Director of Consumer Product - Reuters

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Want to deploy your product management skill at one of the world's most trusted - and innovative - news and media organizations? Like the sound of taking a strategic position on our consumer segment that will allow you to problem solve and be key to the implementation of new functionality? You might just be the next Director of Consumer Product at Reuters.

Reuters is looking for an experienced Director of Consumer Product to head our consumer product team. In this new role, you'll lead the ideation, development, and launch of innovative consumer products across the Reuters web and mobile app, managing a high-performing team of product managers, and using a data-driven approach to enhance user satisfaction and drive revenue growth.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of experience in product management, particularly in digital media publisher settings. They should have a strong understanding of monetization strategies (both in direct-to-consumer subscriptions and advertising), agile processes, and emerging AI technology.

This is a great role for someone with experience in product management - ideally in a digital media publisher setting - that's looking to deploy their understanding of monetization strategies (both in direct-to-consumer subscriptions and advertising), agile processes, and emerging AI technology. You'll lead a high performing team, leverage data and research for product decisions to anticipate industry trends and will be part of a collaborative, cross-functional team.

If that's not enough, you'll also play a key role in shaping how news and media from one of the world's most trusted brands reaches its global audience. Working at Reuters, you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of our consumer products and make a significant impact on our business strategy. Join us and be a part of a culture of innovation, collaboration, and customer focus.

About the Role

As Director of Consumer Productat Reuters, you will:

• Lead a team through the ideation, technical development and launch of innovative products for our consumer properties, including our website and mobile app.

• Manage and develop a high-performing team of product managers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and customer focus.

• Influence senior stakeholders and build consensus on strategies and priorities, fostering a 'test and learn' approach to product management.

• Use a data-driven approach to drive product development; integrate usability studies, research and market analysis into product requirements to enhance user satisfaction.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver products that meet user needs and drive revenue growth.

• Define and analyze metrics that inform the success of products.

• Understand Reuters' strategic and competitive position, stay abreast of industry trends, anticipate changes in the competitive landscape, and deliver products that are recognized as best in the industry.

• Manage multiple products and priorities, scale teams, and ensure that org is effective, healthy and set up for success by establishing clear and measurablegoals.

About You

You're a fit for the role of Director of Consumer Product at Reuters if you have:

• Demonstrable experience in a product management setting, with a focus on consumer products in a digital media publisher setting.

• Proven experience in managing and developing high-performing teams, including individual contributors and managers.

• Strong understanding of monetization strategies in the digital media space, including experience with direct-to-consumer subscriptions and digital media advertising.

• Experience leading product management through agile processes and methodologies, A/B testing, and emerging AI technology and opportunities.

• Exceptional analytical skills, with the ability to leverage data and research to inform product decisions.

• Strong understanding of the competitive landscape and ability to anticipate industry trends, including experience leveraging gen AI and large language models to solve user problems.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a proven track record of working effectively with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

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What's in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow's challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

• Making a Real-World Impact:We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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