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Account Manager
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About TEGNA
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.
The Account Manager supports Account Executives’ sales efforts by taking ownership of fulfillment in such a way that the AE can play their role of being client-facing, creating opportunities and closing revenue. The Account Manager manages the day-to-day responsibilities of accounts to ensure proper implementation of their solutions. The Account Manager influences and drives sales by providing superior customer service and support across Broadcast Television and Digital, aiming at retaining clients and growing business. This job reports to Sales Manager.
Responsibilities:
- Provide support to assigned Account Executives on post-sale activity including campaign implementation, maintenance, and review.
- Daily interaction with existing advertising agencies and direct clients; this responsibility includes maintenance of client schedules on television and digital in addition to implementation of special projects and promotions.
- Works in tandem with Account Executives, Marketing Director, Research Director, and Creative Services to support client needs.
- Attend sales meetings and sales trainings to gain sales, product and process information and keep abreast of company products and services to articulate to client, when appropriate.
- Partner with designated Account Executives in identifying new/incremental revenue based on campaign results.
- Assist designated Account Executives with maintenance of contracts, generating avails, traffic, make-goods, collection and overall customer service.
- Regular tracking of clients’ audience delivery using ratings, impressions, clients KPIs, and campaign fulfillment.
- Coordinate with team to set up new customer accounts, contracts, order entry and revisions.
Requirements:
- 1-3 years of account management in a professional, fast-paced media sales environment.
- Track record of successfully retaining and growing clients.
- Knowledge of marketing solutions including broadcasting and digital advertising is preferred.
- Knowledge of Google Analytics and advertising solutions is highly desirable.
- Prior experience using CRM systems and MS Office suite.
- Able to make decisions and solve problems independently to support customer needs.
- Self-motivation and willingness to work as a team player are essential attributes.
- Demonstrate ability to be creative, flexible, and able to adapt to change with evolving priorities.
- Creative with ability to work effectively as part of a team and independently.
- Detail oriented with ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks to meet deadlines.
- Position requires strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as strong organization and time management skills.
Benefits:
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.
EEO statement:
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com
Recruiting Fraud Alert:
To all candidates: your personal information and online safety are important to us. Only TEGNA Recruiters or Hiring Managers will reach out to you regarding consideration of your application or background. Communications with TEGNA employees will either come from a TEGNA email address with a domain of tegna.com or one of our affiliate station domains.
Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments, ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers.
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UX Copy Lead - Product & Experience
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About TEGNA
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.
We’re seeking a strategic and creative UX Copy Lead to define and drive our product voice across all digital experiences. In this role, you’ll lead UX writing efforts and craft copy that enhances usability, drives clarity, and deepens user engagement. You will shape how we communicate with users in ways that are clear, helpful, and human. You’ll collaborate closely with designers, researchers, product managers, and engineers to deliver intuitive, human-centered experiences.
Who you are
The UX Copy Lead will bring our brand voice to life across TEGNA’s entire digital ecosystem. You’re a strategic thinker who sees content as a key part of the design process—not just words that fill in blanks. You can shift between cross-channel systems thinking and interactive content design with ease. You write like a real human talks, and believe in being clear over clever—but you’re capable of both. You’re comfortable pushing back or questioning assumptions when it means advocating for the user. You enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams, and know how to build strong relationships with designers, PMs, and developers. You care deeply about inclusion, accessibility, and plain language. You’re always looking to learn, improve, and experiment—whether it’s with tone, UX patterns, or tools. And moreover, you are committed to and inspired by our mission to serve and connect local communities everywhere.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead UX Writing & UX Content Design: Write and review in-product copy across user flows, navigation, onboarding, error messages, settings, notifications, and more.
- Establish Product Voice & Tone: Define, document, and evangelize content standards, voice guidelines, and tone principles that reflect our brand and support usability.
- Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with Product Designers, Researchers, Product Managers, Engineers, Legal, and Marketing to deliver consistent and effective messaging throughout the user journey.
- Support and Mentor: Provide guidance to other writers and product teams. Mentor junior UX writers or content designers and contribute to building a strong content culture.
- Improve Through Testing & Research: Use qualitative and quantitative data to test copy, validate ideas, and refine content based on user feedback.
- Contribute to Design Systems: Partner with design system teams to ensure copy patterns are scalable, reusable, and consistent.
Requirements:
- 5–7 years of experience in UX writing, content design, or related fields.
- A portfolio that shows how your copy improves user experience.
- Proven ability to lead content initiatives in fast-paced, agile environments.
