Director, Consumer Product - Reuters

Director, Consumer Product - Reuters

Director, Consumer Product - Reuters

We envisage the successful candidate being based in London, with hybrid working available.

Want to deploy your product management skill at one of the world's most trusted - and innovative - news and media organisations? Like the sound of taking a strategic position on our consumer segment that will allow you to problem solve and be key to the implementation of new functionality? You might just be the next Director of Consumer Product at Reuters.

Reuters is looking for an experienced Director of Consumer Product to head our consumer product team. In this new role, you'll lead the ideation, development, and launch of innovative consumer products across the Reuters web and mobile app, managing a high-performing team of product managers, and using a data-driven approach to enhance user satisfaction and drive revenue growth.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 7 years of experience in product management, particularly in digital media publisher settings. They should have a strong understanding of monetization strategies (both in direct-to-consumer subscriptions and advertising), agile processes, and emerging AI technology.

This is a great role for someone with experience in product management - ideally in a digital media publisher setting - that's looking to deploy their understanding of monetization strategies (both in direct-to-consumer subscriptions and advertising), agile processes, and emerging AI technology. You'll lead a high-performing team, leverage data and research for product decisions to anticipate industry trends and will be part of a collaborative, cross-functional team.

If that's not enough, you'll also play a key role in shaping how news and media from one of the world's most trusted brands reaches its global audience. Working at Reuters, you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of our consumer products and make a significant impact on our business strategy. Join us and be a part of a culture of innovation, collaboration, and customer focus.

About the Role

As Director of Consumer Product at Reuters, you will:

1. Lead a team through the ideation, technical development and launch of innovative products for our consumer properties, including our website and mobile app.

2. Manage and develop a high-performing team of product managers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and customer focus.

3. Influence senior stakeholders and build consensus on strategies and priorities, fostering a 'test and learn' approach to product management.

4. Use a data-driven approach to drive product development; integrate usability studies, research and market analysis into product requirements to enhance user satisfaction.

5. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver products that meet user needs and drive revenue growth.

6. Define and analyze metrics that inform the success of products.

7. Understand Reuters' strategic and competitive position, stay abreast of industry trends, anticipate changes in the competitive landscape, and deliver products that are recognized as best in the industry.

8. Manage multiple products and priorities, scale teams, and ensure that org is effective, healthy and set up for success by establishing clear and measurable goals.

About You

You're a fit for the role of Director of Consumer Product at Reuters if you have:

1. Demonstrable experience in a product management setting, with a focus on consumer products in a digital media publisher setting.

2. Proven experience in managing and developing high-performing teams, including individual contributors and managers.

3. Strong understanding of monetization strategies in the digital media space, including experience with direct-to-consumer subscriptions and digital media advertising.

4. Experience leading product management through agile processes and methodologies, A/B testing, and emerging AI technology and opportunities.

5. Exceptional analytical skills, with the ability to leverage data and research to inform product decisions.

6. Strong understanding of the competitive landscape and ability to anticipate industry trends, including experience leveraging gen AI and large language models to solve user problems.

7. Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a proven track record of working effectively with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

Please Note: Completed applications must be submitted by 23:59 on Sunday 23rd February 2025. Early applications are encouraged.

What's in it For You?

1. Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

2. Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

3. Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.

4. Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.

5. Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.

6. Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we've never talked about with as much pride as we should - we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency.

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we've been doing just that for almost 160 years.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion.

Accessibility

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law.