The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for. 

Job Description

About the Role

The Partnerships and Portfolio Development (PPD) team works with teams across the New York Times portfolio — The Athletic, NYT Cooking, Wirecutter, NYT News, Games, Audio and more — to develop new commercial opportunities for brands and advertisers to partner with The Times.

The Operations Lead, Partnerships & Portfolio Development is a strategic leader on the Partnerships and Portfolio Development (PPD) team. You will be pivotal in facilitating the creation and expert execution of new revenue-generating partnerships, net-new advertising products, and media alignments across NYT’s portfolio of brands. 

This is a temporary role expected to last 6 months. You will work a hybrid schedule in our New York City office. 

Responsibilities:

• Operational Strategy Development: Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and execute operational strategies that support the creation and implementation of new partnerships and media alignments.

• Feedback Loops: Promote feedback loops from Sales and clients to internal teams to ensure continuous improvement and increase sell-through.

• Timeline Management: Lead the process design and execution of keeping projects on track, and working with PPD leadership to identify when and how timelines need to change and communicating to project stakeholders. 

• Process Optimization: Implement efficient and scalable processes to improve opportunity development, from initial ideation to execution, ensuring agreement on strategic goals.

• Revenue Generation and Healthy Program Economics: Collaborate  with program management, finance and yield partners to ensure healthy program economics that balance innovation and ambition with business needs. 

• Data Enablement: Work with Advertising Operations on data tracking and analytics for PPD process and projects. 

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with departments across the organization (such as Newsroom, Product, Sales, Marketing, Creative, Finance, etc.) to ensure alignment and integration of PPD activities with our goals.

• Communication and Stakeholder Management: Ensure key partners are informed and consulted for various projects, recognizing that much of the work we do has never been done before and the right group of stakeholders may not be immediately obvious. 

• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to safeguard projects and ensure compliance with company policies and industry regulations.

• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

• You will report to the VP of Partnerships and Portfolio Development.

Basic Qualifications:

• 8+ years of operations or project management within a media, publishing, or advertising environment.

• Experience prioritizing goals and setting deadlines with internal teams on large-