Global Head of Technology Journalism

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Department: Editorial 

Reports to: Editor Guardian US

Location: New York, NY or San Francisco, CA

Hybrid/Remote/In-Person: Hybrid

Terms and conditions:  Full time, Permanent

Annual Salary: $160,000 - $190,000

The Global Head of Technology Journalism is a new role that reflects The Guardian’s commitment to the coverage of the crucial role of the tech sector in shaping society and politics across the world. This role exists to ensure the organisation competes at the highest level in one of the most consequential and fast-moving beats in modern journalism. The Guardian has dedicated technology reporters in the US, the UK and Australia.

The Global Head of Technology Journalism will develop and lead the delivery of a strategy to ensure our reporters:

• collaborate to produce truly global technology journalism
• cover significant stories involving the companies, people and cultural forces shaping technology and how it affects society
• break exclusive stories that result in real- world impact, promoting transparency and accountability in the tech sector
• deliver our journalism to audiences through a variety of digital formats, including video and newsletters

You will also be responsible for coordinating global technology projects and investigations.

Ideally the Global Head of Technology Journalism has multimedia experience and will be able to develop and enrich the Guardian’s technology coverage on- and off-platform, driving audience growth and engagement.

Working with senior editors in the US, UK and Australia, the Global Head of Technology Journalism will shape editorial priorities across regions, determine where the organisation should focus its reporting resources and which emerging areas require sustained coverage, with special attention to the intersection of tech and power. You will connect reporters and editors across time zones into a single collaborative network, ensuring a genuinely global technology desk with around-the-clock reporting capability and shared editorial standards.

Key Responsibilities 

• Define and lead the global editorial vision for technology coverage across all regions.
• Identify the most important global technology themes and ensure sustained, authoritative and ground-breaking coverage.
• Develop editorial frameworks for major areas including (but not limited to):
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Big Tech and platform power
  • Regulation and antitrust
  • Tech lobbying and political influence
  • Social media and online culture
  • Cybersecurity and surveillance
  • Digital labour and automation
  • Climate and technology
  • Consumer technology
  • Startups and innovation
  • Technology policy and geopolitics
• Coordinate reporting efforts between US, UK and Australian teams to maximise impact for daily reporting, investigations, features, explainers and long-term editorial projects and foster a collaborative culture.
• Create systems for seamless editorial handovers across time zones.
• Lead regular cross-office planning meetings and editorial reviews.
• Ensure major global stories receive coordinated coverage with regional expertise and local angles.
• Ensure that technology coverage is accessible to lay readers and engaging to global audiences
• Identify gaps in coverage and work to build up reporting on currently under-covered areas
• Encourage collaboration between technology journalists and reporters on adjacent beats including politics, business, media, science and culture.
• Work closely with audience, SEO, visuals, video, audio and product teams to expand the reach and impact of technology journalism.
• Develop coverage formats suited to digital audiences across all platforms, including live blogs, newsletters, podcasts, explainers and visual storytelling.
• Help position the Guardian as a destination for authoritative and accessible technology journalism.
• Use audience data and reader behaviour insights to refine coverage strategy without compromising editorial standards.
• Represent the Guardian publicly on technology journalism and industry trends.
• Build relationships with sources across global technology hubs.
• Participate in conferences, panels and media partnerships where appropriate.
   

Key contacts and relationships (internal and external)
 

• Regional heads of news; regional desk editors across beats including national and international news, business and environment; multimedia teams; audience teams.

 Knowledge & experience
 

• Significant senior editorial leadership experience within a major newsroom, digital publisher or international media organisation.
• Deep experience covering technology, digital platforms, business, politics or related areas,
• Demonstrated ability to lead reporters and editors across multiple locations and time zones.
• Experience managing complex breaking news coverage alongside long-term original and investigative reporting.
• Proven record of commissioning and editing high-impact stories, investigations and analysis.
• Experience developing editorial strategy tied to audience growth and digital engagement.
• Strong understanding of newsroom operations, workflows and cross-functional collaboration.
• Sophisticated understanding of the global technology industry, including major companies, regulatory dynamics and emerging trends.
• Exceptional editorial judgment and news instincts.
• Strong organisational and strategic planning abilities.
• Skilled at mentoring and developing journalists at different career stages.
• Calm and decisive leadership under deadline pressure.
• Strong interpersonal skills;  adept at communicating with senior stakeholders across editorial and business functions.
• Ideally, you’ll have a demonstrable ability to bring a diverse perspective to this role. 
• Actively demonstrate inclusive leadership by promoting equity, valuing diverse perspectives, and addressing barriers that affect your team.

 Skills and behaviours

• Willingness to embrace a visual, multi-format approach and think beyond text at the point of commission.
• Collaborative, open and inclusive in approach.
• Enthusiastic about experimenting with new formats and ways of reaching audiences.
• Understanding of audience needs and behaviour across different platforms. 
• Comfortable engaging with analytics to take a data-informed approach to decision-making
• Open to learning new skills and adaptable in applying your existing expertise in new ways.
• Keen to innovate and experiment in your daily work, seeing every outcome as a chance to learn and improve.
• Understanding of The Guardian’s values: honesty, integrity, courage, fairness, and a sense of duty to the reader and the community.

How to apply

We know there are great candidates who might not check all these boxes or who possess important skills we haven’t thought of. If that’s you, we encourage you to apply and tell us about yourself.

All candidates interested in applying should upload a resume and cover letter.  

All roles at the Guardian are open for everybody to apply. It is important to us that you feel supported and comfortable throughout your recruitment process, in order to perform your best. Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Please email the recruiter listed on the job posting or at [email protected] to discuss further so we can work with you to support you through your application.

 Compensation and benefits

• 20 days of vacation leave in addition to 12 company holidays and 2 personal days
• Unlimited sick time
• Employee Assistance Programs
• 401(k) Match
• Subsidized healthcare coverage including medical, vision, and dental
• Medical and Dependent Flexible Spending Accounts
• Generous parental leave with 100% pay
• Long Term and Short Term Disability insurance 
• Life insurance 
• Commuter benefits 
• Work/Life balance: Flexible hybrid schedule 

Culture & wellbeing

We want everyone to feel like they belong at the Guardian and we champion diversity of thought. You will also have the opportunity to hear unique insight from our journalists in our morning conference, a live discussion on the news story of the day. 

We offer great tools to help you prioritize your wellbeing including access to Employee Assistance Programs. 

Learning & development

We encourage personal and professional growth. Employees have access to a broad range of tools and solutions, and we are happy to support the pursuit of professional qualifications through vocational courses and apprenticeships.

Sustainability

Our goal is to become an environmentally regenerative company and we have signed up to a sustainability vision and strategy to reach it. Find more information about sustainability at GNM here.

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