Open Science Manager – External Affairs

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August 27

🦌 Connecticut – Remote

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Frontiers

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Media • Science • Education

Frontiers is a leading open-access academic publisher that empowers scientists to create solutions for healthy lives on a healthy planet. It offers community-led journals covering over 1,500 academic disciplines and facilitates a robust peer review process. Frontiers partners with institutions worldwide to promote open access publishing. Its focus includes enhancing the quality and accessibility of research and engaging with policy, business, and science communities to strengthen the dialogue between scientific research and informed policymaking. The company plays a significant role in publishing high-impact research articles and supporting institutional partnerships to transition to open access models.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2007

📱 Media

🔬 Science

📚 Education

📋 Description

• Support the cultivation and maintenance of relationships with senior leaders and decision makers at targeted institutions and federal agencies as well as major trade associations, non-profits and think tanks, by coordinating communications and engagement activities around the value proposition and strategic benefits of Open Science and Frontiers • Assist in post-contractual partnership development, in close collaboration with the Institutional Partnerships team and Director of Open Science, North America, ensuring success and expansion of collaborative opportunities • Coordinate and help execute partner engagement programs such as library-focused events, funder roundtables, conference panels, webinars and informational sessions to reinforce Frontiers’ thought leadership and reputation • Collect and organize market feedback from institutional partners regarding needs and trends; summarize and share with relevant stakeholders to inform offering and strategic initiatives • Prepare presentations, reports, position statements, RFI responses, and other materials in support of business priorities • Monitor and actively engage with science policy and regulatory developments, providing timely analysis of key changes and their implications for Open Science and academic publishing • Collaborate closely with the Director of Open Science, North America and the External Affairs Team, to deliver strategic guidance to internal teams advancing Frontiers’ policy goals • Partnering with the PR team and the Director of Open Science, North America, support the development and execution of the US PR/media engagement strategy, elevating Frontiers’ brand and thought leadership profile among target audiences

🎯 Requirements

• Knowledge of US research landscape and ecosystem, specifically research funding, dissemination, and science policy developments and implementation • Experience in academic or library relations, and/or with research-focused federal agencies • Experience in and knowledge of science policy and the workings of federal agencies is a plus • Experience with partnership development and stakeholder management • Strong network among US research stakeholders including federal agencies, libraries, universities, funders, research institutions, and others • Strong writing and argumentation skills • Strong verbal and presentation skills • Proactive, dynamic, and solution-oriented approach • Willingness to travel regularly within the US • Ability to work autonomously yet collaboratively, esp. across teams • Ability to get work done through influence • Good public speaker and presenter • Min. 7-10 years of experience in academic publishing, academic relations, or library science • Experience in and knowledge of federal agencies preferred • Master’s or Doctorate degree preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Balanced working model that fosters collaboration through regular engagement at office hubs • 4 additional wellbeing days in addition to existing annual leave allowance • Access to learning platforms and dedicated learning & development time • A range of wellbeing initiatives, including free online yoga classes and an employee assistance plan • Employees can dedicate three days each year to volunteer • Additional benefits depending on your location (e.g. pension plan and private medical care)