SVP, M&A

Job Description:

SVP, M&A

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest news‑gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation;
Barron’s, Market Watch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor’s Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

We are seeking a senior executive to lead Dow Jones’ M&A strategy. The SVP, M&A will serve as the primary driver of inorganic growth across the enterprise, identifying and executing acquisitions, investments, and strategic transactions that accelerate Dow Jones’ long‑term strategic priorities. The SVP, M&A will own the end‑to‑end transaction lifecycle from sourcing and evaluation through negotiation, diligence, close, and integration.

The role requires a highly strategic and commercially minded leader who can operate effectively across complex markets, build trusted relationships externally and internally, and drive disciplined execution with measurable business impact. The ideal candidate is a forward‑thinking corporate development executive with deep transaction expertise, strong business acumen, and the ability to translate strategic opportunities into scalable growth outcomes.

• Lead Dow Jones enterprise M&A strategy and execution, aligning inorganic growth initiatives to the company’s strategic priorities.
• Own and manage the enterprise deal pipeline, proactively identifying acquisition, investment, and partnership opportunities that strengthen Dow Jones’ market position and capabilities.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to the CEO, CFO, and business leaders on growth opportunities, market dynamics, competitive positioning, and portfolio strategy.
• Develop a disciplined operating framework for evaluating opportunities, prioritizing investments, and ensuring alignment between strategic rationale and financial outcomes.
• Lead all phases of transactions, including opportunity sourcing and evaluation, deal structuring and negotiation, due diligence, governance, execution, and close.
• Evaluate business models, competitive positioning, customer value propositions, revenue quality, and operational performance to inform investment decisions and transaction strategy.
• Structure and negotiate transactions that align strategic objectives with financial discipline and long‑term value creation.
• Establish clear success metrics and accountability frameworks to measure transaction performance, strategic impact, and value realization post‑close.
• Define integration strategies early in the transaction lifecycle to ensure alignment between the deal thesis, operating model, strategic objectives, and long‑term value creation goals.
• Partner with business and functional leaders to lead post‑acquisition integration planning and execution across operational, commercial, technology, and organizational work streams.
• Establish clear governance structures, success metrics, and accountability frameworks to measure transaction performance, synergy realization, and overall business impact.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships across the M&A and investment ecosystem, including founders, CEOs, private equity and venture capital firms, investment banks, strategic partners, and industry advisors.
• Build a robust external network to generate proprietary deal flow, surface emerging market opportunities, and strengthen Dow Jones’ position within the broader media, technology, data, and AI landscape.
• Engage regularly with market participants, investors, and operators to identify opportunities for acquisitions, partnerships, strategic investments, and capability expansion.
• Partner with senior leadership to assess market shifts, disruptive technologies, and…