News Director

Job Description

Telemundo 20 San Diego (KUAN) and NBC 7 San Diego (KNSD) are seeking an experienced, strategic, and innovative News Director to lead the content strategy and day-to-day news operation for Telemundo 20 while overseeing weather and sports content across the San Diego duopoly.

Reporting directly to the Vice President of News, this leader will be responsible for Telemundo 20's local news operation across broadcast, streaming, digital, social, and emerging platforms. In addition, the News Director will provide strategic leadership for weather and sports content across both NBC 7 and Telemundo 20, ensuring consistent execution, audience growth, multiplatform innovation, and excellence in coverage of the stories and events that matter most to San Diego audiences.

This role requires a deep understanding of the unique dynamics of the San Diego-Tijuana region and a commitment to serving one of the most vibrant binational communities in North America. The successful candidate will bring a binational news mindset, recognizing that the stories, issues, and audiences of San Diego and Tijuana are deeply interconnected.

Essential Responsibilities

Editorial Leadership & Strategy:

• Lead the binational content strategy for Telemundo 20 across broadcast, streaming, digital, social, and emerging platforms.
• Protect and grow audience trust by ensuring journalism consistently reflects the station's brand values, editorial standards, and commitment to serving the San Diego-Tijuana community.
• Lead Spanish-language breaking news, enterprise reporting, investigative journalism, special projects, and major event coverage while maintaining the highest standards of accuracy, fairness, and journalistic excellence.
• Foster a culture of innovation, urgency, creativity, and multiplatform storytelling that responds to evolving audience behaviors and content consumption habits.

Duopoly Weather & Sports Leadership:

• Lead planning and execution of sports and severe weather coverage across NBC 7 and Telemundo 20’s linear and streaming channels, websites, mobile apps, and social channels.
• Directly supervise, coach, and develop the duopoly's meteorologists and sports talent, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and audience connection.
• Collaborate with the Vice President of News on talent development, performance management, and succession planning for weather and sports teams.

Operations & Community Engagement:

• Collaborate with station leadership, including Creative, Sales, Community, Tech Ops, Digital/Streaming, and Production, to maximize audience reach and community engagement.
• Support special projects, community initiatives, and station events that strengthen the connection between the stations and the communities they serve.
• Represent Telemundo 20 and the duopoly within the community and identify opportunities to deepen audience engagement and trust.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum five years of newsroom leadership experience, including News Director, Assistant News Director, Executive Producer, or comparable management experience.
• Demonstrated success leading content strategy and managing teams in a competitive television news environment.
• Experience overseeing breaking news coverage and major live-event execution.
• Proven ability to coach, motivate, and develop high-performing teams.
• Fluent in Spanish and English with strong written and verbal communication skills.

Desired Qualifications

• Deep understanding of the cultural, political, economic, and social dynamics of border communities.
• Demonstrated success developing content strategies for multicultural and cross-border audiences.
• Experience leading multiplatform news operations across broadcast, streaming, digital, and social platforms.
• Experience managing weather, sports, or specialty content teams preferred.
• Strong editorial judgment and a passion for local journalism that makes a meaningful impact in the community.
• Excellent people leadership, organizational, and communication skills.
• Strategic thinker with a strong understanding of audience growth and engagement.
• Experience working in a duopoly or multiplatform operation preferred.

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be willing to work on-site in San Diego, California.
• Must be available to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as news coverage demands.
• Must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.
• Interested candidates must apply through NBCUniversal Careers.

Additional Requirements

• Required On-Site: This position is required to be performed full-time from an NBCUniversal-designated worksite.
• This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $150,000-200,000 (bonus eligible)

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].

Compensation: 150000 to 200000 (USD) (YEARLY)