Senior Editor, Wall Street - CNBC

VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant's sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass.

About the role

CNBC is seeking a Wall Street Editor to build and lead expanded coverage of deals, banks, brokers, and asset managers. The editor will elevate CNBC’s coverage of mergers and acquisitions, highlighting the people behind the deals and providing unrivaled insights into the world’s most important financial institutions. This role involves collaborating with CNBC’s on-air journalists, guiding reporters, and delivering scoops on major deals and financing stories. The editor will set strategic reporting priorities across finance, including banks, brokers, fund managers, and private markets players, while integrating television and digital coverage to broaden CNBC’s audience. The role includes launching a major initiative linked to CNBC’s Dave Faber, offering readers his deep knowledge of finance and dealmaking.

Responsibilities

• Expand and manage CNBC’s Wall Street coverage, including deals, finance, and banking
• Hire reporters and work with existing staff to deliver major scoops
• Launch an initiative focused on deals, dealmakers, and deal analysis
• Develop strategies to engage readers and broaden CNBC’s digital and television audience
• Generate strong analytical stories about key financial events
• Coordinate between CNBC’s television and digital offerings to dominate coverage of deals and finance

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience editing and managing for a major business publication
• 3+ years building and managing reporting teams that deliver significant scoops
• Ability to edit complicated stories for a broad audience
• Strong understanding of finance and deals, with the ability to prioritize coverage
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and conflict-resolution skills
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
• Hybrid role: minimum of three days per week in the office at CNBC Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Qualifications

• Desired Characteristics:
  • Background in investing, markets, or finance
  • Experience appearing on television in a variety of formats
  • Deep well of sources in the finance industry
  • Experience delivering memorable enterprise stories

Benefits

• Free onsite fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment and daily group classes
• Gourmet cafeteria with daily specials, plus soup and salad bars
• Dry cleaning services and sneak peeks at upcoming content
• Free shuttle transportation to and from multiple locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Hoboken, and Jersey City
• Company-sponsored benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid leave and a variety of other discounts and perks

Pay

Salary range: $170,000–$210,000.