Senior Content Portfolio Manager and Head of Content Operations, Financial Times
FT Live
2+ days a week in office
Global business publication
Job no longer available
Global business publication
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
2+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
The FT has an uncompromising mission: delivering independent, quality information, news and services to individuals and companies around the globe. It’s the cornerstone of our reputation and the heart of our ambitions for the future.
Role
Who you are
- Strategic Vision: Demonstrable experience in setting and implementing a strategic vision for a portfolio of B2B events
- B2B Event Production: Proven experience in producing engaging B2B events, including agenda design and speaker recruitment
- Industry Expertise: Ability to develop knowledge in the field and establish positive relationships with collaborators
- Content Operations Expertise: Strong skills in managing content timelines and deliverables to optimise commercial outcomes
- Relationship Management: Ability to build and maintain an extensive network and foster positive connections at all levels
- Team Management: Experience in managing and mentoring teams, supporting professional development
- Commercial Competence: Strong focus on aligning content strategy with commercial goals to drive revenue
- Communication Skills: Excellent written and spoken English, with the ability to engage effectively with customers and audiences
What the job involves
- Reports to: Global Head of Content, FT Live
- FT Live is seeking an experienced, commercially minded Senior Content Portfolio Manager to coordinate a key portfolio of B2B events and lead content operations across the team
- This is a pivotal role for a dynamic, entrepreneurial individual with a proven track record in developing and launching large-scale conferences. An understanding of the link between content development and commercial success is essential
- We are seeking a candidate who will set the strategic direction for their portfolio, establish sector relationships, and drive innovation to ensure FT Live remains at the forefront
- They will oversee content timelines and turning points within the team to optimize commercial success and deliver outstanding event experience
- Portfolio Strategy & Development: Take ownership of a portfolio of events, ensuring alignment with market trends, industry needs, and commercial opportunities
- Content Design & Innovation: Shape event agendas that deliver high value to attendees and sponsors by incorporating formats such as keynotes, interviews, panel discussions , roundtables and debates
- Project Management: Produce and manage specific events, coordinating with departments to meet targets and timelines
- Relationship Building: Develop and maintain relationships within the sector, including key external partners and FT journalists
- Team Leadership & Development: Guide and nurture a small team of conference producers, promoting professional development and facilitating seamless event execution
- Content Operations: Lead content operations, managing timelines, achievements, and deliverables for timely, high-quality event production
- Commercial Contribution: Collaborate with the commercial team to align content strategies with sponsor needs, testing new concepts for portfolio growth
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work across FT Live and the broader FT organisation, including commercial, marketing, operations, and editorial teams
- Marketing Support: Collaborate with the event marketing manager to improve event visibility by devising effective marketing strategies
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Founded in 1888, the FT has grown into one of the world's biggest online and broadsheet economics and business news providers. It has a strong focus on financial journalism and economic analysis, and provides this essential analysis to companies and individuals across the world.
As well as economics and business, the FT also offers sections on opinion, life and arts, how to spend, and more. In 2022, six of its writers won awards in science, data and investment categories, illustrating the breadth and quality of the FT’s journalism.
The company adapts well to changes in the market to maintain its readership. For example, it recently launched a digital hub and weekly newsletter called Cryptofinance to shine a light on the digital asset industry and how innovations are rippling into mainstream finance.
The FT Group employs more than 2300 people worldwide, including 700 journalists in 40 countries. It includes the FT, FT Specialist, and a number of services and joint ventures. FT's focus on providing impartial, high-quality content has gained it a record-paying readership of over a million, three-quarters of which are digital subscriptions.
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back within 2 weeks
52% female employees
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- A range of training courses as well as confidential career coaching and mentoring
- Flexibility - working from home, job sharing, compressed weeks, and flexible working hours
- Enhanced parental leave, flexible leave allowance and paid volunteer leave
- Pension contribution
- Local health coverage plans
- Gym memberships and healthcare schemes, professional counselling sessions, 24-hour employee wellbeing helpline, weekly meditation classes
- Financial wellbeing products and services
Company values
- Ambition
- Curiosity
- Integrity
- Trust
- Inclusion
- Subscriber focus
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
John Ridding
(CEO)After studying for a degree in PPE at Oxford, John worked as Chairman of Pearson Asia, as well as editor of the FT in Asia. In 2006, he was appointed CEO of the FT Group.
Roula Khalaf
(Editor)Following a degree at Columbia University and four years at Forbes, Khalaf joined the FT in 1995 as Associate Editor and Middle East Editor. Since January 2020, she has served as Editor.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Financial Times
Yasir Mirza (Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion)
- D&I annual report
- Reporting pay gaps
- Next generation board
- Employee networks, including Proud FT, FT Embrace, FT Women, FT Families, FT Sustainability, FT Mental Health and FT Access,
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