Job Description

The Wall Street Journal is seeking an Asia Political Editor to help drive and shape our coverage of politics and geopolitics in Asia.

The successful candidate will help lead coverage of a region that sits at the epicenter of the major geopolitical realignment currently under way. You will manage stories about ballistic missile tests in North Korea, the changing posture of the military in Asia, Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea and Xi Jinping’s steady clampdown on freedoms at home. You will help shepherd coverage of Hindu nationalism in India, the growing civil war in Myanmar and Taliban rule in Afghanistan.

The ideal candidate will be deft at handling breaking news and skilled at editing long-form stories. You will coach reporters to be creative and ambitious in breaking and telling the best stories in the region. You will be highly effective at working across time zones, in particular collaborating with our Wash...