Operations Lead, Partnerships & Portfolio Development

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.

Job Description

About the Role

The Partnerships and Portfolio Development (PPD) team works with teams across the New York Times portfolio — The Athletic, NYT Cooking, Wirecutter, NYT News, Games, Audio and more — to develop new commercial opportunities for brands and advertisers to partner with The Times.

The Operations Lead, Partnerships & Portfolio Development is a strategic leader on the Partnerships and Portfolio Development (PPD) team. You will be pivotal in facilitating the creation and expert execution of new revenue-generating partnerships, net-new advertising products, and media alignments across NYT’s portfolio of brands.

This is a temporary role expected to last 6 months. You will work a hybrid schedule in our New York City office.

Responsibilities

• Operational Strategy Development: Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and execute operational strategies that support the creation and implementation of new partnerships and media alignments.
• Feedback Loops: Promote feedback loops from Sales and clients to internal teams to ensure continuous improvement and increase sell-through.
• Timeline Management: Lead the process design and execution of keeping projects on track, and working with PPD leadership to identify when and how timelines need to change and communicating to project stakeholders.
• Process Optimization: Implement efficient and scalable processes to improve opportunity development, from initial ideation to execution, ensuring agreement on strategic goals.
• Revenue Generation and Healthy Program Economics: Collaborate with program management, finance and yield partners to ensure healthy program economics that balance innovation and ambition with business needs.
• Data Enablement: Work with Advertising Operations on data tracking and analytics for PPD process and projects.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with departments across the organization (such as Newsroom, Product, Sales, Marketing, Creative, Finance, etc.) to ensure alignment and integration of PPD activities with our goals.
• Communication and Stakeholder Management: Ensure key partners are informed and consulted for various projects, recognizing that much of the work we do has never been done before and the right group of stakeholders may not be immediately obvious.
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to safeguard projects and ensure compliance with company policies and industry regulations.
• 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.
• You will report to the VP of Partnerships and Portfolio Development.
  
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• 8 years of operations or project management within a media, publishing, or advertising environment.
• Experience prioritizing goals and setting deadlines with internal teams on large-scale projects.
• Expertise optimizing processes and workflows to enhance efficiency and productivity.
• Proficiency with the Google suite to lead project management, including Sheets, Slides, and Docs.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing partnerships that drive revenue growth, with an understanding of advertising and media landscapes.
• Experience leading data analysis, budgeting, timeline creation, risk management, stakeholder management, change management, and quality assurance.
  
  
  

The rate of base pay for this role is between $85.00 and $100.00 per hour.

The New York Times is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied global community we serve. Our journalism and the products we build in the service of that journalism greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. The New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws. Individuals seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process should email reasonable.accommodations@nytimes.com. Emails sent for unrelated issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

The Company will further consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable "Fair Chance" laws.

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