Job Description:

Live Journalism - Strategic Operations Director

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a Strategic Operations Director for various strategic event initiatives. This position will help drive and own outcomes for key internal and cross-functional initiatives, in support of our Live Journalism mission. Reporting to the SVP of Operations, the Strategic Operations Director will serve as the glue for each large-scale Event as well as some smaller events/franchises-seamlessly keeping up with deadlines, ensuring all functions have what they need to produce a successful event, and reporting successes and learnings accordingly.

A successful candidate in this role is a master of cross-functional communication and reporting. They are able to immerse themselves in the processes and procedures of individual functions in order to create cohesive systems that bring clarity across all teams. The candidate is goal-oriented, creating trackable quarterly and yearly KPIs for the department, and always looking for new ways to iterate and improve their individual progress, as well as the progress of the team.

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate overall calendar and roadmap planning: cross-functional initiatives into specific workstreams, help teams define scope, deliverables and schedules, and coordinate activation across multiple teams for multiple stakeholders for our events.
• Maintain consistent communication with each function-coordinate weekly 1:1s to understand how their functions work and build it into the larger calendar.
• Strategically Identify pain points within the process and work to find solutions to benefit the process.
• Work closely with SVP of Operations on how to capture insights and use them to inform decisions for future projects.
• Work closely with the SVP of Operations on finance to coordinate event budget forecasting and tracking, making sure all teams have the budget needs to support each Event.
• Work closely with other Live Journalism functions to create and track ROIs.
• Work with teams on the event P&L, outlining both external and internal cost associated with all Events.
• Ensure the Scope of Work and any legal documentation relating to Events are completed and closed in a timely manner.
• Ensure internal/external communication is uniform and focused.
• Determine the objectives and measurements upon which the Event will be evaluated at its completion.
• Ensure quality control.
• Make sure that all communication from all parties is logged and that all project information is appropriately documented and secured.
• Monitor the progress of our Events and suggest adjustments as necessary to ensure success.
• Ensure that we produce experiences and work we are proud of, holding all parties accountable.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or work equivalent
• Experience in events, production or creative agency with a strategic focus
• Previous experience in scaling businesses is a plus
• Proven ability to assist on large-scale, complex projects end to end
• Outstanding communication skills with comfort presenting to senior leadership
• Excellent relationship management, interpersonal skills, influencing and negotiating skills, and ability to work in high-stress situations
• Strong work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit
• A proven history of delivering high-quality output, on time and within budget

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Business Area: WSJ MEMBERSHIP GROUP

Job Category: Marketing Group

About Us

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 125 years and today has one of the world's largest news gathering operations globally. It produces leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America's largest newspaper by paid circulation; Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch, Financial News, DJX, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones VentureSource.Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

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Req ID: 17078