SVP & GM - News12

News 12 is our award-winning, hyper local news station covering communities throughout Long Island, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Westchester, Hudson Valley, Connecticut and New Jersey. News 12 New York is our National streaming service for regional news, weather and News 12 originals.
If you're committed to delivering high quality news and storytelling with a hyper local lens, we have positions available for both on and off-air talent with opportunities for development and growth.
Job Summary
Reporting to the President & EVP - News & Advertising, & Programming, the SVP & GM News12 will hold responsibility for the audience building, brand product development, and general business operations for News 12. This includes developing and advancing strategies and teams that drive audience and growth across platforms, including seven local news networks covering the tri-state, and News 12 New York, a national streaming service for regional news, weather, and original programming. This role will be at the center of News 12's future success, upholding our commitment to high impact, unbiased journalism while driving modernization across the organization and prioritizing an inclusive and innovative culture.
Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and drives strategy for News staff by driving a culture of innovation, respect for one another and overall excellence in a multi-platform environment.
• Leads complex, distributed teams across many functions, including News 12 editorial, production, digital, and growth.
• Directs and manages the overall operations to drive results, including established goals/objectives in ratings, revenue, and expense management.
• Partners with the SVP Network Production & Tech to lead development of the network's AI strategy across all platforms and workflows.
• Champions data and analytics to drive multi-platform content, product and platform optimization as well as accountability across the organization.
• Ideates, surfaces and drives execution of brand enhancing opportunities that leverage audience research, industry innovations and/or hyperlocal developments.
• Develops and implements a content strategy that attracts and engages audiences across all broadcast, digital, social media, and streaming platforms.
• Continues to build and grow the digital strategy across content development and technical operations. This includes growth of social media platforms, including YouTube.
• Works with news management team to ensure local newscasts are well conceived and provide high quality, accurate coverage aimed at improving News 12's competitive position in the market.
• Partners with engineering and data & analytics teams to explore and implement data management, analytics, and AI solutions aimed at driving the News 12 business forward.
• Acts as a News12 ambassador in the community; develops and maintains strong relationships with community leaders.
• Develops ongoing training and professional development opportunities to drive engagement and ensure team members' skills are up to date with respect to industry trends and best practices.
• Cross collaborates to find synergies across Optimum's B2C and B2B Businesses

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Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience working at a senior level in a news or media organization
• Proven strategist and tactician who has seen first-hand what it takes to develop and successfully manage a best-in-class news team and strategy
• Strong financial acumen, with previous experience successfully managing a P&L for a media organization
• Ability to recognize, create and communicate priorities, strategies, market opportunities and challenges to drive growth and performance improvement
• Strong understanding of news and ratings/performance measures with an ability to use consumer analytics to drive content strategy
• Inspiring leader, coach and advisor with a track record of garnering respect and trust at all levels, as well as a keen ability to assess, attract, and develop talent
• Skilled collaborator, who finds challenges energizing and is excited by the opportunity to build new and creative ideas that drive results and revenue for the business
• Extraordinarily adaptable with a proven ability to handle multiple complex challenges at an exceptional pace
• Excellent communicator with a confident and collaborative style and adept at aligning internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to think outside of traditional journalistic and News norms regarding use of technology and automation
• Bachelor's degree in media, journalism, business administration, for related field. MBA or other graduate degree preferred

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This position is identified as being performed in/or reporting to company operations in New York State. Salary ranges are supplied in compliance with New York State law. Pay is competitive and based on a number of job-related factors, including skills and experience. The starting pay rate/range at time of hire for this position in the posted location is $242,760.00 - $346,800.00 / year. The rate/range provided herein is the anticipated pay at the time of hire, and does not reflect future job opportunity.
Nearest Major Market: Brooklyn
Nearest Secondary Market: New York City