Edtech.com's Summary

Elsevier is hiring an Executive Publisher to lead a team in the Health and Medical Sciences division. The role involves managing and developing a prestigious journal portfolio, implementing strategic plans, collaborating with key stakeholders, and driving portfolio growth aligned with organizational goals.

Highlights

Manage and develop a portfolio of scientific, technical, and medical journals.
Develop and implement strategic plans aligned with team and organizational objectives.
Collaborate with editors, authors, societies, and academic communities to ensure smooth journal operations.
Negotiate and manage contracts with journal editors and societies, focusing on portfolio growth and market trends such as Open Access and AI.
Monitor editorial, production, and publishing activities, ensuring quality and process improvements.
Build and maintain strong relationships with external stakeholders including editors, authors, and industry professionals, as well as internal teams.
Manage editorial budgets, forecast article growth, and interpret data related to portfolio performance.
Require a university degree and at least 12 years of publishing experience with strong commercial, negotiation, and networking skills.
Proficiency in technology, social media, and academic content enhancement expected.
Must be fluent in English and willing to travel internationally up to 30% of the time.

Executive Publisher Full Description

Executive Publisher

Philadelphia, PA (Penn Ctr)

Philadelphia, PA

Full time

Executive Publisher

Are you an experienced Publisher who excels in leading a team?

Do you have strong portfolio management skills?

About the Team

You'll be part of a dedicated team in the Health and Medical Sciences. We are a team of publishers and editors collaborating to achieve the goals of both our team and the business.

About the Role

A successful Executive Publisher demonstrates the ability to manage and lead a team of Publishers working across a subject area and product market group, to grow and develop their journal portfolio and team as measured against key business metrics, and to launch and participate in strategic initiatives across Scientific Technical Medical Journals (STMJ) or Elsevier more widely. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced publishing professional to lead the development of a prestigious journal portfolio and to create broad market strategies.

Responsibilities

Portfolio Management and Development

Independently develop and implementing strategic plans for the portfolio, ensuring alignment with both team and broader organizational strategies.
Collaborating with editors, authors, editorial boards, society officers and the academic and medical communities to ensure seamless journal operations.
Negotiating confidently and managing contractual relationships with journal editors and societies. Maintain and enhance the existing portfolio, keeping pace with external market developments, including the advancement of Open Access, Open Science, AI, ethics-related initiatives.
Conducting ongoing quality control and monitor of all editorial, production, and publishing activities, actively address areas requiring improvement.
Achieving portfolio-related objectives concerning content growth, market share of articles, citation share, relative impact factor, editorial turnaround times, and satisfaction levels of authors and editors.
Managing the editorial fees budget and other overarching processes, including projecting article growth.
Demonstrating expertise in data collection, presentation, interpretation, society relations.

Relationship Management and Networking

Establishing, managing, and sustaining strong connections and networks with key external stakeholders, including editors, authors, society representatives, university leaders, and industry professionals, to understand their professional and organizational needs and stay informed on market developments.
Establishing, managing, and maintaining excellent relationships with key internal stakeholders, including editorial, production, publishing, marketing, and technology teams, coordinating activities to meet the portfolio's needs and support its development.
Operating on a high level toward all external journal stakeholders. This is a visible position within a specialized medical community with high expectations for excellence and overall performance.

Requirements

Have a university degree with a minimum of 12 years in Publishing.
Have a Creative/entrepreneurial/innovative mindset.
Display result-oriented and proactive
Able to travel for business needs, internationally (25-30%)
Have integrity and commitment to the business
Possess excellent commercial and negotiation skills.
Display willingness to participate in selective projects
Able to build and manage editorial boards
Excellent networking with key stakeholders
Knowledgeable about technology, social media, and content enhancement in academia
Are fluent in English, written and verbal communication.

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Original Job Description

Executive Publisher

Philadelphia, PA (Penn Ctr)

Philadelphia, PA

Full time

Executive Publisher

Are you an experienced Publisher who excels in leading a team?

Do you have strong portfolio management skills?

About the Team

You'll be part of a dedicated team in the Health and Medical Sciences. We are a team of publishers and editors collaborating to achieve the goals of both our team and the business.

About the Role

Responsibilities

Portfolio Management and Development

Independently develop and implementing strategic plans for the portfolio, ensuring alignment with both team and broader organizational strategies.
Collaborating with editors, authors, editorial boards, society officers and the academic and medical communities to ensure seamless journal operations.
Negotiating confidently and managing contractual relationships with journal editors and societies. Maintain and enhance the existing portfolio, keeping pace with external market developments, including the advancement of Open Access, Open Science, AI, ethics-related initiatives.
Conducting ongoing quality control and monitor of all editorial, production, and publishing activities, actively address areas requiring improvement.
Achieving portfolio-related objectives concerning content growth, market share of articles, citation share, relative impact factor, editorial turnaround times, and satisfaction levels of authors and editors.
Managing the editorial fees budget and other overarching processes, including projecting article growth.
Demonstrating expertise in data collection, presentation, interpretation, society relations.

Relationship Management and Networking

Establishing, managing, and sustaining strong connections and networks with key external stakeholders, including editors, authors, society representatives, university leaders, and industry professionals, to understand their professional and organizational needs and stay informed on market developments.
Establishing, managing, and maintaining excellent relationships with key internal stakeholders, including editorial, production, publishing, marketing, and technology teams, coordinating activities to meet the portfolio's needs and support its development.
Operating on a high level toward all external journal stakeholders. This is a visible position within a specialized medical community with high expectations for excellence and overall performance.

Requirements

Have a university degree with a minimum of 12 years in Publishing.
Have a Creative/entrepreneurial/innovative mindset.
Display result-oriented and proactive
Able to travel for business needs, internationally (25-30%)
Have integrity and commitment to the business
Possess excellent commercial and negotiation skills.
Display willingness to participate in selective projects
Able to build and manage editorial boards
Excellent networking with key stakeholders
Knowledgeable about technology, social media, and content enhancement in academia
Are fluent in English, written and verbal communication.

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