🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll own the vision and roadmap for search, discovery, and personalization across The Economist's web and app products. You'll drive measurable improvements to engagement, satisfaction, and long-term subscriber value. This role is ideal for someone strategic and hands-on, with a focus on editorially-aligned personalisation and generative AI features.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Own the vision and roadmap for Discovery & Personalisation across web and app.
• Lead evolution of keyword and semantic search, including relevance and ranking.
• Define behavioural signals and models for browse-led personalisation systems.
• Establish evaluation frameworks for generative AI features like Q&A and summarisation.

📋 Requirements

• Experience owning and shipping search or recommendation systems in content-rich products.
• Hands-on experience defining and evaluating generative AI features.
• Comfortable working with data scientists on ML-driven systems and experimentation.
• Strong communication skills to explain complex systems to technical and non-technical audiences.

✨ Nice to Have

• Experience with subscription or habit-forming digital products.
• Knowledge of responsible AI and human-in-the-loop design.
• Familiarity with editorial workflows and journalistic integrity.

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• 🏖️ Flexible remote work
• 📈 Professional development opportunities
• 🏥 Health insurance
• 💰 Performance bonus