Portfolio Manager - STM

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Taylor & Francis Group produces high quality, peer reviewed books and journals. We produce unique, trusted content by expert authors, spreading knowledge and promoting discovery globally. We aim to broaden thinking and advance understanding, providing academics and professionals with a platform to share ideas and realize their individual potential.

We are looking to add 2 new Portfolio Managers across our STM team. The roles available are:

• Medicine & Health (M&H) – Open Research Portfolio Manager – Reproductive Medicine 
• Life Earth and Environmental Sciences (LEES) – Portfolio Manager - Environmental Toxicology 
• General Medicine

The Portfolio Manager roles:

The Open Research Portfolio Manager General Medicine & Surgery role will report through the Global Head of Portfolio for the subject area (in M&H) while also forming part of the new Open Research Growth Unit. The Open Research Growth Unit is a new virtual unit that brings together resources from across the Researcher Services group to support our Open Research (OR) growth ambitions. As part of this group, Open Research Portfolio Managers will have the support of Executive Editors and Desk Editors to provide a gold standard publishing experience to authors.

The Portfolio Manager Reproductive Medicine role will report directly to the Global Head of Portfolio for their subject area (in M&H) and will involve working across a range of owned and society journals across the discipline. There will be opportunities to work closely with the Open Access teams across conversions and new launches.

The Portfolio Managers for Environmental Toxicology and General Med roles will report directly to the Global Head of Portfolio for their subject area (in LEES), and will work on society relationship management, new launch titles and instilling healthy ethical practices across a range of hybrid and open access journals.

We ask candidates to indicate any role preference on submission of their application.

What you’ll be doing:

• Creating and delivering plans to grow, develop and maximise the editorial and financial impact of a portfolio of journals within a subject cluster
• Managing your journals’ portfolio under the direction of the Global Head of Portfolio, exceeding/meeting targets and objectives with sustainable, ethical, editorial practices
• Pro-actively managing the article pipeline to deliver a high-quality author experience
• Developing new open access and hybrid journal propositions based on strong market research and best practices
• Fostering in-depth and long-term relationships with current publishing partners in order to maintain and protect the current portfolio’s business and creating opportunities for future acquisitions
• Working with our Content Acquisition team to build networks of contacts and deliver on commissioning plans to drive article collections, special issues, and commissioned content to your portfolio
• Maintaining a strong external focus by attending conferences, editorial board, and journal/society strategy meetings.
• Building, a clear understanding of your portfolio’s market need and competitor activity to inform decisions on journal development and the creation of new products (i.e. Journals) and services.

What we’re looking for:

• Knowledge, and preferably experience, of developing journals to meet business growth objectives
• Strong subject matter interest and experience in Scientific, Technical, and Medical publishing
• Experience of working with internal departments, as well as external publishing partners including Editors-in-Chief, Associate Editors and Section Editors
• A good understanding of the drivers for successful OA publishing and trends within Open Research
• Ability to negotiate and influence others, including senior stakeholders
• A strategic mindset and approach to your work, including the ability to make decisions that deliver the best outcomes
• The ability to prioritise and manage your own workload and to work under pressure
• The ability to read and interpret appropriate financial data, and financial modelling
• Willingness and motivated to travel to and participate in external events and networks

What we offer in return:

• Competitive salary
• Ample paid time off
• Sick time
• Medical & vision benefits
• 4 volunteering days per year
• Day off for your birthday
• Employer pension scheme with matched employer/employee contributions
• Flexible working schedule
• Seasonal social and charitable events
• Training and development

At Taylor & Francis we care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about.

The closing date for applications for this role is 11/30/2023