Executive Publisher, STM Journals (1458)

Contract: Full-time permanent

Salary: £54,700 - £73,200

Location: Cambridge

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation, and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

We are looking for an experienced and innovative journals publisher to drive the ideation of new journal concepts, to lead a team that brings those to market, and to drive the success of key open access brands.

Our mission is to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. Which is why every year, we give vital support to millions of people in more than 170 countries around the world. From teachers and learners to researchers and academics, we help to build confidence, unlock potential, and enable success. We give people the opportunity to show what they’ve learnt, we spread knowledge, spark enquiry, and aid understanding.

We achieve this by embracing change, and continuously focusing on our customers’ needs. And by collaborating, and carefully listening to our customers and to each other, we keep moving forward, keep innovating, and keep finding newer and better ways of doing things.

What you’ll be doing

• Working with the STM Journals Publishing Director to drive, facilitate, and enable new product development in response to research community, market, and industry trends and in keeping with the aims and principles of open science.
• Overseeing the reputational and commercial success of key open access brands.
• Ensuring that appropriate editorial processes, approaches, and standards are in place for these key brands and are implemented by external and internal editorial teams.
• Leading, coaching and inspiring the programme development publishing team.
• As a member of the STM journals leadership team, contributing to strategy and business planning, ensuring that we deliver growth, innovation, profitability, and service.
• Maintaining close contact with the scientific and open research communities, building on own expertise as a transformative science publisher and open research thought leader.

What we’re looking for

Qualifications

• PhD in a life science subject preferred

Skills

• People management

Experience

Essential

• Substantial experience in driving journal publishing strategy and innovation
• Familiarity with evolving journal publishing business models
• Well networked in relevant scientific research communities

Desirable

• Leading role in building or driving an open access journals programme
• Major contribution to product innovation

Behaviours

• Successfully takes a collegial approach to achieve desired outcomes
• Facilitates creative solutions to meet the needs of the research community
• Makes confident, well justified decisions; seeks solutions to challenges
• Considers long-term strategic, commercial and reputational impact of proposals and decisions

The closing date for application is 18th February and interviews will be scheduled shortly after.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a market leader and be rewarded with valuable learning opportunities, a competitive salary and benefits.