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Senior Product Manager, Journals

Location: Cambridge

Contract Type: 18 - month fixed term contract

Hours: Full time

Salary: Salary Plan, 70,000.00 GBP Annual

Our client are currently looking for a Senior Product Manager who will be working within their product management and innovations team. This role is advertised on 18 - month fixed term contract, with the opportunity for a permanent role at the end of the contract

In this role you will focus on delivering strategic product management and innovation in support of their journal’s portfolio. As a member of the Product Management team, the role holder, in collaboration with the journal's senior management team, you will support the development and optimisation of journal products and services to meet the needs of researchers, authors, reviewers, editors, librarians and funders globally.

While the core focus will be on supporting the journals product strategy and lifecycle management, experience in developing and launching new digital products, particularly in commercial context, is valuable and will contribute to our broader innovation initiatives.

They are looking for someone who has previously developed a product management strategy with experience in developing new product or scholarly journals digital product strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver a product management strategy for journals platforms, initially focusing on the Publishing Business Modernisation (PBM) programme, ensuring alignment with the Publishing Strategy and organisational goals.
• Own and coordinate the prioritise the author workstream backlog and roadmap, making strategic decisions that balance business value, customer needs, and technical feasibility.
• Ensure the long-term development and integration of off-the-shelf and bespoke functionality delivers superior user and business value.
• Collaborate with Journals leadership and subject matter experts, UX designers, and technology teams to create high-quality, engaging experiences.
• Develop product roadmaps and manage any adjacent project interdependencies, ensuring timely delivery of milestones.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders across editorial, publishing, technology, sales, marketing, and customer services.
• Act as a trusted partner to the Head of Journals, Head of OA Journals, and other senior leaders to define, prioritise and implement platform and product strategies.
• Champion a customer-centric approach to product development, ensuring that stakeholder needs and user experience are central to decisions.
• Develop business cases and ROI analyses for new product initiatives.
• Ensure all platform and product enhancements reflect a clear understanding of user needs, pain points, and behaviours in the scholarly publishing domain.
• Lead the development of compelling product propositions and value communication for diverse journals customer segments.
  
  
  

• Good degree level or equivalent in Business Administration, technology, science or a related field. (degree in chemical sciences or related subject is desirable but not essential)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in product management.
• Proven track record of successfully launching and managing the lifecycle of digital products and services.
• Proven commercial and financial acumen, with understanding of various digital learning, licencing and packaging models.
• Experience working and managing relationships with third party platform providers.
  
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Product Management and Marketing

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