General Manager, US (Publishing)

Decido is a hyper-growth digital media company with several high-scale online properties and adtech/martech platforms. We specialize in explosive growth marketing technology, operating 15 Owned & Operated Brands with 70 million monthly unique users. 

We exist to spread positive content that motivates everyday decisions to hundreds of millions around the world. 

We are looking for a talented, versatile, and passionate General Manager of Publishing to manage one of our fastest-growing P&Ls. The successful candidate will directly report to our CEO/CPO, oversee a portfolio of news, sports, finance, and entertainment websites, their teams, growth strategies, P&L, and much more.

This role requires someone business-savvy with a positive track record of overseeing teams, growing a business, and a passion for managing and developing talent. The ideal candidate must be highly analytical, possess excellent interpersonal skills, and have a passion for building scalable businesses and relationships.

Responsibilities:

• Overseeing day-to-day activities of content distribution and monetization
• Experience building efficient content development & distribution org chart heavily reliant on freelance writer/editor & video production talent
• Overseeing the portfolio’s Publishing P&L for profitability and growth based on company budget & goals
• Managing risks to our products in the portfolio (ensuring policy compliance, promoting diversification, etc).
• Optimizing SEO strategies to scale organic traffic
• Build up organic social and referral traffic strategies 
• Guiding content syndication and distribution, encompassing both long and short-form articles & videos
• Define reporting & analytics requirements to measure daily ROI on content production 
• Maintaining excellent website vitals, brand, and user experience
• Leading a dynamic team towards performance excellence and innovation
• Team hiring, training, and performance management
• Modeling investment opportunities
• Staying updated with industry trends, ensuring our leading position.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Experience managing large digital portfolios, >10m Unique Users
• Highly organized with impeccable detailed project management abilities
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills
• Ability to confidently engage and communicate with all levels in the organization and build strong internal and external relationships
• Strong understanding of viral content production
• Expertise in SEO, social media, content syndication, and monetization at scale
• Self-starter, entrepreneurial, and resourceful
• Ability to manage multiple, concurrent project & priorities
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment autonomously as well as in a team
• Familiarity with SEO tools such as SEMrush, Ahrefs
• Experience working with Google Analytics and Google Search Console
• Proven leadership in guiding teams to hyper-growth.
• Experience in startups is a plus
• Experience in M&A is a plus

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