Managing Editor

Quick Facts

• Role: Managing Editor

Description

The Managing Editor runs the operational engine of the editorial team, turning strategy and drafts into a functioning production pipeline across multiple content streams. You will ensure content ships on time with consistent production quality by owning the master editorial calendar, workflow, and review/approval routing. You will also track throughput, manage delivery risk, and support cross-functional alignment to maximize content impact.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the master editorial calendar across all content streams and sequence work to prevent capacity conflicts

• Manage brief-to-publish workflow: assign work, set deadlines, track status, and unblock bottlenecks

• Own review/approval routing by content type (e.g., legal/PR for thought leadership; engineering/DevRel for developer content; customer/legal for customer stories; product marketing alignment for product content)

• Set and enforce production-level style and quality standards

• Manage relationships with freelancers, contractors, and cross-functional SME contributors

• Report to the Head of Editorial Content on throughput, capacity, and delivery risk

• Own and manage the 24-hour review in the blog tracker

• Run competitive and content-gap analysis to guide where limited writing capacity should go

• Ensure story alignment with the style guide (with the Content Editor)

• Present editorial performance metrics to cross-functional stakeholders

• Partner with Growth Marketing for content positioning alignment

• Work with MarOps on attribution and potential pipeline content

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in editorial or content operations

• Experience running multi-stream or multi-format editorial pipelines (not just a single blog)

Benefits

• Weekly lunch stipend ($75/£75 or equivalent)

• Full health and dental benefits, including mental health budget

• RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme

• 100% parental leave top-up for up to 6 months (either parent)

• Annual enrichment benefits (arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, workspace improvement credit)

• Education and learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching

• 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days)

• Budget for travel to other offices if remote, plus annual company offsite

• Remote setup support: $500 home office stipend; co-working benefit if not near an office