Job Description

Reuters is looking for an Editor in Charge to lead its Commodities & Energy team in Bangalore.

The Bangalore C&E team is at the forefront of Reuters\xe2\x80\x99 market-moving coverage of key developments in the highly competitive world of metals, energy and agriculture.

Breaking news, on everything from the Nord Stream pipeline saga to the Texas freeze, is at the core of this team. It is responsible for writing several market reports, including for precious metals, natural gas, and cotton, and conducting polls on oil and agricultural commodities. It also regularly produces a stellar initiative file and quick, smart spot coverage on the biggest global stories.

To lead this team successfully, you should have a deep understanding of how Commodities markets function and the factors that impact them.

You should have hands-on experience writing and editing market reports and be familiar with the intricacies of stories involving refinery or pipeline outages, weather disruptions, production and trade flows of different commodities. The EIC should also be skilful in driving deep sourcing and quickly turning around insightful long-format reporting on key global commodity news.

The EIC must excel at networking and building strong rapport with both internal and external stakeholders while ensuring smooth collaboration with all teams, especially working in close conjunction with the US Resources team in Bangalore.

A proven track record of being a fast and accurate snapper with strong news judgment will be a plus.

We need a dynamic leader, who can think outside the box and can remain calm and focused in a high-pressure environment, while anchoring different tasks at the same time. We will expect you to help sustain and build on the team\xe2\x80\x99s strong timings record, as well as the market reports portfolio.

You will be comfortable with technology and will have automation ideas, that are scalable, to keep Reuters competitive.

We are looking for someone who can be a player and a coach.

The Editor in Charge will have the following key responsibilities:

Meet quality targets for accuracy and speed and continually improve team performance
Streamline workflow with a focus on augmenting news coverage
Work with Bangalore Editors and the Global Commodities Editors to enhance and expand coverage
Deliver strong team performance in a positive environment, including completing mid- and full-year appraisals for team members
Take an active interest in training new staff and coordinate with other team leaders/editors to ensure continuous coaching for staff
Actively work on enhancing diversity and inclusion both within the team and the wider newsroom

Essential Skills & Experience Required:

At least 5 years of experience as a financial journalist
Strong writing & editing skills
Good relationship and stakeholder management skills
Strong analytical, coaching, and organizational skills

The team, and its leader, will work a mix of day and night shifts.

What\'s in it For You?

You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

Hybrid Work Model: We\'ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected

Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.

Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters caf\xc3\xa9 networking.

Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.

Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we\xe2\x80\x99ve never talked about with as much pride as we should \xe2\x80\x93 we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

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We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

Accessibility

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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