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Product Director, Multimodal, News Product

United StatesUnited States·New Yorkexecutive
Product ManagementProduct Director
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Quick Summary

Key Responsibilities

The New York Times is looking for a Product Director to lead our Multimodal product team within the News Product Mission.

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Product ManagementProduct Director

Responsibilities

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  • Define and lead a multi-quarter roadmap for how audio and video evolve into a cohesive multimodal experience anchored in daily news needs and journalistic goals.

  • Cultivate relationships with editors, journalists and newsroom leadership. Translate editorial priorities into product direction, requirements and shippable features.

  • Build product experiences that reach and engage new readers, helping them build a daily habit with us, and increasing the time they spend with our journalism and our app.

  • Empower journalists with tooling that helps our newsroom create and publish high-quality multimodal journalism at the pace that the news cycle demands.

  • Lead a team of product managers, setting clear goals, operating rhythms and a high bar for product management and collaboration.

  • Partner with Engineering, Design, Data, and Project Management to deliver an impactful and iterative roadmap, using qualitative and quantitative inputs to prioritize and ship

  • 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

  • 7+ years of product management experience, including ownership of product strategy and roadmaps.

  • Experience building audio or video products and measuring their performance.

  • Experience working in or with a newsroom, editors or content creators.

  • Experience leading complex, cross-functional work and align stakeholders across levels, including senior leaders.

  • Consumer app experience (iOS/Android), including iterative shipping in a live product environment.

  • Analytical expertise and a data-informed approach to prioritization and tradeoffs.

  • Experience communicating complex technical concepts to a variety of audiences, with decision-making experience in ambiguous spaces.

Preferred Qualifications

  • People management experience leading and developing product managers.

  • Fluency in editorial workflows and standards.

  • Experience building internal tools or workflow improvements for journalists, content creators and production teams.

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:
$195,000$215,000 USD

For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs. 

For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.

We’re excited to learn more about you and your experience. To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, we ask that you submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process.

If you’re an Engineering candidate, we’ll let you know what specific GenAI tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.

The New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism. To do so, we embrace a diverse workforce that has a broad range of backgrounds and experiences across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. We encourage people from all  backgrounds to apply.

We are  an Equal Opportunity Employer and do 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 U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)’s Know Your Rights Poster is available here

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 encourages those with criminal histories to apply, and will consider their applications in a manner consistent with applicable "Fair Chance" laws, including but not limited to the NYC Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act.

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Location & Eligibility

Where is the job
New York, United States
On-site at the office
Who can apply
US

Listing Details

Posted
June 10, 2026
First seen
June 10, 2026
Last seen
June 10, 2026

Posting Health

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Trust Level
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June 10, 2026

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Product Director, Multimodal, News ProductUSD 195000-215000