Associate Director, Publishing

🕒 September 16

🌐 United States, United Kingdom – Remote

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💵 $145k - $157k / year

⏰ Full Time

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PLOS

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51 - 200 employees

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

🔬 Science

Education • Non-profit • Science

PLOS is a non-profit organization on a mission to drive open science forward with measurable, meaningful change in research publishing, policy, and practice. Building on a strong legacy of pioneering innovation, PLOS continues to be a catalyst, reimagining models to meet open science principles, removing barriers and promoting inclusion in knowledge creation and sharing. They cover all scientific disciplines with a focus on fundamental and applied research across life, health, sustainability, engineering, and technology, ensuring that research outputs are rigorous, reliable, and accessible to all.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic leadership for the PLOS journal portfolio, aligning portfolio priorities, publishing investments, and journal development strategies with organizational goals and PLOS's mission • Lead and develop a team of Publishers responsible for journal portfolio performance and strategic development • Serve as the primary steward of portfolio-wide publishing performance • Translate organizational strategy into clear priorities and ensure effective coordination across the organization • Use publishing data, financial information, market intelligence, and research community insight to guide strategic decisions, establish priorities, identify growth and innovation opportunities, and manage risks • Lead, develop, and support senior publishing professionals • Establish goals, priorities, and accountability measures aligned with organizational and portfolio strategy • Provide coaching, professional development, succession planning, and performance management for direct reports • Develop and implement portfolio-wide publishing strategy • Lead portfolio reviews and make recommendations on journal positioning, growth opportunities, performance, and future direction • Evaluate and develop new journals, products, services, and publishing models • Oversee publishing budgets and forecasts, resource allocation, and business planning • Deputize for the Director, Publishing & Publishing Operations when appropriate • Build partnerships across Editorial, Publishing Operations, Sales & Global Publishing Development, Product, Technology, Marketing, Finance, Research Integrity, and other teams • Support relationships with Editors-in-Chief, Editorial Board members, researchers, institutions, societies, and partner organizations • Partner with Marketing and Communications to strengthen journal positioning, audience engagement, portfolio visibility, and demand generation • Lead organizational change, cross-functional collaboration, alignment, and accountability

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience • Business problem solver – operates with curiosity to get to the root of the business problem to ensure the ultimate solution is grounded in PLOS’s strategy and mission • Substantial experience launching Open Access journals from proposal to publication • Strong commercial and financial skills, including experience with budgeting, forecasting, business planning and P&L ownership • Substantial experience in STM publishing with progressively increased responsibility • Experience managing senior publishing professionals, or comparable portfolio leaders • Proven ability to develop and execute strategic plans that deliver measurable business and operational outcomes • Strong track record of leading and developing high-performing, geographically distributed teams • Exceptional communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills across cultures, disciplines, and organizational functions • Dedication to open access and transforming scholarly communication, with a genuine interest in engaging productively with the scientific community • Some national and international travel may be required • Some flexibility to work across time zones may be required

🏖️ Benefits

• 401k with employer match • Employee sponsored health, dental and vision insurance (Dental and Vision 100% employer paid) • Paid Vacation, 11 public holidays and sick leave • Parental leave • Birthday and three winter holidays days off • Short term and long term disability insurance • 2 days paid time off for volunteering per year • Fully remote work environment with stipend on joining for home office • Private medical insurance • Life assurance • Income protection • Personal accident insurance • Pension with up to 10% employer match • 25 days holidays, market competitive Maternity and Paternity leave • Birthday and three winter holidays days off • 2 days paid time off for volunteering per year • Fully remote work environment with stipend on joining for home office

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