- Strong knowledge of UX design principles, usability, and accessibility.
- Experience working in design tools like Figma, and familiarity with systems like Jira or Confluence.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working in agile, fast-paced product environments.
- Familiarity with product management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
- Background in consumer-driven domains.
Why Join Us?
- Be the voice behind experiences used by millions of users.
- Help define the role of UX copy across our organization.
- Work with a passionate, user-first team of designers and product thinkers.
- Enjoy competitive compensation, benefits, and opportunities to grow in a supportive environment. #LI-MS1
Benefits:
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.
EEO statement:
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com
Recruiting Fraud Alert:
To all candidates: your personal information and online safety are important to us. Only TEGNA Recruiters or Hiring Managers will reach out to you regarding consideration of your application or background. Communications with TEGNA employees will either come from a TEGNA email address with a domain of tegna.com or one of our affiliate station domains.
Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments, ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers.
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Product Analyst - Product & Experience
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About TEGNA
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.
We are looking for a detail-oriented and strategic Product Analyst to support data-driven product development and decision-making. You will work closely with Product Managers, Designers, Engineers, and Business Stakeholders to uncover insights, monitor product performance, and guide strategy with clear, actionable analysis across TEGNA’s entire digital ecosystem.
Who you are
The Product Analyst is the nexus between consumer centered business strategy and enabling Digital Products at scale. You love diving into data, uncovering trends, and identifying patterns that others might miss. You are curious and impact-driven – asking thoughtful questions and are passionate about using data to drive real-world results. You thrive in cross-functional environments and are comfortable working with product managers, content leaders, engineers, designers, and marketers. You are a strong communicator who can translate complex data findings into stories that stakeholders understand and act on. You take pride in your work and sweat the small stuff—because you know the details matter. And moreover, you are committed to and inspired by our mission to serve local communities everywhere.
Key Responsibilities:
- Product Analytics: Track, measure, and analyze user behavior across digital products to understand performance, identify trends, and surface insights.
- Data Storytelling & Visualization: Translate complex data into clear and compelling narratives through dashboards, reports, and presentations that inform product direction.
- Experimentation & A/B Testing: Design, execute, and analyze A/B and multivariate tests to validate new features, design changes, and growth experiments.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams to define KPIs, prioritize analytical needs, and drive alignment on metrics and measurement strategies.
- User Insights & Research Support: Combine qualitative user research with quantitative analysis to provide a full picture of the user journey and experience.
- Data Infrastructure & Tools: Collaborate with data engineering teams to improve event tracking, data pipelines, and tooling to ensure data accuracy and accessibility.
Requirements:
- 3–5 years of experience in product analytics, business intelligence, data science, or a related role.
- Strong experience in web analytics and dashboarding is required.
- Proficiency in SQL is essential, along with a working knowledge of visualization and analytics tools such as Tableau, Looker, Amplitude, Mixpanel, or Google Analytics.
- Strong analytical skills with experience in A/B testing, cohort analysis, funnel analysis, retention, and product performance tracking.
- Ability to communicate findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Familiarity with product development processes and agile environments.
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or related discipline desired.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working in agile, fast-paced product environments.
- Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python or R) for advanced analysis.
- Familiarity with product management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
- Background in consumer-driven domains.
Why Join Us?
- Be a critical voice in shaping product strategy through data.
- Work in a fast-paced, collaborative, and user-focused environment.
- Enjoy opportunities for growth, innovation, and real-world impact.
- Competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for growth. #LI-MS1
Benefits:
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.
EEO statement:
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com
Recruiting Fraud Alert:
To all candidates: your personal information and online safety are important to us. Only TEGNA Recruiters or Hiring Managers will reach out to you regarding consideration of your application or background. Communications with TEGNA employees will either come from a TEGNA email address with a domain of tegna.com or one of our affiliate station domains.
Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments, ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers.
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Director, B2B Performance Marketing
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About TEGNA
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.
TEGNA is seeking a proven marketing leader who can architect and optimize a scalable B2B marketing engine to deliver marketing qualified leads for a national media organization. This role will include overseeing the buildout of our enterprise-level lead generation and CRM infrastructure, ensuring that marketing, sales, and product teams are fully aligned around shared data, automation, and performance.
The ideal candidate has deep experience leading marketing operations and demand generation at scale — ideally within media, ad tech, or a data-driven digital business. You know how to design and optimize a lead funnel from top-of-funnel identification through nurturing and MQL handoff, and you thrive at the intersection of marketing, technology, and business outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead Generation Infrastructure: Build and scale a multi-channel lead generation pipeline, integrating digital campaigns, CRM, and analytics tools to drive qualified pipeline growth.
