Enterprise Editor

Business Insider is hiring an Enterprise Editor to lead our teams focused on investigative and enterprising business journalism. An award-winning publication multiple times over, Business Insider has long prioritized in-depth, revelatory journalism. This editor will be charged with shepherding the newsroom’s pursuit of such distinguishing coverage.

The Enterprise Editor is expected to lead their own team and also work with other reporters and editors across the newsroom.

This editor will bring a vision that aligns with Business Insider’s focus on business, technology, finance, and innovation. This person should be skilled at selecting subjects, guiding and inspiring reporters and editors, keeping efforts on track, and delivering compelling, impactful, and bulletproof stories.

This editor would oversee stories and packages akin to The True Cost of Data Centers, which recently won a Polk Award, and The Business of C-Sections, a recent finalist for an ASME award.

The Enterprise Editor reports to the Editor in Chief and is on her leadership team. The Enterprise Editor plays an important role working with edit leadership on vision, management, and strategy. The Enterprise Editor will work closely with the Editor in Chief to establish reporting and publication goals for the Enterprise team.

This role is based in New York City, with an in-office expectation of at least three days a week.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage reporters and an editor on the enterprise team and ensure the team is staffed with top talent.

• Identify and staff the most-important coverage veins.

• Inspire and guide to excellence through story selection that aligns with our business-focused coverage mission.

• Top-edit sensitive and complex stories, including working with our legal department, and coordinating fact-checking.

• Ensure the team is delivering on appropriate timetables.

• Collaborate across the newsroom by working with data graphics, audience development, and the video teams to enhance our investigations and engage with our audience.

The Ideal candidate has:

• At least 10 years of journalism experience with a proven track record of success and experience building and managing teams.

• Significant business or finance journalism experience and a passion for the subject.

• A track record of success with long-form and enterprise journalism.

• Major journalistic accomplishments, including high-impact journalism.

• Facility working with anonymous sources.

• A proven ability to run big editorial projects.

• A proven ability to successfully edit complicated stories and uphold standards.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across teams.

• Excellent project management skills.

• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage multiple challenges simultaneously.

Salary & Benefits:

• Salary: $200,000 (dependent on skills, experience, and competencies) plus eligibility for an annual bonus

• Unlimited PTO, 10 paid holidays, and 16 weeks of parental leave

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans

• Matched and vested 401k plan

• Access to resources for financial planning guidance, family planning services, mental health reach out, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

• Additional benefits include commuter benefits, phone reimbursement, gym membership discounts, and more

Business Insider is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and, when making employment decisions, does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, age, nationality or national origin, religion, disability, familial status, and military or veteran status. We encourage members of traditionally underrepresented groups to apply.

Salary for the role is commensurate with experience and depends on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience.
US pay range
$200,000—$200,000 USD

Are you passionate about this opportunity, but worried that you don’t have 100% of the experience we’re looking for? We still want to hear from you! Apply online and let us know why you would make a great addition to Business Insider.