President & General Manager

WBNS-TV Columbus, a TEGNA-owned CBS affiliate, is seeking an accomplished leader as President & General Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for the overall performance of the operation, setting market strategy, and leading the organization to drive revenue growth, strengthen financial performance, grow audiences, and deliver meaningful community impact.

Responsibilities:

• Leads the overall strategy and performance of the operation, 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.
• Provides strategic leadership for the market's content operation, ensuring high-quality, relevant journalism that serves the community, grows audiences, and strengthens the station's brand across platforms.
• Leads the market's multiplatform strategy, identifying opportunities to expand audience reach, engagement, content, and distribution.
• Partners with sales leadership 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.
• Builds, develops, and leads a high-performing leadership team across functions, establishing clear expectations and accountability for results.
• Creates alignment across content, sales, and other functions around shared market and company priorities.
• Drives innovation and continuous improvement, identifying new opportunities to grow the business, strengthen the operation, and better serve audiences and customers.
• Serves as a visible leader in the community 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 strong performance in a leadership position with a multimedia company.
• 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 community.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and eye care coverage.
• Access to fertility, surrogacy, and adoption assistance.
• Disability and life insurance.
• 401(k) program with company match.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays.