# President & General Manager

**Company**: TEGNA Inc.
**Location**: Charlotte
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Other
**Industry**: Other

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## Description

We are seeking an accomplished, strategic leader to serve as President & General Manager of WCNC-TV Charlotte and WFMY Greensboro. As President & General Manager, you will be responsible for the overall performance of both stations and markets, setting strategy and leading the organization to drive revenue growth, deliver high-quality local journalism, strengthen financial performance, grow audiences and deliver meaningful community impact across platforms.

Responsibilities:

- Leads the overall strategy and performance of both stations and markets, with accountability for content, sales, brand and operations across all platforms.

- Develops and executes short- and long-term strategies to grow revenue, audience, market share and profitability in each market.

- Provides strategic leadership for each station's content operation, ensuring high-quality, relevant journalism that serves its local community, grows audiences and strengthens each station's brand across platforms.

- Leads multiplatform strategy across both markets, identifying opportunities to expand audience reach, engagement, content and distribution.

- Partners with sales leadership in each market to drive revenue growth, strengthen customer relationships and deliver effective advertiser solutions.

- Develops and manages annual budgets and forecasts, ensuring strong financial performance and accountability against business objectives across both markets.

- Builds, develops and leads high-performing leadership teams across both stations, establishing clear expectations and accountability for results.

- Creates alignment across content, sales and other functions while ensuring each market is responsive to its unique business, audience and community needs.

- Drives innovation and continuous improvement, identifying new opportunities to grow the business, strengthen both operations and better serve audiences and customers.

- Serves as a visible leader across both communities and builds strong relationships with community partners, advertisers, viewers and other key stakeholders.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in journalism, business or related field and 7-10 years of progressive leadership experience in media or a related industry.

- Proven track record of leading high-performing teams and delivering strong business, financial and audience results.

- Demonstrated ability to develop and execute strategy, translate priorities into action and hold teams accountable for results.

- Strong financial acumen with experience managing budgets, forecasting performance and driving revenue and profitability.

- Experience leading across multiple functions and building alignment among teams with different priorities and areas of expertise.

- Strong understanding of evolving media consumption, digital and streaming platforms, and opportunities to grow audiences and revenue across platforms.

- Excellent judgment and critical-thinking skills with a demonstrated ability to make sound, data-informed decisions.

- Innovative and growth-oriented mindset with a willingness to challenge existing approaches and identify new ways to win.

- Effective communicator and inclusive leader who listens well, develops talent and creates a clear, shared vision.

- Demonstrated ability to represent the organization as a credible and engaged leader in the communities it serves.

Benefits:

- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental and eye care coverage

- 401(k) program with company match

- Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays

- Access to virtual doctor's appointments and therapy sessions

## Skills

### Required
- strategic leadership
- content management
- sales leadership
- budget management
- team building
- innovation
- communication
- financial acumen

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