Director, Editorial

Director, Editorial

Remote – USA

Full time

Job Description:

The Director, Editorial is a skilled leader who cares deeply about technology education and possesses a proven ability to direct content creation. This role leads Pluralsight’s team of staff authors and ensures these authors are equipped to produce content of the highest quality in a timely, predictable fashion. The Director, Editorial is accountable for fostering a culture of innovation that results in ever increasing efficiencies and improvements in the quality of our content which is then standardized and brought to our contract author community.

Who you’re committed to being:

A technologist with deep knowledge of and a passion for education

A content professional who is driven by creating world-class, professional-level content.

• What you value in content creation mirrors our content values:
• We value quality over quantity
• We value impact and engagement over speed of production
• We value the learner’s time
• We value the learner’s attention
• We embrace technology
• We value innovation and creativity over tradition and convention

A lifelong learner with an insatiable curiosity and an intrinsic desire to share what they learn

A business-minded professional who can translate company-level business objectives into team-level key results and motivate a team to deliver

• An empathic leader who leverages data, experience, and sound judgment to solve complex problems and rally support for solutions
• An intuitive communicator who can speak and relate to a multitude of audiences

What you’ll do:

• Direction of a team of staff authors and content professionals which includes direct management of a team of Senior Editorial Managers. This will necessitate:
• Leading with inspiration and the ability to communicate a vision that motivates others to create
• Owning the outcomes of your team and the work they produce, from a volume, timeliness, and quality perspective
• Attracting, hiring, and retaining A-level talent
• Collaboration with Marketing, Public Relations, Revenue, and Professional Services to leverage our author expertise in meaningful and repeatable ways
• Cross-functional efforts with Product, Engineering, and Data Science
• Team representation at Skills and Content All Hands as well as author events such as Author Summit
• Close collaboration with all members of the Content leadership team

Experience you’ll bring:

• Proven leadership experience
• Lengthy track record in technical education, specifically on-demand eLearning
• Experience successfully creating content of a high-quality with reliable delivery
• Experience building and directing geographically distributed teams

Requirements:

• 5+ years track record in technical education, specifically on-demand eLearning/SaaS

Travel Requirements:

While Pluralsight operates under a remote and hybrid work model, we believe that in-person connection and collaboration are important. Recurring travel to our HQ in Utah may be required depending on the role and team member location.

Why you’ll love working here:

• We’re remote- and hybrid-friendly
• We’re mission driven and guided by our culture pillars
• We have a strong commitment to diversity and belonging
• We cultivate a culture of trust, autonomy, and collaboration
• We’re lifelong learners and champion team member growth and advancement
• We’ve got you covered – team member benefits include competitive compensation packages, medical coverage, unlimited PTO and Summer Fridays, wellness reimbursements, Pluralsight subscription, professional development funds and more.

About us:

We’re Pluralsight, the technology workforce development company that helps teams build better by knowing more and working better together. Using our Skills, Flow, and Cloud products, teams can develop critical skills, improve processes and gain data-driven insights.

Learning and development are at the core of who we are. We’re out to help every technologist build better, and we’re looking for curious, talented people to help us inspire and empower the tech workforce to achieve their goals. Our culture of autonomy, continuous learning, and collaboration creates an environment for growth and empowers us to drive impact through innovation.

Physical and Mental Requirements:

Work is performed in an office (or home office) environment and requires the ability to operate office equipment and keyboards. Sedentary work. Repetitive work. Ability to perform tasks related to documentation, data analysis, transcription and extensive content analysis. Learn new tasks, remember processes, complete tasks independently, and make timely decisions in the context of a workflow.

EEOC Statement

Bring yourself. Pluralsight is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age or protected veteran status. Pluralsight will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Please visit the bottom of our website to learn how to request an accommodation.

For more information on Pluralsight’s commitment to building a more diverse and inclusive workforce, please review our most recent Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging report here.

The annual base salary + variable for this role is $141,200 – $174,300 USD. Pluralsight’s pay ranges vary based on work location. Talent Acquisition can share more detail during the hiring process when applicable. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. In addition to the base salary and variable, this role may also be eligible for benefits and bonuses.