Strategic Markets Editor – Critical Minerals, Americas

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Pennsylvania.

📋 Description

• Develop and implement Fastmarkets’ strategy as a price-reporting agency for critical minerals.

• Create valuable strategic content, which includes market reports, thorough analyses, interviews, and commentary.

• Enhance Fastmarkets’ visibility and reputation in emerging sectors.

• Discover opportunities for launching new prices and product development, which encompasses specifications, methodologies, and data submission pools.

• Cultivate relationships with policymakers, regulators, public-sector stakeholders, and market participants while upholding editorial independence.

• Organize market engagement initiatives and strengthen relationships with stakeholders.

• Produce, coordinate, and edit strategic content across various markets.

• Share expertise, mentor reporters, and provide strategic and functional leadership.

• Evaluate and authorize prices to ensure adherence to Fastmarkets’ and regulatory standards.

• Align strategic content with marketing efforts and customer-facing initiatives, including events, presentations, and meetings.

• Act as a brand ambassador for Fastmarkets at both internal and external events, including public speaking and panel moderation.

• Enhance Fastmarkets’ visibility through external channels, such as social media.

• Report directly to the Editorial Director.

• Collaborate with editors, reporters, Editorial Enablement, Events, Marketing, Product, Research, and Editorial and Pricing Enablement teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• In-depth expertise in critical minerals.

• Background in a price-reporting agency (PRA) and/or commodity markets.

• Exceptional journalism and editing capabilities.

• Extensive network of contacts and credible, relevant industry relationships.

• Proven ability to collaborate, share knowledge, mentor junior colleagues, and foster strong working relationships across teams.

• Comprehensive understanding of pricing, price discovery, and methodologies.

• Capacity to contribute to benchmark development and market engagement.

• Ability to function effectively at senior levels within a matrix management structure and engage with market participants and stakeholders externally.

• Strong strategic thinking skills with the ability to identify market opportunities, emerging trends, and growth areas.

• Excellent analytical abilities.

• Solid commercial awareness and a knack for aligning editorial and pricing activities with broader business objectives.

• Strong collaborative skills across editorial, product, events, marketing, research, and commercial teams.

• Proficient project management and organizational skills, with attention to detail and the ability to handle multiple priorities.

• Adaptable and resilient.

• Strong influencing abilities, including leading through expertise and credibility without direct reporting lines.

• Excellent communication skills, capable of conveying complex ideas clearly and persuasively.

• High integrity, sound judgment, and a commitment to ethical decision-making.

• Comfortable working flexibly in a fast-paced, global, matrixed organization.

• Open-minded, curious, resilient, and solution-oriented.

🏝️ Benefits

• Access to Fastmarkets Rewards, offering core benefits and a flexible allowance tailored to lifestyle, wellbeing, and financial priorities.

• Benefits designed to support employees both professionally and personally.

• Benefits may vary by country and role.

• Accommodations for the interview process are available upon request.