Who We Are
We are an organisation that exists to drive progress. That's the “red thread” that connects everyone at The Economist Group (TEG). Our businesses share a devotion to innovation, independence and rigour in their fields of expertise. We empower people to understand and tackle the critical challenges and changes facing the world. Our analytical rigour, global expertise and evidence-based insights enable individuals and organisations to make sense of these shifts and chart a course through them.
We deliver analysis and insights in many formats to subscribers and clients in 170 countries through our four businesses,
The Economist, Economist Impact, Economist Intelligence and Economist Education, which uphold our global reputation for excellence and integrity.
As new technologies reshape how people access information, our journalism is increasingly discovered, interpreted and consumed through AI-native and conversational platforms. Large language models, agent frameworks and conversational interfaces are rapidly becoming primary gateways to knowledge, acting as intermediaries between audiences and authoritative sources.
We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to own
The Economist’s approach to Gen AI and conversational platforms - ensuring that when AI systems surface, summarise or reason over our journalism, they do so accurately, responsibly and in line with our editorial standards.
The role
The Senior Product Manager for Gen AI & Conversational Platforms owns how
The Economist is represented, queried and interpreted across third-party AI-native and conversational environments.
This role treats AI ecosystems, such as LLM-based assistants, agent-based systems and AI-driven discovery environments, as platforms in their own right - each with distinct product dynamics, technical requirements and success metrics.
Role
A core focus of the role is ownership of LLM connector and retrieval experiences. This includes defining and evolving the schemas, interfaces and protocols that allow AI systems to:
- Query The Economist’s content accurately