Job Summary
- Company
- Reed Elsevier
- Location
- New York, NY 10001
- Industries
- Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals
- Printing and Publishing
- Job Type
- Full Time
- Employee
- Career Level
- Manager (Manager/Supervisor of Staff)
- Job Reference Code
- NEW00002
Executive Publisher
About the Job
This position will report to the Publishing Director or VP of GMR Publishing and will be responsible for leading the business of one or two specialty groups of journals and related products and services in Health Sciences GMR publishing, with overall responsibility for business management and development, external relationship management, and strategic direction and leadership of the publishing team.
He/she will deliver strategy, business plans and realisation for the development, acquisition, maintenance and selling of information products and services (journals, electronic products etc.) within the international English language health sciences market encompassing approximately one or two specialty publishing groups taking into account the overall GMR strategic growth plan.
The key results area for the position is as follows:
1) Develop strategic direction
- develop growth strategies and long term business development plans for the assigned specialties
2) Business management:
- Meet or exceed annual budgets for revenue and gross profit. Meet or exceed long term growth targets.
- Input to the pricing, RF and budgeting processes.
- Ensure the smooth running of ongoing business management including implementation of content and quality strategy, cost control, publication to page budget, publication schedule, fulfillment, acquisition of society affiliations, negotiation of Editor and Society contracts, divestment or closure of unsuccessful products/services.
- Maintain an overview of the financial implications of all editorial/production activities
3) New business development
- Identify new market needs and business opportunities.
- Based on market requirements and in line with strategy, initiate, propose and develop new products and services, pursue acquisitions of journals (society and proprietary) or other relevant products/services, for new profitable business.
- Ensure that market-related achievements meet or exceed plans and targets: acquisitions of society and proprietary journals, start-ups of new journals, development of other new products and services, author input/page growth, online usage of journal content, impact factor growth.
4) Relationship management
- Establish, manage and maintain excellent contacts and networks with key external stakeholders in the relevant medical specialties, especially with Editors and society representatives, with a view to 1) understanding their professional and organizational needs; and 2) ongoing development of journals and other products or services, and/or acquisitions of society and proprietary journals. If appropriate for the assigned portfolio meet also with representatives of commercial organisations with a view to new product/service development and acquisition of content with commercial sales potential.
- Establish, manage and maintain excellent contacts with key stakeholders within the business
5) Leadership and People Management
- Provide direction, leadership and motivation in times of change
- Mentor and coach staff; support and manage staff career progression.
- Carry out the PDP (KPO setting and review, development discussions and action planning) and salary review processes and ensure consistency across the team
- Ensure that directly reporting staff with their own line management responsibilities comply with all of the above.
The ideal candidate will have experience within scientific / medical publishing and have experience working with professional associations. Demonstrated ability to manage and grow a journals publishing business (10+ journals), acquire and start new products or services including society-owned journals, and research and develop new business opportunities are required.
Bachelor or Masters Degree is preferred
Key Competencies for the position will include the following essential characteristics:
- Good at building strategic working relationships
- Good customer focus - making customers and their needs a primary focus of one's actions - developing and sustaining strategic customer relationships
- Good communication skills - clearly conveying information and ideas, demonstrating an understanding of others' agendas. Active listener, adopting a variety of communication styles
- Persuasive, good influencing and negotiating skills
- Innovation skills - looking for new ideas to improve existing situations and to continuously improve current processes and procedures
- Resilience - handling pressure in a manner that is acceptable to others and to the organisation
- Good strategic decision making - Takes decisions within limits of own role quickly, using a structured decision making process.
- Leadership - steps forward to take the lead as needed, both within own team as well as cross functionally or with different departments.
- Good knowledge of the health science world and its sociology
- Good knowledge of the publishing process and related developments
- Financial planning and analysis, commercial awareness, business management skills.
- Good strategic insight, scanning the horizon for latest developments, eg new technologies, business models etc
- Able to appreciate and have experience of managing a number of different specialties globally
Elsevier is the world's leading provider of scientific, technical and medical (STM) information, tools and resources. A global company based in Amsterdam, Elsevier partners with scientists, researchers, healthcare providers, educators and decision-makers in academic institutions, governments and corporations to help them find, evaluate and use information. Our breadth of content is unparalleled, spanning virtually every STM field in the world and includes such distinguished brands as Gray's Anatomy, The Lancet and Cell. Using innovative technology, we deliver our content through tools that help our customers be more productive and successful in their work. ScienceDirect delivers the worlds' leading journals electronically to over 11 million readers in 200 countries. And physicians in 95 percent of teaching hospitals rely on MD Consult to get critical information that can save lives. Elsevier employs over 7,000 people in more than 70 offices worldwide. We are an employer of choice, attracting and developing talented and creative people who thrive in a challenging and fast-paced environment. We offer an excellent compensation and benefits package as well as a real opportunity for career growth in a growing organization. Elsevier is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.
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