Head of Digital News, APAC

OVERVIEW

We are seeking a Head of Digital News, APAC to lead CNBC’s digital editorial coverage across the Asia-Pacific region. Based in Singapore, this leadership role will oversee all digital content produced out of APAC for CNBC.com, with a sharp focus on business, markets, economics, and tech. You will help shape our editorial strategy, manage a talented newsroom, and ensure our journalism is authoritative, timely, and globally relevant.

You will also help build and execute subscription-focused content for CNBC.com, driving scoops, exclusives, and premium analysis that sit behind the paywall. You will play a central role in steering CNBC’s global digital strategy, working closely with senior leaders in the U.S. and EMEA to deliver high-quality, data-driven journalism for our international audience.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead CNBC’s digital editorial strategy in APAC, ensuring coverage is authoritative, engaging, and aligned with the global vision.

• Manage a team of reporters and editors in Singapore and across the region, driving performance, talent development, and collaboration.

• Oversee daily editorial output — from breaking news and live blogs to enterprise stories, analysis, and long-form features, with a strong emphasis on business, markets, economics, and tech.

• Drive scoops, exclusives, and distinctive journalism that deepen CNBC’s authority and build subscription value.

• Shape and execute a subscription-focused digital strategy, commissioning premium stories, analysis, and newsletters that sit behind a paywall.

• Keep coverage audience-focused, using data and insights to engage readers and grow subscriptions.

• Ensure CNBC’s journalism meets the highest standards of accuracy, clarity, and editorial integrity.

• Work closely with the Head of TV News, APAC, and other teams to coordinate coverage, align editorial priorities, and deliver cross-platform journalism that maximizes impact across TV, digital, video, and social.