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Lee Enterprises Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Lee Enterprises is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the development of digital experiences that power our news and content platforms. In this role, you’ll shape the roadmap for high-impact B2C features that drive audience growth, engagement, and monetization. You’ll work closely with engineering, UX, and editorial teams to deliver products that serve millions of readers across web and mobile channels.
Key Responsibilities:
Own and manage a prioritized and integrated roadmap which reflects a comprehensive set of Audience initiatives tied to business outcomes. Manage a prioritized two-sprint backlog for cross-functional agile teams delivering consumer-facing features. Write clear and concise user stories, requirements, and acceptance criteria that reflect business goals and user needs. Collaborate with designers, engineers, and stakeholders to deliver intuitive and accessible digital experiences. Participate in sprint ceremonies, leading refinement sessions, and ensure delivery of roadmap initiatives on time and within scope. Monitor and optimize digital experiences with a focus on page performance, content personalization, and ad revenue impact. Deliver weekly updates to stakeholders and leadership, clearly summarizing progress, tradeoffs, and risk mitigation strategies. Use tools such as Jira, Confluence, Figma, and Google Analytics to manage execution and measure success. Partner with marketing and data teams to define and track audience KPIs, subscription funnels, and retention metrics. Maintain executive-level communication and business cases using PowerPoint, Excel, and clear storytelling techniques.
Qualifications:
5+ years in digital product management, with at least 2 years focused on media, publishing, or B2C platforms. Deep understanding of audience engagement, content distribution, and monetization strategies (ads, subscriptions, paywalls). Proficiency in Jira, Confluence, and Agile methodology. Experience working with cross-functional teams (engineering, editorial, marketing, UX) to deliver consumer-first products. Skilled in presenting ideas to senior executives and communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Strong command of Excel and PowerPoint for analysis, reporting, and communication. Familiarity with SEO, Core Web Vitals, and responsive design best practices.
Preferred Traits And Experience
Experience with Pragmatic Product Management, AWS’ working backwards or a similar product management lifecycle approach. Passionate about journalism, storytelling, and the evolving digital news landscape. A data-informed thinker who can balance intuition with measurable outcomes. Comfortable working across legacy systems and modern platforms to deliver real results.
Why Join Us?
Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.
Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 72 markets in 25 states. Our core commitment is to provide valuable, intensely local news and information to the communities we serve.
Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net.
We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply. Seniority level
Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type
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Senior Product Manager
role at
Lee Enterprises 1 month ago Be among the first 25 applicants Join to apply for the
Senior Product Manager
role at
Lee Enterprises Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Lee Enterprises is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the development of digital experiences that power our news and content platforms. In this role, you’ll shape the roadmap for high-impact B2C features that drive audience growth, engagement, and monetization. You’ll work closely with engineering, UX, and editorial teams to deliver products that serve millions of readers across web and mobile channels.
Key Responsibilities:
Own and manage a prioritized and integrated roadmap which reflects a comprehensive set of Audience initiatives tied to business outcomes. Manage a prioritized two-sprint backlog for cross-functional agile teams delivering consumer-facing features. Write clear and concise user stories, requirements, and acceptance criteria that reflect business goals and user needs. Collaborate with designers, engineers, and stakeholders to deliver intuitive and accessible digital experiences. Participate in sprint ceremonies, leading refinement sessions, and ensure delivery of roadmap initiatives on time and within scope. Monitor and optimize digital experiences with a focus on page performance, content personalization, and ad revenue impact. Deliver weekly updates to stakeholders and leadership, clearly summarizing progress, tradeoffs, and risk mitigation strategies. Use tools such as Jira, Confluence, Figma, and Google Analytics to manage execution and measure success. Partner with marketing and data teams to define and track audience KPIs, subscription funnels, and retention metrics. Maintain executive-level communication and business cases using PowerPoint, Excel, and clear storytelling techniques.
Qualifications:
5+ years in digital product management, with at least 2 years focused on media, publishing, or B2C platforms. Deep understanding of audience engagement, content distribution, and monetization strategies (ads, subscriptions, paywalls). Proficiency in Jira, Confluence, and Agile methodology. Experience working with cross-functional teams (engineering, editorial, marketing, UX) to deliver consumer-first products. Skilled in presenting ideas to senior executives and communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Strong command of Excel and PowerPoint for analysis, reporting, and communication. Familiarity with SEO, Core Web Vitals, and responsive design best practices.
Preferred Traits And Experience
Experience with Pragmatic Product Management, AWS’ working backwards or a similar product management lifecycle approach. Passionate about journalism, storytelling, and the evolving digital news landscape. A data-informed thinker who can balance intuition with measurable outcomes. Comfortable working across legacy systems and modern platforms to deliver real results.
Why Join Us?
Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.
Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 72 markets in 25 states. Our core commitment is to provide valuable, intensely local news and information to the communities we serve.
Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net.
We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply. Seniority level
Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type
Employment type Full-time Job function
Job function Product Management and Marketing Industries Advertising Services, Newspaper Publishing, and Online Audio and Video Media Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Lee Enterprises by 2x Sign in to set job alerts for “Senior Product Manager” roles.
Sr. Business Development Manager - After Market
Davenport, IA $123,750.00-$181,500.00 1 week ago Senior Project Manager, Power Generation
Silvis, IL $50,000.00-$65,000.00 2 months ago We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.
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