Executive Publisher

Can you grow and develop a publishing portfolio strategically?

Do you enjoy building strong relationships with editors and authors?

About the Team

Our STMJ (Science, Technology, and Medical Journals) team publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed research that drives progress across scientific and medical disciplines. We collaborate closely with authors, editors, reviewers, and societies to ensure the integrity and impact of the published work. Through innovation in editorial workflows and publishing technology, we help global research communities discover, evaluate, and disseminate knowledge that advances science and improves lives.

Responsibilities

Portfolio Management and Development

• Develop and implement strategic plans for the portfolio, ensuring alignment with both team and broader organizational strategies.
• Collaborate with editors, authors, editorial boards, and the academic and medical communities to ensure seamless journal operations.
• Negotiate and manage contractual relationships with journal editors and societies. Maintain and enhance the existing portfolio, keeping pace with external market developments, including the advancement of Open Access and Open Science initiatives.
• Conduct ongoing quality control and monitoring of all editorial, production, and publishing activities, actively addressing areas requiring improvement.
• Achieve portfolio-related objectives concerning content growth, market share of articles, citation share, relative impact factor, editorial turnaround times, and satisfaction levels of authors and editors.
• Manage the editorial fees budget and other overarching processes, including projecting article growth.
• Demonstrate expertise in data collection, presentation, and interpretation.

Relationship Management and Networking

• Establish, manage, and sustain strong connections and networks with key external stakeholders, including editors, authors, society representatives, university leaders, and industry professionals, to understand their professional and organizational needs and stay informed on market developments.
• Establish, manage, and maintain excellent relationships with key internal stakeholders, including editorial, production, publishing, marketing, and technology teams, coordinating activities to meet the portfolio's needs and support its development.

Requirements

• Creative, entrepreneurial, and innovative mindset.
• Result-oriented and proactive.
• Willingness to travel internationally (25-30%).
• Integrity and commitment to the business.
• Strong commercial and negotiation skills.
• Willingness to participate in selective projects.
• Ability to build and manage editorial boards.
• Excellent networking with key stakeholders.
• Knowledgeable about technology, social media, and content enhancement in academia.
• University degree (essential).
• Solid experience in publishing.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

We support flexible working hours, allowing you to flex the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

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. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

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.

With 9,500 employees, over 2,300 technologists in 5 major tech hubs, and more than 60 locations across the globe, we are committed to supporting the scientific and healthcare communities around the world. We offer a diverse range of opportunities across technology, commercial, business, and early career jobs. If you are looking for a career that inspires progress in science, innovation and health, and allows you to grow every day, find your team at Elsevier.