Technical Product Director, Foundations, News Product

The New York Times is looking for a Technical Product Director to lead our Foundations team within the News Product Mission. Our goal is to be the entry point for news for tens of millions more people around the world by being their first read, watch or listen—every day.

Requirements

• Define and drive a multi-quarter roadmap to ensure our web and app experiences are as performant and intuitive as possible, focusing on speed, reliability and ease of use.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Data to define performance expectations and track progress
• Scale and evolve foundational backend services, such as personalization and sitemaps, so they can be expanded into new product contexts
• Manage the mobile app release process in collaboration with Engineering, ensuring a stable but flexible delivery cadence for our readers
• Partner closely with the Developer Platforms mission and peer teams within the News Product mission to align on standards and ensure foundational improvements benefit the entire organization
• Identify and reduce reader friction, using qualitative and quantitative insights to prioritize improvements that make navigating our journalism effortless.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of product managers, setting clear goals, operating rhythms and a high bar for product management and cross-functional collaboration.
• 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.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
• 401(k) plan
• Paid vacation
• Paid sick days
• Paid parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development programs