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Tysons, Virginia, United States
Onsite
TEGNA Inc. helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.
We are seeking a Product Manager to lead the enhancement of TEGNA's internal CMS/digital publishing platform and a native mobile collaboration application. In this role, you will partner with editorial leaders, newsroom teams, and engineering organizations to translate complex workflows into intuitive, high-impact solutions that help journalists and producers plan coverage, create stories, collaborate in real time, and publish content across multiple channels.
This is a unique opportunity to own products that sit at the heart of how modern newsrooms operate—connecting storytellers, editors, photographers, producers, and leadership through integrated publishing and collaboration tools. You'll work at the intersection of product strategy, software development, and creative editorial workflows. You'll be equally comfortable defining system architecture with engineers, discussing user experience with designers, validating workflows with editorial teams, and making pragmatic tradeoff decisions that balance customer needs, technical reality, and business strategy.
Responsibilities
● Own end-to-end product discovery, definition, and lifecycle for the internal enterprise CMS and mobile collaboration platform. Gather requirements from newsrooms, business stakeholders, and technical teams; translate them into clear, testable epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria ready for development.
● Maintain a healthy, prioritized backlog across both products. Lead refinement sessions to ensure stories are well-defined, dependencies are identified, and technical constraints are understood before engineering begins.
● Build strong partnerships with Editorial leadership, business stakeholders, and newsroom teams to deeply understand current-state workflows, pain points, controls, and desired outcomes. Spend regular time observing how journalists, editors, photographers, and producers work to inform product decisions.
● Collaborate closely with Engineering teams throughout sprint cycles—from refinement through delivery. Develop a strong understanding of the software development process; communicate feature requirements clearly in developer-friendly language; and work pragmatically within technical constraints and dependencies.
● Lead agile planning, sprint execution, backlog refinement, and release planning using agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) to establish predictable delivery cadence. Focus on agile principles and workflow efficiency rather than rigid ceremony adherence.
● Manage scope, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations—balancing internal customer value with technical debt, platform constraints, and risk considerations.
● Establish traceability from customer requirements through delivery and release. Support UAT, demos, and acceptance sign-off to validate that shipped features meet intended outcomes.
● Monitor post-release feedback, adoption metrics, and operational KPIs. Drive continuous improvement cycles to reduce rework, improve user satisfaction, and enhance system performance.
● Lead stakeholder communications covering roadmap priorities, release plans, dependencies, tradeoffs, risks, and post-launch performance across editorial, engineering, and business teams.
Requirements:
● 4+ years of Product Management or Product Owner experience with demonstrated ownership of customer-facing products or internal platform systems.
● Familiarity with content management systems, digital publishing platforms, media asset management systems (MAM), or collaborative editing tools.
● Strong understanding of the software development process and lifecycle. Comfortable discussing technical constraints, dependencies, and design trade-offs with engineers. Ability to write clear, testable user stories and acceptance criteria that developers can act on.
● Experience working with Agile/Scrum delivery teams and managing backlogs in Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar tools. Familiarity with agile frameworks and workflow principles.
● Demonstrated success gathering requirements from diverse stakeholders, translating them into actionable product requirements, and validating solutions with customers.
● Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences—from engineers to editorial leadership.
● Strong analytical, prioritization, and decision-making skills. Comfortable making tradeoff decisions in ambiguous, cross-functional environments.
● Data-informed decision maker with experience defining, measuring, and improving product outcomes.
Preferred Qualifications
● Knowledge of newsroom operations, editorial workflows, journalism, or media technology.
● Experience with analytics platforms (e.g., Amplitude) to measure adoption, engagement, and feature success.
● Familiarity with enterprise integration concepts (APIs, data flows, identity/access management).
● Experience with governance, risk, and compliance requirements (audit readiness, data privacy).
● Proficiency with tools like Confluence, Figma, Visio/Lucid, and Microsoft Suite.
Key Competencies
● Stakeholder facilitation and influence without authority
● Process-oriented mindset (current-state analysis, future-state design)
● Technical acumen and ability to translate between engineering and business languages
● Customer empathy and user-centric product thinking
● Clarity in defining requirements and acceptance criteria
● Pragmatic prioritization and tradeoff management
● Organized, proactive ownership with strong accountability
● Comfort working in fast-paced, iterative, cross-functional environments
Success Measures
● Requirements are consistently captured, validated, and translated into clear epics and user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria.
● Backlog health improves across both platforms (fewer clarifications mid-sprint, reduced rework, clear prioritization).
● Internal stakeholders report improved alignment, transparency, and predictability of delivery.
● Delivered features improve newsroom workflow efficiency and user satisfaction metrics.
● Engineering team reports clear requirements, fewer blocking dependencies, and efficient sprint execution.
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.
EEO statement:
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com
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