President & General Manager

TEGNA • Tyler, TX

271d

About The Position

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) serves local communities across the U.S. through trustworthy journalism, engaging content, and tools that help people navigate their daily lives. Through customized marketing solutions, we help businesses grow and thrive. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches approximately 100 million people every month across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. For more information, visit TEGNA.com. KYTX-TV, the TEGNA-owned CBS affiliate in Tyler, TX is searching for a motivated and high performing strategic leader to serve as President & General Manager. The television station delivers an array of products, from digital to broadcast, that enhance the audience experience. As the leader of this multi-media operation, the President & General Manager, working with the leadership team, is accountable for developing and executing a strategic plan responsive to the operation's long-term vision. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of recruiting strong performers, building strong collaborative cultures, achieving financial goals and driving innovation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in journalism, business or related field and Five years of strong performance in a leadership position with a multimedia company.
• Experience building high-performing & diverse teams, developing staff, and fostering a culture of care & excellence.
• Proven track record of successful leadership, innovation and goal achievement.
• Top-notch critical thinking skills and data-driven decision-making capability.
• Excellent judgment, role model, and community leader.
• Demonstrated mastery of planning, prioritizing and achieving financial and strategic objectives.
• Immersed in digital strategies and regularly engages with digital products.
• Risk-taking, continuous improvement mentality; strives for new ways to win audience and grow business.
• Effective communicator and inclusive leader who listens well, takes input from all levels, and creates a shared vision.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall success of the station, with full accountability for content, sales, brand and operations across all platforms.
• Develops short, intermediate and long-range revenue and audience strategies to grow market share and engagement across platforms.
• Designs and delivers programming that drives ratings and revenue growth strategies to maximize profit opportunities with the core business and new media business.
• Works directly with the sales organization and clients to provide successful customer solutions.
• Develops and manages the annual budgets, including accurate forecasting.
• Identifies and delivers opportunities to grow multi-platform content and distribution capabilities.
• Provides leadership in the community and builds relationships with advertisers, viewers and customers.
• Develops skills of direct reports; builds a cohesive and accountable team.

Benefits

• TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families.
• TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
• Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA's 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
• Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor's appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
• TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree