Vice President, Salem Podcasting Network

About the role

Salem Media Group is seeking a seasoned media executive to lead the Salem Podcast Network, focused on growing the network's audiences, influence, and revenue while impacting lives and communities by amplifying truth, faith, and self-governance.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, develop, retain podcast talent that aligns with Salem’s truth, faith, and self-governance mission.
• Build large, engaged, first-party audiences around talent across audio, video, social, email, and other platforms.
• Develop and oversee all revenue opportunities generated from Salem podcast talent including advertising, sponsorships, subscriptions, events, licensing, and future monetization models.
• Negotiate podcast talent agreements.
• Establish the operating discipline, analytics, and execution cadence necessary to consistently grow audience, revenue, and profitability.
• Navigate changes in platform algorithms, distribution channels, and advertising models.
• Identify and capitalize on market opportunities, emerging content trends, and audience shifts.
• Lead cross-functional teams including content, production, sales, marketing, audience development, and operations.
• Scale operations as the network grows.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in podcast content development, audience growth, and podcast advertising sales.
• 5+ years’ experience leading podcast talent and talent production teams.
• 3+ years’ experience negotiating talent agreements.
• Proven track record of podcast revenue generation.
• Experience exceeding multimillion-dollar budgets.
• Proven podcast audience growth track record.
• Ability to turn podcast content into a scalable multimedia business.
• Strong understanding of YouTube Podcasting, Spotify, Apple Podcasts.

Benefits

• Competitive pay structure based on experience.
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 401k retirement plan.
• Paid holidays and vacation time.

Pay

Compensation: $240,000.