- CRM Implementation: Lead the configuration, and rollout of an enterprise-level CRM, including data integration, workflows, reporting, and governance.
- Funnel Optimization: Design and continuously improve the end-to-end lead funnel — from prospect identification and segmentation to nurture programs and MQL conversion.
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate closely with engineering, product, sales and data teams to ensure seamless system integrations and accurate attribution tracking.
- Measurement and Reporting: Define and operationalize marketing performance metrics, ensuring visibility into campaign ROI, lead quality, and conversion rates.
- Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a small team across marketing operations, automation, and analytics, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and excellence.
Qualifications:
- 15+ years of progressive experience in B2B marketing, with progressive success in efficient demand generation.
- Proven success standing up or optimizing enterprise-grade CRM and marketing automation systems (Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo, or equivalent).
- Experience driving a profitable and scaled B2B lead engine through both organic, paid and earned media.
- Strong technical fluency — able to translate between marketing, product, and engineering stakeholders.
- Deep understanding of lead lifecycle management, scoring, attribution, and nurture workflows.
- Prior experience in media, ad tech, or data-driven marketing environments strongly preferred.
- Exceptional analytical, organizational, and leadership skills, with the ability to drive cross-functional alignment and measurable growth. #LI-MS1
Benefits:
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.
EEO statement:
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com
Recruiting Fraud Alert:
To all candidates: your personal information and online safety are important to us. Only TEGNA Recruiters or Hiring Managers will reach out to you regarding consideration of your application or background. Communications with TEGNA employees will either come from a TEGNA email address with a domain of tegna.com or one of our affiliate station domains.
Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments, ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers.
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Product Owner - CTV Growth and Engagement
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About TEGNA
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.
We’re looking for a Product Owner to take ownership of the CTV/Streaming product roadmap, ensure alignment between business goals and user needs, and work with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful, high-quality digital products. As the bridge between stakeholders and development teams, you’ll help shape product vision into actionable stories and features that deliver real value.
Who you are
The Product Owner is the nexus of the digital organization – strategically aligning and driving teams forward to deliver value for TEGNA and for our end users. You are user-obsessed and constantly looking for ways to improve customer experience. You have a bias for action, and you’re comfortable making decisions with limited information. You’re a natural translator, skilled at turning complexity into clarity—both for users and development teams. You thrive in cross-functional teams and have the collaboration chops to bring people together and align around a shared vision. You understand agile principles and love working iteratively, using data and feedback to guide your decisions. You’re organized, pragmatic, and focused on delivering real outcomes—not just features. Moreover, you are motivated and inspired by TEGNA’s mission to connect and service local communities everywhere.
Scope of Responsibility
Lead high functioning lean full-stack product teams (product, design, copy, engineering, QA) to deliver best in class mobile centric products. Develop and maintain a robust and transparent product backlog. Create epics and user stories that align with Product strategy and vision. Partner with Product Leadership to plan and execute roadmap goals by facilitating agile scrum ceremonies, removing obstacles and ultimately delivering quality products on time and on budget. Own and improve all processes to drive value, quality, and team velocity. Document and effectively communicate risks or impediments that hinder team progress.
Top Key Activities
- Backlog Ownership: Own and prioritize the product backlog to ensure the team always works on the most valuable features by balancing content priorities, user experience, platform capabilities, and delivery timelines
- Requirement Gathering & Refinement: Translate business needs, customer feedback, and market trends into clear, detailed user stories and acceptance criteria. Obsession with Backlog health (actionable user stories and minimal to no carryover)
- Sprint Planning & Delivery: Work closely with designers, engineers, and QA during sprint cycles to ensure smooth delivery, clarity of scope, and fast decision-making.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Act as the primary point of contact between product teams and stakeholders, ensuring clear communication of priorities, expectations, and progress.
- Customer Focus: Champion the voice of the customer in all product decisions, ensuring we build intuitive and valuable experiences. Leverage qualitative research, analytics, and engagement signals/data to inform product decisions.
- Strategy & Roadmap Definition: Contribute to product strategy and road mapping in collaboration with Product Leadership.
- Continuous Improvement: Analyze product performance, gather user feedback, and iterate features to continuously improve user experience and business outcomes.
- Communications: Leads core team and stakeholder communications. E.g., dependencies, launches, setbacks, learnings, tradeoff decisions, etc.
