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Elsevier is hiring a Technical Product Manager I to manage the integration activities required for successful implementations of the company's Academic Leaders & Funders solutions. The role gathers business requirements, designs scalable data integration solutions, and partners with sales engineers, data and software engineers, and the Client Services team to ensure a timely launch.

Highlights

Analyzes customer business processes and translates requirements into technical specifications for data integration projects.
Defines project scope, goals, deliverables, and success metrics.
Creates documentation covering integration requirements, data mappings, API specifications, and test plans.
Leads delivery of integration projects and manages risk and mitigation activities.
Serves as the primary technical point of contact for customer queries and escalations.
Writes detailed epics and user stories for developers.
2+ years of experience in technical product management with a focus on data and workflow integrations.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Practical experience with REST and GraphQL APIs, integration patterns, and data formats such as JSON and XML.
Experience integrating HRIS/HR and Finance systems such as Workday, SAP, or Oracle Fusion is a plus.

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About the Business

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. What you do every day will help advance science and healthcare to advance human progress.

About the Team

The Academic Leaders & Funders (ALF) organization offers analytics and Software-as-a-Service solutions – SciVal, Pure, Interfolio, and Digital Commons - to support the academic lifecycle and research management needs of universities, research organizations, and funding agencies. The ALF Technical Services (TS) Team is a global team of technical product managers, data and software engineers that supports the implementation of ALF solutions (primarily Pure and Interfolio) by leading data integration projects with customer enterprise platforms (e.g., HR, Finance), and external data sources and tools, as well as providing automated data curation, enrichment and linking services.

About the Role

The Technical Product Manager (TPM) is a customer-facing role responsible for managing the integration activities required for a successful implementation of the ALF solutions. This involves gathering business requirements, analyzing the existing ecosystem and designing robust and scalable integration solutions that leverage the ALF Technical Services integration platform and best practices. The TPM is involved in the customer lifecycle at the beginning, collaborating with the sales engineers during the pre-sales phase and working closely with TS data and software engineers as well as the Client Services team, who is responsible for the overall implementation project, to ensure a successful and timely launch.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with customers to analyze business processes, gather functional and non-functional requirements, and translate them into technical specifications for data integration projects.
Define project scope, goals, deliverables, success metrics and planning for projects.
Create and maintain clear, comprehensive documentation including integration requirements, data mappings, API specifications, and test plans.
Ensure solutions comply with relevant security, privacy, and compliance standards.
Write detailed, comprehensive epics and user stories for the developers.
Lead the delivery of the integration projects, communicate with the customer, manage risk and mitigation activities.
Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customer queries and escalations.
Collaborate with the other TPMs and the engineering team leads to manage all the activities of the Technical Services team by adopting Agile methodologies and best practices.
Promote integration best practices and continuous improvement among internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

2+ years in technical product management (or equivalent role delivering technical products), with focus on data and workflow integrations.
Strong customer-facing experience and the ability to translate between business requirements and technical design.
Practical experience with APIs (REST, GraphQL), integration patterns, data formats (JSON, XML, flat) and databases.
Proven delivery skills: prioritization, risk mitigation, change management, and stakeholder communication.
Comfortable reading API docs, crafting sample requests, writing basic SQL, and collaborating closely with engineers and data teams.
Proven experience with Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban.
Experience working with or alongside AI / LLM-enabled capabilities.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to build relationships with stakeholders and the team.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
Experience integrating HRIS / HR and Finance systems such as Workday, SAP, Oracle Fusion, etc. is considered a plus.
Experience in higher education or research systems is considered a plus.
Familiarity with Research Information Management Systems or Faculty Information Systems is considered a plus.

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Elsevier is a global leader in advanced information and decision support for science and healthcare. We believe that by working together with the communities we serve, we can shape human progress to go further, happen faster, and benefit all.

We support continuous discovery and uphold the highest standards of content integrity, reliability, and reproducibility so the communities we serve can advance their field of science, healthcare or innovation with confidence. By combining high-quality content with powerful analytics, we transform complexity into clarity and deliver mission-critical insights that help professionals make better decisions when it matters most.

We deliver insights that help research institutions, governments, and funders achieve their goals. We help researchers discover and share knowledge, collaborate, and accelerate innovation. We help librarians provide verified, quality information to universities. We help innovators turn knowledge into new products. We help health professionals improve patient care and educators train the next generation of doctors and nurses. Connecting quality content and innovative technologies, we make progress go further and happen faster. And by championing inclusion and sustainability, we ensure progress benefits all.

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