Senior Product Manager, Content (6-Month Contract)

Join the future of news

We're on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America. At The Washington Post, you'll help reinvent news. Our work is driven by a deep investigative spirit and enhanced by innovation to bring audiences closer to the stories that matter most.

About Our Team

The Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award-winning Newsroom and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.

Why This Role Matters

The Washington Post is hiring a short-term contractor to support a mission-critical initiative in our creator tools space . This role blends product ownership with technical project management to help drive the execution of new tools and workflows used daily by our newsroom.

You'll work closely with editorial stakeholders, engineers, and designers to creatively problem-solve, sequence complex workstreams, and keep a high-impact project moving forward. This is a hands-on role, ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments and is energized by collaboration, clarity, and real momentum.
Responsibilities:

• Serve as a key execution lead on a core newsroom tooling initiative
• Translate goals and editorial workflows into actionable requirements
• Drive cross-functional coordination
• Collaborate with design and engineering to identify creative, efficient solutions
• Prioritize and sequence work to deliver incremental value while managing dependencies
• Ensure clarity and alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product management, technical project management, or a hybrid role
• Are comfortable working in newsroom, media, or internal tools environments
• Excel at breaking down complex problems and guiding teams through ambiguity
• Communicate clearly across disciplines and build trust with stakeholders quickly
• Enjoy bringing structure, focus, and momentum to collaborative projects

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with editorial or publishing tools
• Familiarity with iterative delivery and content workflows

Ability to adapt product thinking to short timelines and shifting priorities

Your story awaits. Apply today!

Learn more about The Post at careers.washingtonpost.com.

Client-provided location(s): Washington, DC

Job ID: washington-JR-90275467

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-08-05T17:10:41