Executive Director, Product, Engagement

Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 32 territories through print, digital, video and social platforms. The company’s portfolio includes many of the world’s most respected and influential media properties including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Self, GQ, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler/Traveller, Allure, AD, Bon Appétit and Wired, among others.Job Description

Location:

New York, NY

Condé Nast stands as a distinguished media powerhouse, celebrated for curating top-tier content for the globe's most impactful audiences. Engaging over a billion consumers through its cutting-edge print, digital, and video brands, the portfolio proudly features some of the most iconic titles in the media landscape - from Architectural Digest and Bon Appétit to Condé Nast Traveler, GQ, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and WIRED. 

Consistently delivering excellence, Condé Nast extends its influence across 32 markets worldwide, with headquarters in both London and New York, embodying a commitment to quality and innovation.

About Condé Nast Technology:
At Condé Nast Technology, our mission is to fuel the success of our brands in both business and creativity by crafting the next-generation of content publishing, loyalty, and commerce experiences. We are a collective of product managers, designers, engineers, strategists, and researchers united in our dedication to building innovative, user-centric products. 

As part of our dynamic team, you will collaborate with international colleagues and engage with stakeholders in our US and UK headquarters, as well as across our 10 other markets. We emphasize cross-functional collaboration; you will work closely with teams in Product, Engineering, Architecture, Design, UX, and Data, as well as our business partners in Editorial, and Brand, Consumer Marketing, Commercial, Partnerships and Licensing.

About the Role:

Condé Nast seeks an Executive Director of Product Management for Engagement. In this role, you will lead the effort to advance and improve the digital value proposition of our brand web sites and apps. You will be the primary liaison between the Technology organization and our array of premium titles. including The New Yorker, Vogue. Bon Appetit, Vanity Fair, Epicurious, Conde Nast Traveler, Architectural Digest, Allure, and GQ.  

You will be creating great experiences, worthy of visiting again and again and even paying for.  Key focus areas include:  AI-enabled discovery, bringing large tentpoles to life on our stack, games, UGC, community and apps.  All of this work supports  an accelerated focus toward improving and transforming our owned and operated destinations. This increased focus on the customer is essential as we face industry-wide headwinds and market shifts. 

You will be collaborating with colleagues across the world, working with stakeholders in our US, UK and India HQs as well as within our 10 other markets. We strongly emphasize cross-functional collaboration across timezones, partnering directly with our functional pillars in Technology Engagement, Customer Data, ConsumerRevenue and Commercial Revenue. This will require close partnership with Publishing, Revenue, and Customer Data.  You will be managing product folks in UK, NYC and  Bangalore.

This role reports to the SVP of Product and Design.

Responsibilities:

• Own the Engagement roadmap. This includes ownership of the biannual OKR and roadmap process, as well as ownership of the long-range strategic plan. You will effectively represent the Engagement  plans and goals to both technology and cross-functional leadership.

• Lead Verticals helmed by Directors including:  Community & Utility & Epicurious App; Discovery and The New Yorker App  and the  and Vogue, including the new Vogue app.

• Articulate and tirelessly drive key results around known user engagement including time spent, known user time spent, repeat visitation and overall user retention. 

• Manage brand management for global brands and enable features to support a plug-and-play architecture with minimal core customization.

• With design and technology, you will create new and improve existing  capabilities aimed at driving deeper engagement with our audiences. 

• Partner closely with the publishing platforms teams to develop new storytelling capabilities and digital experiences. Working with editors, designers and developers on improving the functionality of our core content types (articles, galleries, reviews, recipes)

• Collaborate with members throughout the company (key being Editorial, Audience, Strategy/Partnerships, Consumer, and Commercial)  to identify areas of need and solutions that solve these challenges.

• Communicate with multiple teams and staff on priorities, tasks, and goals.

• Hirie and managing globally geolocated teams and establish metrics for their ongoing success.

• Strong use of insight and data to drive decision-making

• Foster a culture of constant experimentation, insight and iterative growth.

About You/ Essential Skills:

• Requires a minimum of 7-10 years experience managing product experiences for consumer brands (ideally in the media industry)

• You are able to work with research and data teams to better understand the customer, identify growth opportunities, and build a case for prioritization. 

• Experience partnering with third party agencies and contractors to accelerate our roadmap and augment resourcing, as needed. 

• Proven ability to work under pressure and manage multiple deadlines.

• Experience working in a matrixed organization, juggling requests from multiple stakeholders.

• Experience with OKRs or SmartGoals, that articulate global goals tied to corporate KPIS.  Ability to turn these into team OKRs that you will relentlessly drive with your teams.

• Experience with end-to-end testing frameworks and improving deployment pipeline efficiency is essential.

• A track record of building, maintaining and managing strong relationships within an international business and across many different stakeholder groups.

• Experience managing product managers in India, the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe with a proven ability to communicate effectively across languages and cultures.

• Self-driven, motivated, with the ability to drive objectives and see projects through to completion.

• You have excellent written and verbal English communication skills

• Ability to communicate technical concepts and project status to diverse audiences.

• You love working with a global team and are flexible to adjust hours accordingly

• Committed to raising the bar on all work and sharing best practices.

• You demonstrate the ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively

• Ability to balance agile process in the reality of  a calendarized tentpole environment  – ie: balancing agile and waterfall.

• Experience with leading large workshops with all levels of cross-functional stakeholders, leveraging product development best practices like design thinking.

About You/ Desirable skills

• Experience with user generated content features

• Experience in maximizing live events through rich media

• Experience in applying AI to enhance an experience or feature

The expected base salary range for this position is from $225k - $265k. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to relevant skills, training, experience, and education.

What happens next?

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible. You can update your resume or upload a cover letter at any time by accessing your candidate profile.

Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.