Washington Post

Senior Product Manager, Core Experiences

Washington Post$119K — $199K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of product management experience, particularly with consumer-focused digital products.
  • Demonstrated ability to improve large-scale user experiences, not just individual features.
  • Experience with data-driven decision making and the ability to balance data insights with intuition.
  • Familiarity with design and engineering collaboration for product enhancement.
  • A sensitivity to content, storytelling, and user experience beyond mere interface design.
  • Strong product judgment with a focus on quality and trust as key metrics.
  • Commitment to journalism and understanding its value in a digital landscape influenced by AI.

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve the core experiences of The Washington Post's website and apps.
  • Define and improve engagement, retention, speed, and user satisfaction metrics.
  • Utilize data and research to identify areas for product iteration and enhancement.
  • Collaborate closely with design and engineering teams to refine product interactions.
  • Build features that create user habits and make The Post a daily destination.
  • Focus on detailing experiences that resonate across different user platforms and demographics.
  • Continuously enhance how journalism is presented within the product.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Company-paid pension and 401(k) matching program.
  • Three weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave.
  • Nine paid holidays and two personal days annually.
  • 20 weeks of paid parental leave for new parents.
  • Robust mental health resources available to staff.
  • Backup care and caregiver concierge services offered.
  • Gender-affirming services provided.
  • Access to pet insurance for employees.
  • Free digital subscription to The Washington Post.
  • Leadership and career development programs available.
Full Job Description

The Washington Post is looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead the evolution of our core digital experience1 how millions of people read, navigate, and build a relationship with our journalism every day.

This is not a role solely focused on launching new standalone products (though, you will do that). Its about making The Posts core experiences even more indispensable, faster, clearer, more intuitive, more trusted and more engaging for every user.

You will work at the center of Product, Design, and Engineering to continuously improve the fundamentals: how The Posts world-class reporting is discovered, consumed, and remembered. The goal is simple to state and difficult to achieve: make The Post feel essential to daily life.

What Motivates You

The Washington Post reaches millions of people every day, but reach alone is not enough. The opportunity is to make that experience: more intuitive and effortless; more engaging and habit-forming; and more worthy of users time and trust, every day. This role sits at the heart of that work. Not building something new on the side, but improving the thing that matters most, every single day.

If you care about product quality, believe small improvements compound into meaningful impact, and want to work on a product that informs the public at scale, this is that role.

How Youll Support the Mission

The Skills and Experience You Bring

  • Own the core experience. Drive the evolution of the Washington Post website and apps: homepages, article pages, navigation, and key user journeys.

  • Make qualityand trustmeasurable. Define and improve the metrics that matter: engagement, retention, frequency, speed, and user satisfaction.

  • Turn insight into iteration. Use data, research, and instinct to identify friction, prioritize improvements, and ship continuously.

  • Partner deeply with Design and Engineering. Work side-by-side to refine interaction models, improve performance, and elevate the overall product experience.

  • Strengthen the daily habit. Identify and build the features, loops, and cues that bring users back, making The Post part of their routine, not just a destination.

  • Balance craft and scale. Care about the details that make experiences feel great, while ensuring solutions work across platforms and audiences.

  • Improve how journalism lives in the product. Continuously refine how stories are presented, structured, and surfaced1 so great journalism reaches and resonates with more people.

What Were Looking For

  • A product manager who has improved meaningful, at-scale consumer experiences, not just shipped features. Bonus points for prior news/journalism product experience.

  • Strong product judgment: you know what to fix, what to leave alone, and what to rethink entirely.

  • Comfort working in high-traffic, high-visibility surfaces where small changes have large impact.

  • Fluency with data, but not dependency on it. You use it to inform decisions, not avoid them.

  • Experience partnering closely with design and engineering to raise the quality of shipped work.

  • A bias toward iteration and momentum; you make things better week by week, not just quarter by quarter.

  • Sensitivity to content, storytelling, and how users actually experience informationnot just interfaces.

  • A foundational belief in the importance of journalism and trusted expertise, and where that mission fits in an increasingly AI-driven world.

Collaboration makes us stronger. Thats why our offices are designed with open layouts, modern technology, and easy access to transportation. With certain exceptions for newsgathering and business travel, we work on-site five days a week.

Compensation and Benefits

Wherever you are in your life or career, The Washington Post offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits for every step of your journey:

  • Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage

  • Company-paid pension and 401(k) match

  • Three weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave

  • Nine paid holidays and two personal days

  • 20 weeks paid parental leave for any new parent

  • Robust mental health resources

  • Backup care and caregiver concierge services

  • Gender affirming services

  • Pet insurance

  • Free Post digital subscription

  • Leadership and career development programs

Benefits may vary based on the job, full-time or part-time schedule, location, and collectively bargained status.

The salary range for this position is:

$119,700 - $199,300 Annual

The actual salary within this range will depend on individual skills, experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements. This position may be eligible for a bonus or incentive program, and a member of the Talent Acquisition team will discuss bonus payment terms and conditions during the interview process.

About Washington Post

The Washington Post is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most-widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large international audience. Daily broadsheet editions are printed for D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. The newspaper has won the Pulitzer Prize 65 times for its work, the second-most of any publication. It is considered a newspaper of record in the U.S. Post journalists have also received 18 Nieman Fellowships and 368 White House News Photographers Association awards. The paper is well known for its political reporting and is one of the few remaining American newspapers to operate foreign bureaus. The Post was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. Financier Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy in 1933 and revived its health and reputation, work continued by his successors Katharine and Phil Graham, who bought out several rival publications. The Post's 1971 printing of the Pentagon Papers helped spur opposition to the Vietnam War. Subsequently, in the best-known episode in the newspaper's history, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein led the American press's investigation into what became known as the Watergate scandal, which resulted in the 1974 resignation of President Richard Nixon. The advent of the internet expanded the Post's national and international reach. In October 2013, the Graham family sold the newspaper to Nash Holdings, a holding company owned by Jeff Bezos, for $250 million.
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