Product Manager - Audio

Our benefits package is designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and work-life balance. It includes a highly competitive pension or 401(k) plan, private health insurance, and 24/7 access to counselling and wellbeing resources through our Employee Assistance Program.

Work From Anywhere

program, which allows you to work from any location where you have the legal right to do so for up to 25 days per year. In addition, we provide generous annual and parental leave, as well as dedicated days off for volunteering and even for moving home.

You will also be given free access to all

The Economist

content, including an online subscription, our range of apps, podcasts and more.

The Product Manager for Audio will own the quality and delivery of The Economist's listening experiences across our app, web, and third-party platforms.

This means day-to-day responsibility for the in-app and on-web audio player, article narration and text-to-speech pipelines, podcast hosting and distribution via Acast, and how listeners find and engage with our audio on platforms including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

The role sits within a broader Audio and Video product team and reports to the

Principal PM, Audio and Video

You will work closely with Editorial, Engineering and Analytics to make audio experiences that are reliable, engaging and worthy of The Economist's reputation.

This is an individual contributor role suited to a PM who wants to own a meaningful product area with real depth, not someone looking to manage upward or own strategy from day one.

We are an organisation that exists to drive progress. That's the “red thread” that connects everyone at The Economist Group (TEG). Our businesses share a devotion to innovation, independence and rigour in their fields of expertise. We empower people to understand and tackle the critical challenges and changes facing the world. Our analytical rigour, global expertise and evidence-based insights enable individuals and organisations to make sense of these shifts and chart a course through them.

We deliver analysis and insights in many formats to subscribers and businesses in 170 countries through our three businesses, The Economist, Economist Enterprise and Economist Education, which uphold our global reputation for excellence and integrity.

The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs. We deliver world-class, thought-provoking content through a range of formats including web, app, print, audio, conferences and film. What unites us is our independence, global perspective and commitment to clarity of thought.

Audio is an increasingly important way subscribers experience The Economist. From article narrations and text-to-speech to our portfolio of podcasts, our audio products give our journalism a distinctly human dimension and a growing role in how subscribers build a lasting habit with us.

We are seeking a

Product Manager to own the listening experience and audio operations