Managing Editor, Health Payer Specialist

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The role / Position overview

Health Payer Specialist, a leading publication covering the health insurance industry, is seeking a Managing Editor to lead a team of hard-working and motivated reporters.

Health Payer Specialist breaks news and delivers insights readers won’t find elsewhere. Our coverage focuses on industry players, major entitlement programs, regulatory shifts, emerging technologies, workforce issues, mergers and acquisitions, and trends in plan design.

This role requires someone who brings a strong vision for how to take Health Payer Specialist to the next level. Our readers rely on us to understand how their markets are changing and what their competitors are doing. This role requires comfort navigating a complex industry, leading a fast-paced news cycle, and monitoring numerous competitors. The ideal candidate will also excel at mentoring journalists and guiding them to produce compelling business journalism for a specialized audience.

Key responsibilities

• Drive the overall editorial direction of the publication, including beat structure, hiring, recruiting, and training.

• Manage and coach a team of reporters and editors to produce high-impact content for health insurance professionals, including news, research, data visualizations, and multimedia content.

• Conduct semi-annual performance reviews and support professional development within the editorial team.

• Collaborate with internal teams to incorporate video, graphics, webcasts, and other multimedia elements into coverage.

• Source and manage freelance contributors.

• Edit all editorial content and supervise publication of the three-times-a-week issues of Health Payer Specialist.

• Edit breaking news alerts as needed and lead regular editorial meetings to guide story selection and development.

• Ensure adherence to FT Specialist editorial style and quality standards.

• Build and maintain strong knowledge of the health insurance industry and the information needs of readers.

• Monitor readership data and analytics to evaluate editorial performance and audience engagement.

• Supervise driven developments and implement ideas to keep Health Payer Specialist differentiated in the marketplace.

• Moderate webcasts or panels at events organized by FT Specialist or the Financial Times events group and represent the editorial team internally and externally.

Required skills / experience

• Experience leading and developing a team of reporters or editors.

• Demonstrated ability to produce content for a specialized or niche audience.

• Experience covering a beat and generating original reporting, including breaking news and exclusive stories.

• Strong ability to identify story ideas, analyze data and filings, and develop enterprise journalism.

• Consistent track record of improving editorial output and exploring creative ways to present information.

• Ability to recognize and respond to reader needs and industry trends.

• High personal standards for editorial excellence and professional integrity.

• Strong curiosity and a desire to continually learn about complex industries and markets.

What’s in it for you? Our benefits

Our benefits vary by location, but we are committed to providing best-in-class perks across all our offices. These include generous annual leave, health coverage, 401k and company match, inclusive parental leave packages, subsidised gym memberships and opportunities to give back to the community. Full details of our benefits are available here.

We’ve embraced a 50% hybrid working model (averaging two to three days onsite) that fosters trust and remote adaptability while encouraging in-person camaraderie and peer learning. Additionally, we are open to accommodating specific flexible working pattern requests for all roles where feasible.

Accessibility

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Further information

A reasonable estimate of the salary range for this role is $135,000–$145,000. To ensure pay fairness, the successful candidate will be offered a salary within the estimated salary range based on a number of considerations including but not limited to: skills; experience and training; certifications; and other business and organisational needs. The disclosed range estimate is for our NYC office and has not been adjusted for other locations.

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