About BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed News & HuffPost

BuzzFeed is the world’s leading independent digital media and tech company, with a cross-platform news and entertainment network that reaches hundreds of millions of people globally and spreads Joy and Truth across the internet. BuzzFeed’s portfolio of brands are household names that people rely on to inform and entertain, including: BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed News, Tasty, HuffPost, Nifty, Bring Me, Cocoa Butter, Pero Like, Worth It, and Unsolved, to name a few. 

Started in 2012, BuzzFeed News is a global news organization providing original online reporting and video programming across the internet’s biggest platforms. BuzzFeed News’ mission is to report to you: to cover what you care about, break big stories that hold major institutions accountable for their actions, and expose injustices that change people's lives — all while averaging over 50 million unique monthly readers.

In 2021, BuzzFeed acquired HuffPost, a leading source of news and commentary for the most diverse and connected generation ever. HuffPost believes in putting people before power and telling the stories that too often go unheard, from the voices that matter. With this acquisition, BuzzFeed reached an unrivaled scale, engagement and cultural impact.

The Role 

We're looking for an experienced Director of Product Management to grow and monetize our News experiences which includes the BuzzFeed News and HuffPost websites and apps. You will have a passion for news and leading teams to launch and improve impactful products.

You’ll develop a long-term strategy, but will have to balance that with the nuts and bolts of getting product work out the door. You'll be the hands-on product lead with management of two product managers, overseeing dedicated teams of engineers, designers, and data analysts on HuffPost and BuzzFeed News respectively, that are focused on creating differentiated and compelling site and app experiences. 

This is a highly visible and influential role to help determine the future of our News products with a lot of potential for growth.

You Will 

• You will manage the BuzzFeed News and HuffPost consumer-facing experiences which span BuzzFeedNews.com, the BuzzFeed News App, HuffPost.com, the HuffPost App, the News tab within the BuzzFeed App, and our Google AMP, Facebook Instant Articles, and Apple News pages.
• You will develop, evangelize, and execute on a strategy for driving growth, retention, and monetization across our products by working with team leads and partners throughout the entire organization.
• You will set the vision and strategy for your portfolio of products, set quarterly and annual objectives and key results (OKRs), direct and define roadmaps, prioritize the work, and communicate and coordinate the overall plans of the website and apps with partners within and outside of the product, design and engineering organization.
• You will drive alignment and decisions within the HuffPost PDE team (product management, design, engineering), across BuzzFeed Tech teams (ad tech, commerce, data science, product analytics), partners (editorial, audience development, advertising, marketing, operations, sales, legal, etc), and the executive team at BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed News and HuffPost.
• You will build, mentor, and manage a team of two Product Managers with the potential (but not requirement) to also manage additional product managers. This includes helping your direct reports to deliver great results, providing and soliciting feedback, setting clear career development goals and checking in on progress against those goals.
• You will be an individual contributor and manager, running projects while also managing the work of your direct reports. This means you will be hands-on solving problems at a tactical level while also defining and setting a strategy with your counterparts.
• You will assume responsibility over and own areas of our overall product department. This includes oversight of the health and quality of our products, our processes/operations, staffing needs, growth of management skills, and recruiting.

You Have

• Experienced: You have 8+ years of product management experience, launching and managing multiple digital products, with a slant towards a consumer experience and how that drives the business.
• Committed Manager: You are committed to the growth of your direct reports and have experience managing — hiring, mentoring, coaching and developing careers.
• Collaborative and communicative: You have an ability to work well and communicate with engineers, designers, and data scientists as well as business partners. Experience working with journalists is a plus. Flexibility and listening with empathy are a must for this role.
• Comfortable in the spotlight: You will need to collaborate with and help influence senior leaders across the company to advance our News portfolio and product strategy in a fairly complex problem space.
• Curious and analytical: You are proficient in data and insights. You regularly size opportunities and don't merely accept outliers in data, but investigate and dive into the numbers and research to find novel insights and new product ideas.
• User focused: You have a deep empathy for user problems and use this to identify solutions to enhance and improve their experience.
• Passion for journalism: You have a passion for journalism and believe in the mission of BuzzFeed News and HuffPost.

All job applications must be received through the official BuzzFeed Jobs board (https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/jobs), including referrals. It is BuzzFeed's practice to not schedule job interviews until after an application is submitted through our jobs board.

Life at BuzzFeed

At BuzzFeed, we believe our work benefits from the diverse perspectives of our employees. As such, BuzzFeed celebrates inclusion and is committed to equal opportunity employment. At BuzzFeed, you can expect:

• A supportive, inclusive atmosphere on a team that values your contributions
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth through work experience, offerings from our in-house Learning @ BuzzFeed team, our Employee Resource Groups, and more
• An attractive and equitable compensation package, including salary and stock options

A generous benefits program featuring PTO, unlimited sick time, comprehensive medical benefits, a family leave policy, access to mental health platforms, retirement plans, gym and wellness discounts, and much more.

BuzzFeed is the world’s leading tech-powered media company, with a cross-platform news and entertainment network that reaches hundreds of millions of people globally. The company aims to spread truth and joy across the internet by producing articles, lists, quizzes, videos, original series; lifestyle content through brands including Tasty, the world’s largest social food network; original reporting and investigative journalism through BuzzFeed News; strategic partnerships, licensing and product development through BuzzFeed Marketing; and original productions across broadcast, cable, SVOD, film and digital platforms for BuzzFeed Studios. 

BuzzFeed is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.