Product Manager, News Automation and AI
Req #37995
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Product Manager, News Automation & AI
Gannett is using a variety of transformational AI + automation tools and techniques to achieve business goals by helping save journalists time, increasing our relevance and delivering content more consistently to our readers and markets across the country. We are in search of an energetic product manager who will own specific news automation and AI web products and drive the product roadmap and execution in collaboration with various stakeholders.
The Product Manager works with the leadership team to understand the broader vision and translate that into a cohesive feature roadmap. The Product Manager partners with the customer insights and design teams on product-market fit and drives rapid experimentation and learning. In addition, the Product Manager works closely with software development teams in an Agile environment to define user stories, acceptance criteria, groom backlogs, prioritize features and conduct user acceptance testing.
You will be expected to grow the value and utility of your products in a dynamic, fast-moving marketplace, with success measured by product-specific KPIs. To succeed in this role, you must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy, and the personal drive and charisma to make your vision a reality. Outstanding communications skills are a must. They must also be comfortable working with journalists and journalistic products in deadline-driven environments where our credibility is always on the line.
You will join a team that is on the leading edge of responsibly using AI and automation for news. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to be at the center of an expanding product area that involves evolving technology, news production and consumer behavior.
We are looking for a confident, dynamic leader who will:
- Partner with User Experience and Software Engineering leads on research and discovery.
- Inform the roadmap around AI and content automation, bringing new content areas to life through automation in collaboration with news stakeholders.
- Reimagine news production processes to enable journalists to embrace tools that boost productivity and focus on things that can’t be automated.
- Take ownership for scope definition, feature prioritization, and crafting user stories which ensure product development stays aligned with business needs.
- Work in an Agile environment on rapid product iterations, validating key hypotheses and assumptions, making pivot vs. persevere decisions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to refine requirements, resolve conflicts, and remove impediments for development teams.
- Create clear and measurable KPIs related to the timely creation and enhancement of high-quality products that support critical business objectives and multiple stakeholders.
- Ensure that all of our AI + automation products adhere to ethical standards, with a focus on freeing up journalists time, not replacing them
We’d love to see:
- Deep curiosity about evolving technology and how it can be applied to monetizing news
- An ability to work at a fast pace and challenge the status quo in a large company
- A user-first mindset. Have a deep empathy for user problems, coupled with an enthusiastic and curious approach to solving for them
- Knowledge of Search Engine Optimization best practices, especially how news publishers can win on Search
Qualifications:
- 2-4 years of Agile scrum experience in a product role for a consumer-facing product.
- Able to think critically and constructively about complex business problems, clearly communicating analysis, and present solutions that clearly address business needs.
- Fluency in human-centered product discovery methods such as design thinking.
- Understand relevant web design and development technologies with the ability to translate business requirements to engineering teams.
- Experience using data and metrics to independently test theories, confirm assumptions, and measure success with attention to detail.
- Able to effectively present and explain results with quantitative information.
- Experience with Agile software management tools and development methodologies.
- Detail-oriented with excellent organization, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Decisive with a bias towards action.
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The annualized base salary for this role will range between $45,000 and $105,800. Variable compensation is not reflected in these figures and based on the role, may be applicable. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, location, and union representation, if applicable.
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- Job Family Product Management
- Job Function Product
- Pay Type Salary