Vice President – Strategic Initiatives, AI

Hearst Health

Vice President of Strategic Initiatives driving execution at The Dallas Morning News. Leading enterprise-wide priority tracking and AI integration for organizational alignment and innovation.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeDallas • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $200,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner directly with the Management Committee to define, refine, and operationalize the company’s top strategic priorities.
Build and manage a rigorous tracking system to ensure accountability, transparency, and progress across all departments.
Identify execution gaps and intervene to remove bottlenecks, reallocate resources, or recalibrate priorities.
Prepare high-quality briefing materials, analyses, and recommendations for executive decision-making.
Serve as the primary liaison for identifying, evaluating, and implementing best practices between The Dallas Morning News, Medium Giant, and Hearst Newspapers.
Drive cross-functional implementation of proven models in areas such as audience growth, subscription strategy, newsroom operations, and revenue diversification.
Identify high-impact use cases for generative and agentic AI across editorial, advertising, customer experience, and back-office functions.
Act as the point person for The Dallas Morning News and Medium Giant to adopt and effectively utilize Hearst AI tools.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience in strategy, operations, consulting, media, or a related field
Bachelor’s degree mandatory and master’s degree preferred
Demonstrated ability to drive execution in complex, matrixed organizations
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a bias toward action
Proven experience leading cross-functional initiatives with measurable impact
Exceptional communication and executive presence

Benefits

Comp & perks

25% Bonus Opportunity

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Soft Skills

analytical skillsproblem-solvingcommunicationexecutive presenceleadershipcross-functional collaborationstrategic thinkingaccountabilitytransparencyresource allocation