Senior Director, Business & Industry

Primary/Ongoing Responsibilities

• Conceive of, pitch, and develop content strategy and planning for WIRED’s Business section.
• Work with senior leadership to define goals and priorities for your respective areas, ensuring all content plans ladder up to broader brand goals and objectives.
• Proactively seek out interesting, diverse voices who can help WIRED deliver differentiated business and industry coverage.
• Partner with audience development to review audience engagement KPIs and use this data to consistently improve content strategy and output.
• Manage all projects from concept to execution including, but not limited to: assigning, tracking, and editing stories from staff and freelancers; budgeting; partnering with photo/art teams on visuals and design to accompany stories; answering fact-checking and copy queries; seeing stories through production processes; and partnering with social and/or video teams to ensure stories have maximum impact.
• Meet individual and/or section KPIs as assigned (i.e. productivity expectations, UPVs, engagement, time spent, and/or other related goals).
• Identify and work collaboratively with global markets on all relevant stories or packages.
• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of editors and reporters across the US and UK including, but not limited to: overseeing hiring, talent development, and performance management for direct reports; implementing clear processes and communication channels for the desk; delegating work across the desk and providing clear direction and constructive feedback; fostering a transparent, respectful, inclusive, and collaborative team environment.
• Contribute to brand extensions, social platforms, and additional projects as needed.
• Represent the brand in a public-facing way as necessary, such as on social media, in press opportunities, panels and speaking engagements, and internal company presentations.
• Additional projects/stories as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience as an editor in a fast paced, digital, and news-driven environment, with at least 5 years managing others.
• A past portfolio of work that reflects significant experience covering the tech industry, including a consistent record of breaking news and having extensive sourcing.
• Experience overseeing multi-platform content from brainstorm to execution; able to balance daily deadlines with longer-lead projects and delegate as appropriate to maximize the team’s impact.
• Experience and passion for delivering big, ambitious coverage, particularly around Big Tech, AI, and other core areas of focus.
• Skilled at helping editors conceptualize stories and work to get the best out of writers; equally adept at helping writers achieve their best reporting and writing.
• Able to structure a story for maximum impact, reader understanding, and engagement.
• Highly collaborative with excellent communication skills; adept at working with a diverse team of fact checkers, copy editors, designers, photo editors, digital producers, social media producers and story editors.
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills.