Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive, dependent on experience

About the Role
The Financial Times is a globally recognised news organisation known for its authority, integrity and accuracy. We are seeking a commercially minded and highly organised Senior Commercial Product Executive to support the performance, product strategy and operational delivery of the FT Weekend portfolio, with a primary focus on FT Weekend Magazine. This role combines strategic oversight with hands-on delivery, working closely with editorial, production and sales teams to optimise revenue, support efficient issue delivery and ensure smooth weekly processes.

You will be responsible for flat planning, ad allocation, inventory management, reporting and stakeholder coordination, while identifying opportunities to strengthen the commercial performance of the wider Weekend portfolio. The role requires balancing detailed operational tasks with broader commercial analysis, strong attention to detail, confidence with data and the ability to build trusted relationships across teams.

Key responsibilities include acting as the primary commercial lead for FT Weekend Magazine, managing Salesforce reporting and ad list creation, supervising booking deadlines and inventory management, monitoring creative quality, liaising with production on pagination and press deadlines, sourcing filler content, tracking commercial targets and revenue reporting, supporting other Weekend products, delivering revenue analysis and performance insights, maintaining sales collateral, supervising renewals, supporting sales presentations and client projects, coordinating issue logistics, maintaining Salesforce data, and preparing monthly stakeholder reports with commercial insights.

This role also involves monitoring market trends, competitor activity and product performance, conducting revenue audits, and collating insights for global updates.

Experience
Strong commercial competence with experience in product management, media sales, publishing or a related commercial environment. Experience using Salesforce is desirable. Knowledge of print production, issue planning or advertising operations is advantageous. Experience supporting sales teams with collateral, reporting or client-facing materials is preferred.

About you
Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail and ability to manage competing deadlines. Confidence working with data, reporting and performance analysis. Strong relationship and leadership skills to work effectively across editorial, production, sales and commercial teams. Clear and confident communication skills, both written and verbal. Proactive and collaborative approach with confidence managing processes and solving problems independently. Interest in the FT Weekend portfolio and the wider luxury, lifestyle and media landscape is a plus.

Qualifications
Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and Word. No specific formal qualifications required but relevant commercial experience and skills are essential.