 In November 2014, "The New York Times" announced it hired Wilson to a masthead level position, naming Wilson as innovation and strategy editor under Dean Baquet.In March 2015, "The New York Times" announced Wilson's promotion to Executive Vice President of Product and Technology and in so doing added him the company’s executive committee and expanded his role to assume leadership of all company-wide digital product and technology operations.Wilson was president of the Online News Association in 2007, chaired the national advisory board of the Poynter Institute from 2006 to 2008, and served as a juror for the 2008 Pulitzer Prizes in journalism.