The Sun is one of the UKās strongest brands and is growing rapidly in a fastāmoving digital world. More than just a newspaper, it is an entertainer, a cultural reference point, and a daily relationship with our audience. Our product team owns several key digital products, including Sun Savers, Sun Web and Mobile Apps, and the Sun Classic digital newspaper.
News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our news brands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have marketāleading local stations across Ireland. Our worldāfamous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiāformat brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun.
Your Role
Working within the Sun product team××”×××, you will collaborate closely with our Editorial team to build out a compelling roadmap for the Newsroom. You will lead projects from discovery through to implementation, playing a key role in shaping the future of our products while reporting to the Head of Product. This is an exciting opportunity to use data to drive decisions and implement features that align with a highāimpact product strategy.
Day to day You Will
- Balance shortāterm delivery with a longāterm platform vision, making tradeāoffs explicit and maintaining momentum across your workstream.
- Manage the product roadmap for your area, providing clear options to stakeholder groups to gain approval.
- Collaborate with wider Technology teams to ensure they have a deep understanding of requirements at an early stage.
- Lead the endātoāend management and delivery of products in line with business and product strategy.
- Nurture relationships with teams throughout the organisation to ensure successful and seamless product deliveries.
What weāre looking for from you
- Demonstrate a track record of leading digital product teams within fastāpaced media, publishing, or consumer tech environments.
- Show a deep understanding of WordPress.
- Communicate confidently with both technical and nonātechnical stakeholders.
- Maintain exceptional organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and evolving requirements.
- Apply strong analytical and storytelling skills, using data to drive decisions and inspire teams.
- Evidence a passion for news, media, and storytelling.
Life at News
Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices thatisers. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive longāterm sustainable growth.
Benefits
- Private medical insurance including coverage for preāexisting conditions
- Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly ināperson/virtual exercise classes
- āBikes for Workā and āElectric Carā scheme
- Up to 60% discount on HarperāCollins books
- Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
- Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such asĻĪæĻ (talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times). Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
- Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
- A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
- Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year
Seniority level
MidāSenior level
Employment type
Fullātime
Job function
Product Management
Industries
Newspaper Publishing and Technology, Information and Media
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Contact Detail:
The Sun Recruiting Team