About the position
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) serves local communities across the U.S. through trustworthy journalism, engaging content, and tools that help people navigate their daily lives. Through customized marketing solutions, we help businesses grow and thrive. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches approximately 100 million people every month across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. We are seeking a visionary, user-obsessed, and business impact-oriented Head of Product – Mobile Apps to lead the strategy, development, and growth of our mobile experiences across iOS and Android. In this role, you will shape the future of our mobile experience, managing the entire product lifecycle—from defining mobile product vision to overseeing the delivery of features that delight users and drive business impact. The Head of Product – Mobile Apps will be directly accountable for the success of the mobile app portfolio – modernizing our existing local news mobile ecosystem and imagining and delivering ‘what’s next’ to truly differentiate TEGNA in our next chapter. This is a high-impact leadership role that sits at the intersection of business, technology, content, and audience.
Responsibilities
- Define and own the mobile product vision, strategy, and roadmaps aligned with company goals and user needs.
- Lead the end-to-end mobile product lifecycle across iOS and Android—from concept to launch to iteration.
- Build and manage a high-performing team of mobile product managers.
- Partner with UX/design, engineering, data, and marketing to deliver seamless, high-quality mobile experiences.
- Prioritize features that improve user retention, engagement, and satisfaction while supporting growth and monetization goals.
- Drive innovation in mobile UX, leveraging native capabilities, performance optimization, and personalization.
- Champion user research, usability testing, and in-app analytics to inform decisions.
- Ensure mobile product KPIs are defined, tracked, and improved continuously (e.g., DAU/MAU, retention, NPS, app store ratings, crash-free sessions).
Requirements
- 10+ years of product management experience, including 3+ years focused specifically on mobile apps.
- Proven track record of launching and scaling successful consumer or B2B mobile apps.
- Strong grasp of mobile platforms, technologies, and development frameworks.
- Experience with mobile analytics tools and A/B testing.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong product intuition backed by data-driven decision-making.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of employees and their families.
- Two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas.
- Access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
- 401(k) program with a 100% match from the company on contributions made up to the first 4% of pay.
- Nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc.
- 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
