SVP, Consumer Ventures

Job Description:SVP, Consumer Ventures

Location: New York
Reports to: Chief Growth Officer and Global Head, Consumer

Role Overview

The SVP, Consumer Ventures will lead the identification, incubation, and early scaling of new consumer businesses that extend beyond Dow Jones’ core subscription and advertising models. This role is responsible for building net-new revenue lines—from concept through launch and early scale—using strategy as a tool to drive execution, commercial outcomes, and long-term value creation.

Sitting within the Consumer organization, this role works closely with GM’s, Product & Technology, Editorial, Sales, Marketing, Legal, and Corporate Development. The focus is on early-stage business development: shaping strategy, validating demand and economics, defining operating models, and accelerating high-potential initiatives to market readiness. As initiatives mature, they may scale within existing businesses, transition to dedicated general management, or continue under the SVP’s ownership.

This role carries end-to-end accountability for the success or failure of initiatives under its remit, including strategic direction, commercial performance, and operational execution through early scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and evaluate new consumer growth opportunities across media, memberships, events, commerce, platforms, and emerging distribution models, including AI platforms and new content ecosystems.

• Lead market assessment and validation efforts, including customer research, market sizing, pricing strategy, and unit-economic modeling.

• Incubate new initiatives from concept through launch and initial scale, with direct accountability for meeting defined revenue and growth targets.

• Own successful initiatives through early scale, including interim P&L responsibility, until transitioned to a dedicated GM or integrated into an existing business.

• Partner cross-functionally to move initiatives from concept to execution efficiently within a scaled organization.

• Define and implement early operating models, success metrics, and team structures to support long-term scalability.

• Build and manage teams as needed to support venture development and execution.

• Establish a disciplined, repeatable approach for developing, testing, and scaling new consumer revenue lines.

• Partner with senior leaders to design and launch net-new ARPU drivers through bundling, tiering, and add-on products, ensuring alignment with brand and editorial standards.

• Identify and assess inorganic growth opportunities in the consumer space; serve as a key business-side lead for consumer-facing transactions, partnering with Corporate Development through diligence, structuring, and execution.

• Lead post-close integration and value capture for consumer acquisitions, ensuring new brands are positioned for growth within the Dow Jones Consumer portfolio.
   

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in strategy, venture development, growth leadership, or commercial roles within digital media, subscription businesses, consumer technology, or adjacent industries.

• Experience in top-tier management consulting or corporate strategy roles, with a proven ability to translate complex analysis into real-world execution.

• MBA and/or JD preferred, or equivalent experience building and scaling new consumer businesses.

• Strong commercial judgment, with experience evaluating P&Ls, unit economics, and investment trade-offs.

• Demonstrated ability to take early-stage ideas from concept through launch in complex, cross-functional environments.

• Experience structuring and managing partnerships, transactions, or commercial agreements.

• Analytical, action-oriented decision-maker with comfort operating in ambiguity.

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 - Marketing

Job Category:

Marketing & Product Management

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Pay Range: 405,000 - 450,000

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..