Product Director – The Times and The Sunday Times (London)

Product Director – The Times and The Sunday Times

The Times and The Sunday Times represent a combined 400 years of covering news and providing comment and analysis on the UK and the world. We are authoritative, credible, responsible, trusted and a part of the nation’s cultural heritage.

Your team: Digital Product for Times Media includes the development, management, and strategic direction of the Times & Sunday Times brands product portfolio.

Your role: This position offers a unique opportunity with one of the nation’s best known and trusted brands to lead the product vision, execution and impact. As part of the Senior Leadership Team for Times Media, the successful candidate will play a critical role in driving a product mindset focused on delivering exceptional reader and customer experiences.

Day to day you will: Work closely with the Editorial, Customer Experience, Commercial, Marketing, Design and Technology teams to deliver products and outcomes in line with the strategic direction of the Times and The Sunday Times brands portfolio. Key responsibilities include:

Product Strategy and Vision – Define and communicate a clear product vision to drive business goals, as well as develop long-term product roadmaps, set priorities, and identify growth opportunities.
Leadership and Team Management – Lead cross-functional teams and foster a collaborative work environment. Build and mentor high-performing product teams
Stakeholder Management and Communication – Communicate effectively with stakeholders across key teams, and present strategies and decisions to senior leadership to drive outcomes
Audience and Market Insight – Drive customer-centric design principles, audience behaviour, and market trends, and apply audience research and data analysis to create engaging, reader-driven products.
Digital Transformation and Commercial Acumen – Lead digital transformation efforts and drive innovation in partnership with the technology leadership. Combine knowledge of subscription models, ad-driven revenue, and journalism monetisation with a solid understanding of how product decisions impact reader engagement and revenue growth.

What we’re looking for from you: We are looking for a proven product leader, with significant experience in a senior leadership role, and the ability to focus on execution, delivering outcomes with rigour. You will have strong technical proficiency across the digital subscriptions or membership landscape, and operate with a growth mindset. You’ll have an exceptional track record of launching innovative products in a matrixed, fast paced environment, with the ability to deliver collaboratively. Knowledge of the media industry would be advantageous, but not essential.

We offer a flexible working arrangement where employees are expected to be in the office a minimum of three days per week. For the remaining two days, there is the option to work remotely if desired.

We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities – attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 12 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

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