Senior Director of Product Engineering; AJC

Position: Senior Director of Product Engineering (AJC)
** Company
* * Cox Enterprises
** Job Family Group
** Engineering / Product Development
** Job Profile
** Sr Director, Engineering / Product Development
** Management Level
** Sr Director
** Flexible Work Option
** Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week
** Travel %
** Yes, 15% of the time
** Work Shift
** Day
* * Compensation
* * Compensation includes a base salary of $ - $. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
** Job Description
** The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is seeking an experienced, forward-thinking leader to guide our Product Engineering organization. As the Director or Senior Director of Product Engineering (title commensurate with experience), you will be responsible for the strategic direction, execution, and ongoing evolution of the engineering systems, practices, and platforms that power our products.

You will eliminate single points of failure, standardize engineering systems, and ensure our web and mobile experiences are technically sound, discoverable, and reliable — particularly during high-traffic news events. Your mandate is to move us from reactive fixes to durable systems that consistently support audience growth and subscriber engagement.

At The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), our mission isto be the most essential and engaging source of newsfor the people of Atlanta, Georgia and the South. As we transition from a historic daily newspaper to a dynamic modern media company, we are seeking a talented a Product Engineering leaderto join our team.

The AJC believes that when you cover the South, you uncover the nation. It’s a belief that’s produced award-winning journalism, elevated our community, and captured the substance and soul of our hometown.

If you're ready to make headlines with your talent and drive, we want you on our team. Apply now and be a part of the next chapter in the AJC’s transformation.##
** WHAT YOU'LL DO**:

Responsibilities
* Lead and manage the Product Engineering organization and consumer-facing product engineering stack, including web and mobile applications, APIs, email newsletter templates, release systems, and performance monitoring.
* Collaborate with senior leaders to understand needs, translate strategy into technical plans, and ensure that architecture, systems, and delivery practices align with product roadmaps and business goals.
* Provide technical and operational leadership for major consumer-facing initiatives, ensuring they meet business requirements, adhere to budget and timelines, and follow best-in-class engineering, architectural, and security standards.
* Accountable for consumer platform performance and engineering health, including Core Web Vitals, client-side error rates, API reliability, release quality, and crash-free sessions. Establish clear ownership, monitoring, and escalation paths to prevent regressions and ensure resilience during peak traffic events.
* Partner with the Principal Enterprise Architect to strengthen application architecture, CDN, caching, and edge practices, reducing single points of failure and ensuring redundancy in platform-critical systems.
* Provide technical leadership for SEO and discoverability hygiene, including structured data integrity, rendering performance, crawl/indexation monitoring, template consistency, and platform-level safeguards that prevent search and answer-engine regressions.
* Evaluate emerging technologies, engineering methodologies, and AI-driven workflows, assessing their potential value and guiding thoughtful adoption that improves engineering leverage and velocity.
* Define and uphold engineering policies, standards, and operating procedures, including code quality, release management, testing frameworks, data integrity, security, and privacy requirements.
* Manage relationships with external vendors, agencies, and technology partners, negotiating agreements, overseeing performance, and ensuring service levels and delivery expectations are met.
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