of our audience-first vision. 

This is an opportunity to formulate, incubate and operationalize new ideas for our global newsroom, in close collaboration with colleagues across the business. This role sits within the digital team, which drives news strategy for everything from AI to visual storytelling.

You should be familiar with the changing media landscape and ready to identify where the Journal should adapt, compete and win. You’ll be expected to recommend big bets that push the Journal forward while embracing the brand. Your remit is anything that touches our journalism, with the overarching goals of engaging and growing our audiences.

You will:

• Develop key strategic projects

• Propose new areas of opportunity and growth for the newsroom

• Collaborate with leadership on decision-making to prioritize initiatives and resource allocation

• Leverage audience data and project business impact to support your decisionmaking

• Work with news teams, marketing and other business partners to evaluate, shape and execute new initiatives 

• Partner closely with colleagues in coverage, strategy, data and more

• Foster a culture of innovation and collaboration across the newsroom and wider business

You have:

• 10 - 12 years of experience in the media industry, preferably a large newsroom

• An enterprising mindset, with original ideas and the ability to translate them into actionable plans for all levels of the organization

• Successfully led strategy, innovation or digital transformation in a previous role

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to pitch big swings to stakeholders both within the newsroom and across the wider business 

• Experience recruiting and retaining top talent

The position will be based in New York and will report to the Head of Digital.

To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter by Friday, November 7th.

Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. EEO/AA/M/F/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 [email protected]. 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.

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 [email protected]. 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:

General Management

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Pay Range: $185,000 - $250,000

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

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..