The New York Times
Technical Product Manager II, Content Data Products
$120K–$142K
New York, NY · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- 3–5 years in technical product management focused on content data and platform infrastructure; 3+ years launching complex software products with engineering teams.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Science, Journalism, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads the roadmap and delivery of The New York Times’ content data warehouse and ingestion pipelines, supporting editorial needs, search, retrieval, and AI use cases.
What you'll do
- Set strategy and deliver the content data warehouse, ingestion pipelines, and metadata enrichment.
- Specify modeling, ingestion, and indexing for new content formats; improve archival metadata and catalog completeness.
- Gather requirements, establish data contracts, prioritize features, and guide product development from concept to launch.
What they ask for
- 3–5 years of technical product management experience focused on content data and platform infrastructure.
- 3+ years launching complex software products in close partnership with engineering teams.
- Demonstrated experience with unstructured or multimedia data ingestion pipelines and downstream integrations such as search indexes, analytics, or ML/AI systems.
- Experience conducting research, defining technical requirements, navigating ambiguity, and communicating complex technical concepts to varied audiences.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with search/retrieval systems and how structured metadata supports search engines and AI.
- Working knowledge of SQL, relational database architecture, and schema auditing.
Pay
$120,000 — $142,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
SQL
AI focus
The role supports AI use cases by preparing and indexing content data for retrieval and AI systems, and partners with the New AI Products and Platforms team.
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