Dow Jones

Job Description:

About the Role

Dow Jones is seeking a collaborative, detail-oriented strategic leader to support the continued growth and evolution of The Wall Street Journal and WSJ+ subscription portfolios. As Senior Manager, Subscription Strategy, you will partner closely with the Senior Director to drive execution of key strategic initiatives, support performance monitoring, and collaborate cross-functionally to improve subscriber value, engagement, and retention.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys solving complex business challenges, and is passionate about delivering great experiences for subscribers. You will play a critical role in driving the day-to-day operational success of the team while contributing to the long-term strategy and evolution of our product ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic & Operational Execution

• Support execution of cross-functional initiatives that drive acquisition, engagement, and retention across the WSJ and WSJ+ portfolio.
• Help develop and refine new subscriber value propositions and subscription constructs, working closely with product, marketing, and consumer insights teams.
• Coordinate team input into key business reviews, strategy documents, and dashboards—ensuring senior leaders have clear visibility into performance and priorities.

Portfolio & Product Support

• Assist in the development and rollout of new WSJ+ offerings
• Partner with Product and Brand teams to ensure the customer journey reflects the differentiated value of each offering.
• Monitor and support performance of acquisition and engagement campaigns, partnering with Performance Marketing to surface trends and opportunities.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Act as a connector across teams—helping translate business needs into actionable plans and ensuring alignment with stakeholders in Finance, Legal, Tech, Product, and Marketing.
• Contribute to the development of test plans, customer research efforts, and competitive scans to inform product development and growth opportunities.
• Assist in the creation of materials for SLT/ELT updates and cross-functional briefings.

Team & Leadership Support

• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the Senior Director, helping to prioritize initiatives and manage workstreams across a growing team.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the Subscription Strategy team to ensure shared goals are met and dependencies are managed effectively.

About You

• 10+ years of experience in strategy, marketing, product development, or general management—ideally in a subscription-based or digital media business.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to break down complex challenges into clear, actionable plans.
• Comfort working across teams and synthesizing multiple inputs into concise recommendations.
• Exceptional communication and organization skills with attention to detail and a proactive mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams with competing priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

About You

• 10+ years of experience in strategy, marketing, product development, or general management—ideally in a subscription-based or digital media business.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to break down complex challenges into clear, actionable plans.
• Comfort working across teams and synthesizing multiple inputs into concise recommendations.
• Exceptional communication and organization skills with attention to detail and a proactive mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams with competing priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at talentresourceteam@dowjones.com. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - CMO - Marketing

Job Category:

Marketing & Product Management

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Pay Range: 140,000.00 - 170,000.00

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..