- Team output: Leverages team velocity and capacity planning to continually improve product delivery.
Domain Acumen
- Ability to drive product requirements for dynamic sponsorship formats/monetization, off-platform discovery journeys (send-to-device) and distribution.
- Knowledge of subscription services to enhance top of funnel growth initiatives.
- Experience building or improving connected TV or streaming experiences across multiple platforms and smart TVs.
- Hands on practical knowledge of CTV and streaming ad server and analytics platforms to track performance metrics.
- Demonstrated proficiency turning data into actionable insights, leveraging KPIs such as engagement, retention, playback success, and ad-delivery.
- Knowledge of industry trends and competitive landscape, with the ability to traverse, test and recommend emerging streaming solutions
- Practical knowledge of user experience, data, and product strategy within the context of streaming.
Key Professional Traits and Requirements
- Thrives in fast-paced environments
- Works collaboratively across all consumer domains, business partners
- Strong communicator (written & verbal) with active listening skills
- Supports and facilitates healthy team dynamics
- Professional and reflects TEGNA values
- Strong planning and organizational skills
- Proactive
- Ability to effectively negotiate
- Ability to say No (when appropriate)
- Ability to maintain a keen attention to detail, multitask and work well under pressure
Deep knowledge and proficiency with the following tools:
- Atlassian products, Jira, Jira Product Discovery, Confluence
- UX/UI tools, Figma
- MS 365 Suite (Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Why Join Us?
- Be a key voice in shaping a product used by millions of users every day.
- Work in a collaborative, user-centered, and agile environment.
- Join a company that values ownership, transparency, and impact.
- Competitive salary and great benefits. #LI-MS1
Benefits:
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.
EEO statement:
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com
Recruiting Fraud Alert:
To all candidates: your personal information and online safety are important to us. Only TEGNA Recruiters or Hiring Managers will reach out to you regarding consideration of your application or background. Communications with TEGNA employees will either come from a TEGNA email address with a domain of tegna.com or one of our affiliate station domains.
Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments, ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers.
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Director, AI & Automation
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About TEGNA
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.
TEGNA is seeking an enterprise-focused technology leader to spearhead the development and implementation of advanced AI solutions. This individual will be responsible for incubating ideas, rapid prototyping and validation of emerging technologies, ensuring concepts are effectively transformed into functional solutions. This position centers on enterprise-wide automation thru Agentic AI, aiming to enhance operations across all business and media workflows.
The ideal candidate will possess substantial technical expertise in AI orchestration, distributed systems, and cloud platforms, along with the ability to lead a small, high-performing team within a dynamic, innovation-driven environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead the "innovation lab" for AI. Design modular AI architectures and execute rapid POCs and pilots to validate technical feasibility.
- Lead, mentor, and grow a specialized team of AI engineers. Provide technical guidance, and champion best practices in a matrixed onshore-offshore model.
- Partner with business stakeholders to translate business needs into technical specifications. Evaluate and recommend new technologies—such as LLMs, orchestration frameworks, and vector databases—ensuring alignment with TEGNA’s enterprise architecture and security policies.
- Oversee the design and maintenance of scalable AI pipelines and shared services (prompt libraries, RAG pipelines). Drive automation in AI ops. Oversee the building of efficient, reusable code and APIs for AI model integration and user interfaces for AI-powered features.
Requirements
- 12-15 years in technology leadership, with 2 years specifically focused on AI/automation strategy, architecture, or platform enablement. Proven track record of delivering impactful AI solutions and managing high-performing engineering teams.
- Deep understanding of Generative AI (LLMs, RAG) and Agentic AI (multi-agent systems, autonomous workflows). Proficiency in AI/ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn.
- Expertise in cloud-native AI platforms (Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, or Google Vertex AI). Advanced SQL and strong Python skills (Pandas, PySpark) for data manipulation and pipeline development.
- Experience with API Development (RESTful, GraphQL) and modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Vue.js, or Angular). Proficiency in MLOps, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, Jira, and version control (Git). Experience managing the end-to-end lifecycle of multiple AI projects from planning to monitoring.
- Exceptional communication and "storytelling" skills to articulate complex AI concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field. #LI-MS1
Benefits:
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.
EEO statement:
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com
Recruiting Fraud Alert:
To all candidates: your personal information and online safety are important to us. Only TEGNA Recruiters or Hiring Managers will reach out to you regarding consideration of your application or background. Communications with TEGNA employees will either come from a TEGNA email address with a domain of tegna.com or one of our affiliate station domains.
Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments, ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers.
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