About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Newspaper Publishing.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

Confidential Client is hiring a detail-oriented, self-motivated Digital Product Manager to own product workflows from discovery through delivery and ongoing site operations. You will partner with editorial, business stakeholders, in-house developers, and external vendors to deliver roadmapped projects, prioritize bug fixes and paywall work, and report on site performance.

• Lead daily and weekly stand-ups with the digital director and development team
• Maintain and organize Asana tickets to communicate scope, status, blockers, and priorities
• Translate technical status and trade-offs into clear, non-technical updates for stakeholders
• Create and maintain product roadmaps for medium and large initiatives
• Coordinate daily deployments and verify release quality
• Track and document developers’ estimated vs. actual hours for tickets
• Monitor and report site speed and other web performance metrics; report results from optimization experiments
• Enforce visual and editorial protocol standards for marketing, outreach, and engagement changes
• Act as the liaison between digital leadership and editorial/publishing teams on all active builds

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What We’re Looking For

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in project or product management (required)
• Proven ability to communicate technical issues to nontechnical staff
• Track record of managing multiple short- and long-term projects simultaneously
• Experience enforcing protocols and coordinating work across departments and vendors
• Comfortable responding quickly to staff technical questions via Slack, Asana, or similar tools
• Strong meeting facilitation and agenda-setting skills
• Expert knowledge of Asana (required)
• Familiarity with Google Analytics, Page Insights, and other web analytics/performance tools, with the ability to interpret traffic and performance data
• Understanding of front-end and back-end development processes and how they affect delivery and scope

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Preferred

• Background or experience in media, publishing, or newsroom product roles (preferred but not required)
• Experience working with paywalls or subscription products
• Experience documenting and reporting development capacity and velocity

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Compensation & Employment

• Employment type: Full-time
• Salary: $80,500 per year (base)
• This position may be covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
• Confidential Client complies with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws. Specific benefits and additional compensation details will be provided by the hiring organization during the recruitment process.

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Location & Work Authorization

• Location: New York, NY (on-site or hybrid per client policy; confirm during interview)
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. Confidential Client will consider reasonable accommodation requests for candidates with disabilities.

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Notes for Applicants

Careertakes is supporting this hire as a third-party recruiting platform. The hiring client is a Confidential Client in the Newspaper Publishing industry. Applicants may gain access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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