Technology and AI Editor

Job Description:

POLITICO is seeking an editor to lead our agenda-setting coverage of the politics and policy of technology in Brussels.

The right candidate is fiercely competitive, thrives in a fast-paced environment and has an unrelenting desire to break news. The role would suit an experienced editor who enjoys setting the news agenda, developing teams and working fast and flexibly within a growing newsroom.

This is a unique opportunity to drive coverage on the policy choices happening in Brussels as the EU grapples with the future of artificial intelligence, seeks to rein in powerful platforms and resets its relationship with Washington and Beijing.

The role is a busy, hands-on editing job running coverage across subscription products and bringing stories to life for POLITICO's consumer audience with imagination and curiosity.

You'll supervise a talented team of reporters and editors and collaborate across the newsroom to produce high-impact journalism across all platforms.

POLITICO is dedicated to providing non-partisan, distinctive journalism to policy and political professionals — delivering impactful and exclusive information at the right time to allow readers and subscribers to act with confidence and speed.

What You'll Do:

• Drive a coverage agenda across technology and artificial intelligence
• Assign and edit stories that break news and take readers inside the conversations in Brussels
• Work with colleagues to guide this coverage across POLITICO's platforms: our premium subscriber services, our must-read newsletters and
• Edit a daily newsletter for subscribers
• Manage a team of policy journalists and editors
• Work across POLITICO's teams to brainstorm events, ideas and new approaches to the coverage

What You'll Need:

• A track record of breaking news and driving a coverage agenda
• Experience managing and coaching reporters, superior organizational skills and a track record of strong line editing
• Demonstrable interest in technology, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity
• Confidence digging into policy coverage in depth and working at speed
• A rigorous commitment to fair-minded, nonpartisan journalism
• Written and verbal fluency in English

We value our people:

Our benefits package is built for you, and includes:   

• Our teams benefit from country-specific, competitive compensation and benefits packages—including pension, healthcare, training opportunities and more. 
• With a multinational team, strong ties to EU institutions, and flexible work options including working from abroad, we offer our employees an environment that supports both professional and personal development.

Let's keep in touch: 

You can view our list of open positions here. We hope to see your application soon

About Us:

POLITICO illuminates the forces shaping global power. Since 2007, we have delivered intelligence that anticipates tomorrow's headlines, not reports on yesterday's news. As politics has increasingly become the defining force of our era, our work has never been more vital.

Cabinet secretaries and Ministers start their mornings with our analysis. CEOs shape strategy around our reporting. Advocacy leaders rely on our insights to move policy. We deliver the straightforward facts and clear-eyed analysis they need to navigate the most complex political landscape of our lifetimes.

Our 1,100+ publishing professionals across the world's key democratic capitals—Washington, Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Sacramento, and New York—form the world's premier politics and policy newsroom. We tell the story of how power really works by explaining who wields it and how they plan to exercise it, connecting dots others miss and delivering scoops from sources others don't even know exist.

Innovation has always been a core tenet of our story. At launch, we bet that depth would trump scale, that talent would trump traffic, and that politics would become central to modern life. In 2011, we made another bet and launched POLITICO Pro to help decision-makers understand the business of government, transforming both how they shape government action and the business of journalism itself.

These bets have made POLITICO the most successful digital news startup of its generation and the indispensable resource for leaders who shape the future. Today, we are a rarity in media: a growing, profitable, and sustainable news organization.

POLITICO is a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE, a family-owned transatlantic media company headquartered in Berlin and New York. Axel Springer is dedicated to shaping the future of journalism in the free world, believing that a free and informed society is essential to democracy. The company's guiding principles - first articulated as  The Essentials by founder Axel Springer in the aftermath of World War II - remain a cornerstone of the company's foundation today. Learn more about Axel Springer.

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