Technology Product Manager

TEGNA Inc. 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 seeking a Product Manager to lead the enhancement of TEGNA's internal CMS/digital publishing platform and a native mobile collaboration application. In this role, you will partner with editorial leaders, newsroom teams, and engineering organizations to translate complex workflows into intuitive, high-impact solutions that help journalists and producers plan coverage, create stories, collaborate in real time, and publish content across multiple channels.

This is a unique opportunity to own products that sit at the heart of how modern newsrooms operate—connecting storytellers, editors, photographers, producers, and leadership through integrated publishing and collaboration tools. You'll work at the intersection of product strategy, software development, and creative editorial workflows. You'll be equally comfortable defining system architecture with engineers, discussing user experience with designers, validating workflows with editorial teams, and making pragmatic tradeoff decisions that balance customer needs, technical reality, and business strategy.

• Own end-to-end product discovery, definition, and lifecycle for the internal enterprise CMS and mobile collaboration platform. Gather requirements from newsrooms, business stakeholders, and technical teams; translate them into clear, testable epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria ready for development.
• Maintain a healthy, prioritized backlog across both products. Lead refinement sessions to ensure stories are well-defined, dependencies are identified, and technical constraints are understood before engineering begins.
• Build strong partnerships with Editorial leadership, business stakeholders, and newsroom teams to deeply understand current-state workflows, pain points, controls, and desired outcomes. Spend regular time observing how journalists, editors, photographers, and producers work to inform product decisions.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering teams throughout sprint cycles—from refinement through delivery. Develop a strong understanding of the software development process; communicate feature requirements clearly in developer-friendly language; and work pragmatically within technical constraints and dependencies.
• Lead agile planning, sprint execution, backlog refinement, and release planning using agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) to establish predictable delivery cadence. Focus on agile principles and workflow efficiency rather than rigid ceremony adherence.
• Manage scope, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations—balancing internal customer value with technical debt, platform constraints, and risk considerations.
• Establish traceability from customer requirements through delivery and release. Support UAT, demos, and acceptance sign-off to validate that shipped features meet intended outcomes.
• Monitor post-release feedback, adoption metrics, and operational KPIs. Drive continuous improvement cycles to reduce rework, improve user satisfaction, and enhance system performance.
• Lead stakeholder communications covering roadmap priorities, release plans, dependencies, tradeoffs, risks, and post-launch performance across editorial, engineering, and business teams.

• 4+ years of Product Management or Product Owner experience with demonstrated ownership of customer-facing products or internal platform systems.
• Familiarity with content management systems, digital…