Rarely does an opportunity arise to shape and drive the product strategy for a fast-growing, iconic media brand. Delivering high-quality news to our global audience has never been more critical, and in this role, you will be key in shaping how the FT continues to grow and deliver on its mission.
The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading business news and information organisations, recognised globally for its authority, integrity, and accuracy. We have a well-established, growing B2B and B2C subscription business alongside an increasingly diverse set of products, with a global paying audience exceeding 2.8M and growing year on year.
At the FT, curiosity thrives, and ambitious thinking is rewarded. Together, we help audiences stay better informed and deepen their understanding of the world around them.
Our Product & Technology teams are integral to this success, driving us forward in an ever-evolving digital landscape. These teams deliver cutting-edge products to over one million digital subscribers daily, enabling our employees to do their jobs and our customers to enjoy highly engaging experiences of journalism.
Collaboration with a 'products are partnerships' mindset is central to how we work, enabling alignment across departments and ensuring exceptional journalism. Supported by a diverse and dynamic group of product, tech, delivery, and data specialists, we build world-class tools that continue to drive our growth and success.
With a supportive culture, entrepreneurial spirit, and endless opportunities for growth, there are no limits to where your FT career can take you. Build a newsworthy career at the FT.
Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
We believe in the power of unique perspectives and want all voices in our organisation to be heard, respected and valued. A supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves and operate to their full potential. We are committed to removing barriers for everyone, with a focus on addressing those faced by underrepresented groups.
We are looking for a Chief Product Officer with a proven track record of working alongside technology, data, editorial, and commercial departments. The successful candidate will excel at applying cross-departmental know-how and experience, with a bias for action and delivery. They will have the ability to determine how much product discovery is required and adapt approaches based on context using FT experience departments. Strong stakeholder engagement and management are critical, as is understanding the needs and perspectives of the editor and board members.
As the leader of a team of 80+ product managers, UX and design practitioners, customer researchers, and business analysts, you will oversee product management across the Financial Times Ltd portfolio. This includes FT.com, mobile apps, and FT Specialist products:FT Specialist.
Additionally, you will manage internal tools/products/capabilities such as our CMS, Editorial tools, Martech, CRM, and the underlying platforms. Your focus will be on ensuring the FT builds the right products and services to accelerate the growth of the Financial Times Group as well as our parent group, Nikkei. You will take mature products forward, build new products to drive growth, and recognise when to retire or close products that no longer align with our strategic objectives.
This role reports to the Chief Product and Technology Officer and is part of a senior leadership team responsible for all Product and Technology at the FT, covering everything from laptops and WiFi through to cyber security, data, software and product development.
It is a truly global role—you will have team members in London, in the UK, and Sofia in Bulgaria, and work with engineers in Manila in the Philippines. You will also work closely with our colleagues at our parent company, Nikkei.
In this role, you will shape the FT’s long-term success by ensuring the delivery of impactful products aligned with editorial and commercial business goals and strategies.
This role involves travel—it is critical that our global teams are fully supported. We share travel responsibilities among the senior team to ensure we balance the requirement to spend time with team members and the importance we place on our home lives.
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Our benefits vary by location, but we are committed to providing best-in-class perks across all our offices. These include:
Full details of our benefits are available here
We’ve embraced a hybrid working model that promotes flexibility, including remote work options. We will support specific flexibility requests for all roles where feasible.
We are a Disability Confident employer and a Valuable 500 signatory.
Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments or personalisation as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements or have any questions, email talent@ft.com, and a member of our team will be happy to help.
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