Senior Technical Product Manager, Content Data Platforms

Title: Senior Technical Product Manager, Content Data Platforms

Location: New York, NY

Job Description:

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It's why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It's why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it's why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it's worth paying for. 

The Publishing group at the New York Times is responsible for the content management system for all of the Times: one that empowers development teams to build and evolve experiences with speed and agility, and one that empowers editors and creators with a unified and interconnected suite of tools they can use with confidence to make the world's best journalism.

We are looking for a curious and visionary Senior Technical Product Manager to lead the development of systems that turn the NYT's archive of published content into data products-for use by our teams and external partners who wish to obtain insights from or build experiences based on NYT content.

 

As a Senior Technical Product Manager, you will establish a vision for these systems that takes into account industry trends, our goals, the needs of internal product development teams, and the requirements of our journalistic mission. You'll provide strategic direction for and oversee the execution of a product roadmap, leading a team of engineers. You'll report to the VP of Product, Publishing.

 

This is role has a hybrid-work schedule based in New York City. You can expect to come in two days a week.

 

Responsibilities:

 

• Define and lead the product strategy for content data products and APIs within the NYT's publishing platform, including internal data solutions and external offerings.

• Communicate product vision, strategy, and progress to partners.

• Collaborate with engineering, design, and editorial teams to gather requirements and prioritize features.

• Lead the product development lifecycle from conception to launch, delivering high-quality results.

• Stay up to date with industry trends and the latest technologies in data systems and AI/ML.

• Work closely with a team of engineers, promoting a collaborative team environment.

• Champion data governance best practices and solve practical problems related to managing metadata and protecting NYT's IP across a large and diverse corpus of content.

• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

Basic Qualifications:

 

• 5+ years of experience in technical product management, with experience working with data products, analytics platforms, AI/ML products, or data-intensive software

• Familiar with data concepts, including data modeling, data warehousing, ETL/ELT processes, data pipelines, and data architecture

• Experience launching and managing complex software products

• Experience working with engineering teams in an Agile development environment

Preferred Qualifications:

 

• Experience with content management systems

• Experience with the data lifecycle for AI/ML, including data ingestion, preprocessing, embedding generation techniques, and the role of vector storage

• Proficiency with SQL

• Experience with cloud-based technologies

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$144,000—$160,000 USD

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