Head of Content and Editorial

Accountabilities:

You will own the editorial vision, content quality, and performance of content initiatives, combining strategic direction with hands-on editing and continuous experimentation. Your main responsibilities will include:

• Content Strategy and Editorial Direction: Define what content should be created, who it should serve, and how it supports business objectives, customer needs, and product positioning.

• Editorial Quality and Standards: Establish and maintain high editorial standards, reviewing and refining content to ensure clarity, accuracy, consistency, engagement, and practical value for readers.

• Hands-On Editing and Copywriting: Improve drafts through thoughtful editing, restructuring, and rewriting, identifying opportunities to strengthen messaging, storytelling, readability, and overall impact.

• AI-Assisted Content Creation: Develop and optimize AI-supported content workflows that improve productivity while ensuring outputs meet rigorous editorial standards and provide genuine value to readers.

• Writer Management and Development: Lead a small team of skilled writers, providing editorial guidance, constructive feedback, and clear expectations to strengthen individual capabilities and overall content quality.

• Content Performance and Analytics: Monitor content results, interpret performance metrics, identify successful approaches, and use data to guide editorial decisions and improve outcomes.

• Experimentation and Continuous Improvement: Test new content formats, topics, messaging, and production methods, learn from unsuccessful experiments, and scale approaches that demonstrate positive results.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with marketing, product teams, and executive leadership to understand the products, audience, and business priorities, ensuring content remains relevant and aligned with organizational goals.

• Editorial Ownership and Decision-Making: Work independently, identify opportunities proactively, make informed decisions, and take responsibility for both content quality and performance.

• Content Excellence: Build a culture focused on exceptional writing, strong editorial judgment, continuous learning, and meaningful business impact rather than simply maximizing content volume.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate is an experienced editorial leader with excellent writing instincts, a proven ability to develop talented writers, and the strategic judgment to turn high-quality content into measurable business results. You should be comfortable combining hands-on editorial work with team leadership, AI-assisted production, and data-driven decision-making. Key qualifications include:

• Editorial Leadership: Demonstrated experience managing small teams of skilled writers and maintaining consistently high standards of content quality.

• Exceptional Editing and Copywriting: Outstanding writing, editing, and copywriting skills, with the ability to recognize strong content, identify weaknesses, and transform drafts into polished, compelling material.

• AI Content Expertise: Practical experience using AI tools to create, edit, and improve content efficiently while maintaining accuracy, originality, clarity, and editorial quality.

• Performance and Analytical Skills: Comfort working with content metrics, evaluating results, identifying patterns, and using performance data to inform strategic and editorial decisions.

• Strong Editorial Judgment: Well-developed editorial intuition built through substantial experience, with the confidence to make decisions, test new ideas, and evaluate their effectiveness.

• Technology and SaaS Experience: Background in technology, software, SaaS, or technical content, with the ability to understand complex products and communicate their value clearly.

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to connect editorial priorities with customer needs, product positioning, marketing objectives, and broader business goals.

• Independent Execution: A proactive, hands-on working style, with the ability to take ownership, solve problems, and deliver results without requiring detailed instructions.

• Collaboration and Curiosity: Genuine interest in understanding products, customers, and business models, alongside the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.

• Commitment to Quality: Experience in high-quality editorial environments where excellent writing, thoughtful editorial decisions, and measurable outcomes are prioritized over producing large volumes of content.

Benefits:

• Remote Work: Flexibility to work remotely and organize your working environment.

• Editorial Ownership: Significant autonomy to shape content strategy, establish editorial standards, and influence the organization's approach to content creation.

• Executive Exposure: Direct collaboration with the CEO, marketing team, and product teams.

• AI-Driven Innovation: The opportunity to shape how AI is used to create, edit, and improve high-quality content.

• Freedom to Experiment: Scope to test new ideas, make independent decisions, and measure the impact of your work.

• Meaningful Impact: The opportunity to contribute directly to the growth and success of established software products used by customers worldwide.

• People-Centered Environment: A workplace that values its team members and offers perks and benefits designed to support professional and personal well-being.

• Established, Self-Funded Business: The opportunity to contribute to a profitable, independently funded product company with a long-standing presence in the technology market.