Emily Mitnick

Emily Mitnick is the Product Director at The Washington Post, where she spearheads the core reader experience on washingtonpost.com and the apps by collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive strategy and direction.

Her background includes a role as the Director of Maps at Mapbox and experience as an engineering manager, where she thrived in high-pressure environments like newsrooms and demonstrated qualities like grit, scrappiness, determination, and resilience.

Having a diverse skill set spanning communications, design, and technology, Emily has held various positions such as fact checker, researcher, editor, designer, developer, team leader, and project manager, making her well-versed in problem-solving and team collaboration.

She emphasizes the importance of investing in people and processes to enhance technology and promotes empathy-driven teamwork among engineers, designers, product managers, and strategists to tackle critical challenges.

Emily Mitnick is passionate about management, product strategy, project and product leadership, mentorship, and creating conducive environments for learning and development while also being a Certified Scrum Product Owner.

Her educational background includes studies at The Harker School and obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University.

Currently, Emily serves as the Head of Product Operations at The Washington Post, contributing her expertise in driving product innovation, team collaboration, and user experience enhancements.