Senior Producer, News Podcasts, (english Services), (hybrid)

Senior Producer, News Podcasts, (English Services), (Hybrid)

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance. Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

CBC News Podcasts is looking for a Senior Producer with experience in news, political coverage, investigative and long-form audio journalism, and podcasting. This role would require working on multiple projects in parallel, with tight deadlines, and covering some of the biggest news stories in CBC's portfolio.

The work is key to the CBC News Podcasting mission – to create and amplify CBC's journalism in the podcasting space. This is a temporary opportunity, expected to run from October 2025 for 12 months. It's a full-time position, Monday to Friday, primarily daytime hours but with flexibility for working with team members coast-to-coast and in our international bureaus. It is a hybrid role, requiring you to be in the workplace at least three days a week at any CBC location in Canada.

We work with CBC News teams across the country to help support local always-on podcasts, network audio and video teams with a presence in podcasting, and to create and develop original news podcasts for Canadian audiences. We work in deep collaboration with the CBC Podcast Audience Growth Hub, CBC Podcasts and CBC News Studios to create audience-focussed podcast content, and best practices and skills around podcasting among CBC teams.

In this role, you will be asked to work on both a new, always-on weekly news podcast and to oversee multiple contributors in the development, production and support of new and existing podcast projects. You may help create the program pillars and formats of a new series or the episodes within, or oversee the execution and support of other projects already in progress. This will mean thinking about the podcasting audience first in all your content decisions, always privileging the superpowers of podcast storytelling, and marrying all that up with a healthy dose of love for and experience with CBC News' Journalistic Standards and Practices. You may be telling stories, mentoring on-mic talent, writing scripts, or keeping teams of podcasters on time and on budget. We've got an ambitious plan for content production, and would be thrilled to find a Senior Producer who thrives in a deadline-driven environment, one who embodies both podcast storytelling vibes, and newsroom hustle.

You're responsible for a variety of tasks, including but not limited to:

• Overseeing the launch and weekly production of a new weekly news podcast offering
• Contributing to the development of news podcasting feed or feeds
• Pitching and proving show- and series-level podcast ideas
• Overseeing the work of teams of creatives in different roles
• Creating uniquely Canadian news content that will soar in a crowded podcast environment
• Leading editorial discussions about podcast-first story selection
• Identifying, chasing, and interviewing podcast guests, fact checking, editing or writing host-led interview scripts
• Applying best practices to podcast packaging and promotion
• Distilling big stories into the emotional touchstones that compel and propel podcast episodes
• Writing and structuring series and season arcs with detailed outlines
• Writing and structuring episode scripts as needed
• Vetting and story editing scripts through the whole scripting life cycle (draft to final)
• Managing multiple deadlines, and ensuring that teams working in parallel to produce episodes are doing the same
• Presenting content on-mic as needed
• Liaising with in-house Podcast Audience Growth, MarComms and Publicity teams to understand how the content you contribute to can be best amplified for podcast audiences
• Casting and coaching on mic-talent including hosts and storytellers
• Edit, mix and prepare weekly podcast episodes for publishing
• Provide notes and feedback on complex episode mixes
• Make data driven decisions about editorial focus, packaging and promotion
• Executing CBC News Podcasts' strategy for creating audio and video podcast content that centres Canadian audiences, Canadian perspectives and CBC's journalism and journalists

About You:

• You have a track record of producing audio storytelling and are knowledgeable and passionate about the podcasting industry
• You have experience leading teams of creative contributors, working on tight deadlines
• You are data driven, and use metrics to inform podcast development and growth tactics
• You are a news nerd, who follows national and international events and politics
• You are knowledgeable about the CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices, or have experience with similar standards in another large journalistic organization
• You're a skilled storyteller who loves to write and produce for the ear, and also understands that podcast content needs to be successful on multiple platforms
• You know how to build scenes, create tension, and reveal something the audience connects with, and have experience in gathering and editing audio elements
• You're a critical thinker who is equally comfortable working on a daily news format and a long-form narrative
• You're able to work in a high-pressure environment with deadline constraints and under public scrutiny
• You forge positive working relationships where you value collaboration, transparency, respect and inclusiveness
• You value working on teams where each member is accountable for themselves, and accountable to each other.

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes: A mandatory Criminal record check. Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country's diversity. That's because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That's why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada's public broadcaster.