Responsibilities

• Define the operating model for this community: member lifecycle, how members are identified, onboarded, and kept engaged between touchpoints, and the feedback loops that route ideas back into editorial.
• Plan and help execute community activations, including executive dinners, roundtables, and co-branded events with partners.
• Propose and evaluate new plays as the community matures — vertical cohorts, recognition programs, awards, or peer working groups.
• Build and maintain a working relationship base of CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, CAIOs, CISOs, and Enterprise Architects
• Represent CIOnews credibly in rooms with senior technology leaders, at CIOnews events, dinners, and peer gatherings.
• Act as a primary point of contact for community members, understanding their priorities well enough to make smart, low-friction asks.
• Source, recruit, and shape story ideas with good editorial judgment drawn from community relationships.
• Partner with the CIOnews editorial team to translate practitioner conversations into published content — podcasts, columns, interviews, and feature pieces.
• Bring genuine editorial judgment: know a good story when a community member mentions it in passing.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience building and managing executive communities, peer networks, customer advisory boards, or similar programs serving senior technology leaders.
• Demonstrated experience designing and scaling community, advocacy, or executive engagement programs within an enterprise SaaS, technology, media, analyst, or consulting organization.
• Proven track record of independently building new programs or functions from the ground up, including defining strategy, operational processes, member engagement, and success metrics.
• Experience developing trusted relationships with senior technology executives, including CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, CISOs, Enterprise Architects, or comparable executive audiences.
• Strong understanding of enterprise technology trends and the priorities of CIO and Enterprise Architecture organizations, with the ability to engage credibly in executive conversations.
• Experience partnering with content, editorial, marketing, or communications teams to develop thought leadership, executive content, or community-driven programming.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI-powered tools and workflows to improve productivity, scale relationship management, automate repetitive work, and identify content or engagement opportunities.

Preferred

• Experience building or managing CIO, Enterprise Architecture, or executive technology leadership communities.
• Experience working at a business publication, industry analyst firm, technology media company, or executive membership organization.
• Familiarity with enterprise AI, automation, integration, or digital transformation initiatives and how they impact CIO organizations.
• Existing relationships within CIO communities, enterprise architecture organizations, or executive peer networks.
• Experience in planning and delivering executive events such as private dinners, roundtables, advisory boards, or leadership summits.