Director, Strategy & Insights

Dow Jones•New York, NY

3d•$180,000 - $205,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As the Director of Strategy & Insights, you will run corporate strategy projects for the consumer business and create a shared source of truth about our customers. On the strategy side: market entry questions, portfolio decisions, future-proofing our business. On the insights side: collaborating with analytics and research teams across Dow Jones to harmonize metrics, align on a shared view of the customer, and drive insights-led decision making at the senior leadership level. This is a strategy role with a focus on insights–not a market research or analytics role. You will work on-site in our Midtown Manhattan office 3 days a week and report to the SVP, Consumer Ventures & Strategy.

Requirements

12+ years of experience in strategy and operations roles; including experience at a top-tier consulting firm and/or a high-performing internal corporate strategy/strategy and operations team, with meaningful exposure to data and insights work
A proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and navigate complex organizations
Comfort with data tools and architecture
At least: fluency with AI and ideas about how to use it for synthesis and research; at best: experience deploying AI tools across an analytics or strategy function
A deep interest in the future of media and content businesses and ideas about how to navigate it
The willingness to work in our Midtown Manhattan office at least 3 days each week

Nice To Haves

A strategist first: you can frame a question, structure an answer, and write an executive-level memo or build a deck
Able to analyze qualitative and quantitative data to derive insights
Able to navigate, unpack, and understand different metrics, definitions, and points of view
Adept at driving to consensus across functions
A consumer of media and news with a point of view about the future of the content and data business
A data-driven storyteller who knows how to use analytics and insights to drive to decisions
Entrepreneurial: able to put a strategy into action
Media, content, and/or subscription experience

Responsibilities

Lead corporate strategy projects across the consumer portfolio: market entry, portfolio shape, pricing strategy, competitive response
Work across the Dow Jones consumer group to align metrics and derive insights that unlock growth
Translate insights into recommendations on roadmap, pricing, and retention
Track AI, platform, and consumer behavior shifts and feed signal into strategy