Program Manager, Fortune Live Media

Fortune Media•New York City, NY

About The Position

Fortune Media is hiring a Program Manager for Fortune Live Media. The role develops and executes speaker strategy, including building targeted speaker pipelines and identifying, vetting, pitching, securing, and managing relationships with senior executives, founders, policymakers, investors, and other influential voices. The Program Manager owns session content from concept through delivery. This includes designing formats, writing session descriptions and moderator talking points, preparing briefing materials and scripts, shaping cohesive agendas around business news and emerging trends, and briefing speakers and moderators. The role also drafts and edits program overviews, speaker materials, and website and marketing copy. The position manages programming timelines, deliverables, stakeholders, and workstreams across multiple events and projects. It collaborates with live events, client services, marketing, editorial, production, sales, and PR teams, and oversees assigned sessions and speakers on-site, troubleshooting needs and coordinating with production and editorial teams to support high-quality execution. Fortune Media's mission is to change the world by making business better through trusted information, great storytelling, rigorous benchmarking, and world-class community building. Its stated values are humility, ownership, and transparency. The company affirms its commitment to equal employment opportunity and to diversity and inclusion.

Requirements

3–5 years of experience producing content in media or live events, or working in executive engagement, corporate relations, or a related field.
Confidence and diplomacy with senior leaders, with the ability to uphold Fortune's editorial line while meeting client and sponsor needs.
Strong writing and editorial judgment, including the ability to turn economic and business trends into newsworthy conversations with clear takeaways.
Strong organization, resourcefulness, attention to detail, and a solutions-focused approach to managing complex, overlapping priorities in a fast-paced setting.
Curiosity about business news and the people and ideas shaping it, including the ability to identify fresh angles and rising leaders.
Clear communication, openness to feedback, and the ability to move work forward across teams with differing priorities.
Comfort using AI tools and emerging technologies to accelerate research, strengthen workflows, and improve programming processes while exercising sound editorial judgment.

Nice To Haves

A background in news media or business journalism.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute speaker strategy by building targeted pipelines and identifying, vetting, pitching, securing, and managing relationships with influential speakers.
Own session content from initial concept through stage delivery, including designing formats and writing session descriptions, moderator talking points, briefing materials, and scripts.
Track business news and emerging trends to develop themes, session concepts, formats, and speakers, and shape cohesive programs for Fortune audiences.
Prepare briefing documents for speakers and moderators and help deliver the briefings.
Draft and edit program overviews, session descriptions, speaker materials, and other website and marketing copy.
Manage assigned programs and workstreams, keeping timelines, deliverables, and stakeholders on track across multiple events and projects.
Partner with live events, client services, marketing, editorial, production, sales, and PR teams to deliver strong programming and events on time.
Oversee assigned sessions and speakers on-site, troubleshoot programming needs in real time, and work with production and editorial teams to ensure high-quality execution.

Benefits

20 vacation days and 2 personal days, in addition to 11 company holidays and an honor-based sick leave policy.
Health, dental, and vision coverage, with 90% paid for individuals and families.
Flexible spending accounts, with Fortune contributing to an HSA.
401(k) plan.
Generous parental leave.
Dependent care benefits.
Commuter benefits.
Cell phone benefits.
Tuition reimbursement program.
An open, inclusive, and diverse work culture.