Head of Digital News, APAC, CNBC

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OVERVIEW:

We are seeking a Head of Digital News, APAC to lead CNBC’s digital editorial coverage across the Asia-Pacific region.

Based in Singapore, this leadership role will oversee all digital content produced out of APAC for CNBC.com, with a sharp focus on business, markets, economics, and tech. You will help shape our editorial strategy, manage a talented newsroom, and ensure our journalism is authoritative, timely, and globally relevant.

You will also help build and execute subscription-focused content for CNBC.com, driving scoops, exclusives, and premium analysis that sit behind the paywall. You will play a central role in steering CNBC’s global digital strategy, working closely with senior leaders in the U.S. and EMEA to deliver high-quality, data-driven journalism for our international audience.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead CNBC’s digital editorial strategy in APAC, ensuring coverage is authoritative, engaging, and aligned with the global vision.
• Manage a team of reporters and editors in Singapore and across the region, driving performance, talent development, and collaboration.
• Oversee daily editorial output — from breaking news and live blogs to enterprise stories, analysis, and long-form features, with a strong emphasis on business, markets, economics, and tech.
• Drive scoops, exclusives, and distinctive journalism that deepen CNBC’s authority and build subscription value.
• Shape and execute a subscription-focused digital strategy, commissioning premium stories, analysis, and newsletters that sit behind a paywall. Keep coverage audience-focused, using data and insights to engage readers and grow subscriptions.
• Ensure CNBC’s journalism meets the highest standards of accuracy, clarity, and editorial integrity.
• Work closely with the Head of TV News, APAC, and other teams to coordinate coverage, align editorial priorities, and deliver cross-platform journalism that maximizes impact across TV, digital, video, and social.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Proven experience in senior editorial roles within a global newsroom, ideally with a business and markets-focused portfolio.
• Strong track record of leading subscription or paywalled content strategies, with experience building, scaling, or optimizing digital subscription products.
• Demonstrated ability to commission scoops, exclusives, and agenda-setting journalism that drives both audience engagement and subscriptions.
• Strong record of managing teams and delivering measurable growth in both audience and subscription growth.
• Exceptional news judgment and ability to balance fast-moving breaking news with deeper enterprise and premium paywall journalism.
• Strong leadership skills with a commitment to mentoring and developing diverse newsroom talent.
• Deep understanding of how global business audiences consume digital news, with fluency in SEO, newsletters, analytics, and social media strategy.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with proven success working across multi-platform newsrooms.
• Ability to thrive under pressure and adapt quickly to fast-moving news cycles.

DESIRED ATTRIBUTES:

• While not essential for this role, candidates with experience or proficiency in the following attributes tend to excel in this position.      
• Eight (8) or more years of experience with three (3) or more years of management and leadership experience.
• Ability to travel as required, usually within the Asia Pacific region. Familiarity with CNBC News standards.
• The responsibilities associated with this position are not limited to the above description and may be modified at any time by the Company.

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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