Deputy Editor, Editorial Strategy & Audience

Crain Communications•New York, NY

3d•$130,000 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

Pensions & Investments is seeking a senior editorial leader to serve as Deputy Editor, partnering closely with the Editor in Chief to help run a digital-first, user-needs–driven newsroom serving institutional investors. This role is the newsroom’s strategic No. 2. The Deputy Editor will help set editorial priorities, sharpen differentiation, strengthen franchises and newsletters, and ensure our journalism consistently helps readers stay informed, understand complexity, see implications, and make better decisions. The role is suited to an editor with strong judgment, leadership presence, and the potential to grow into the Editor in Chief position over time.

Requirements

Senior editing and newsroom leadership experience in a digital-first environment
Familiarity with user-needs or audience-led editorial models
Strong editorial judgment and comfort making trade-offs
Proven ability to coach talent and lead change
Interest in serving sophisticated institutional audiences

Responsibilities

Set Editorial Focus
Help set daily and weekly editorial priorities across platforms
Ensure stories are commissioned and framed around a clear primary user need (update, explain, analyze, or decide)
Edit and shape stories on a daily basis, working directly with reporters and editors on priority coverage to sharpen framing, institutional relevance, and “why this matters” for core audiences.
Push the newsroom toward fewer commodity stories and more interpretation and decision support
Build Franchises and Reader Habit
Oversee the development of key newsletters and recurring editorial franchises
Work with editors to create repeatable formats readers rely on at predictable moments
Use audience insight and editorial judgment together to refine what we do more of — and what we stop doing
Raise the Bar on Digital Craft
Ensure content is packaged for clarity, usefulness, and longevity in digital formats
Champion strong framing, scannability, and clear “why this matters” storytelling
Partner with audience and product teams to improve reach and engagement
Develop Editors and Talent
Coach editors and reporters to sharpen judgment, framing, and audience focus
Help develop future editorial leaders and strengthen the newsroom bench
Model decisiveness, clarity, and accountability in how the newsroom operates
Partner Across the Organization
Collaborate with events, research/data, and commercial teams to align editorial priorities with sustainable growth, while maintaining editorial independence and standards