Head of Product & AI Studio

American Journalism Project

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6218 Georgia Ave NW

Washington District of Columbia United States 20011

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Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Postal Code: 20011

Job Category: Media Business Positions,Other

Employment Type: Full time

Salary: ,596 USD per year

Posted: 03.04.2026

The American Journalism Project (AJP) is seeking a Head of Product & AI Studio to own the support strategy for product and AI excellence across AJP’s growing portfolio of local nonprofit news organizations, and own the strategy for AJP’s own product and AI efforts as an organization. This role calls for a seasoned product leader with sharp strategic instincts, deep experience building and scaling digital products, and a passion for helping mission‑driven news organizations use technology responsibly and effectively.

You’ll shape AJP’s product and AI strategy, coach newsroom and business leaders, cultivate industry partnerships, and help develop a tech and AI‑forward approach to product development that strengthens organizational sustainability and audience impact in our portfolio. You’ll also lead AJP’s product innovation and excellence efforts internally and externally, helping teams identify and adopt industry best practices, while managing your team and partners to achieve strong results.

• Local First:
  We know that local journalism must serve and be led by local communities. We make a practice of listening to, and making decisions with – not for – those communities, and connecting them to find strength in each other.
• Bold Leadership:
  We understand the severe economic challenge facing local news and thus democracy, and we embrace a sense of possibility with courage, urgency, and perseverance.
• Constant Learning:
  We recognize the unknown in front of us. Therefore, we operate with humility and a commitment to continuous improvement and collaboration.
• Commitment to Equity:
  We commit to creating a better, more diverse, and more inclusive news media that advances human and civil rights. We actively fight against injustice and racism, and that starts with doing the work ourselves.
• Integrity:
  We accept the responsibility of earning trust every day. We operate with honesty, transparency, dignity, and respect, and without allegiance to party, ideology, profit, or power.

The Growth Investments team is committed to strengthening the nonprofit news sector across the country. We continuously search for excellent nonprofit news organizations that have the potential to grow in scale and impact in their communities, invest capital in those organizations targeted at supporting their growth, and coach and support those grantees to maximize their revenue potential. Our goal is to set all the organizations in our portfolio on a path to become best-in‑class local nonprofit institutions with the sustainable resources to more adequately meet the information needs of their communities.

This role will report to the Senior Vice President, Specialized Support, and manage the Product & AI Studio staff and contractors.

Our total compensation package is competitive in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors, and we are committed to supporting our team with what they need to show up every day ready to bolster the local press our democracy deserves.

We benchmark our salaries against similar organizations, and use a scale that considers job complexity and magnitude of responsibility to determine role levels and corresponding base salaries, as well as regular cost‑of‑living adjustments. The salary range for this position is $189,633 – $208,596. Read about our benefits here .

The Head of Product & AI Studio will lead AJP’s product strategy and excellence, including the responsible integration of AI, across the organization and our portfolio of local nonprofit newsrooms. The role combines senior product leadership, coaching, and partnerships to help mission‑driven news organizations build and scale digital products that strengthen sustainability and audience impact.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Lead AJP’s overall Product & AI Studio

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