Job Description

Company Description

Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.

Taylor & Francis Group produces high quality, peer reviewed books and journals. We produce unique, trusted content by expert authors, spreading knowledge and promoting discovery globally. We aim to broaden thinking and advance understanding, providing academics and professionals with a platform to share ideas and realise their individual potential.



We have two exciting opportunities for Journals Portfolio Manager to join our global team! As part of our strategic expansion, as a Portfolio Manager you will be responsible for the commercial development and relationship management with key stakeholders for our Environmental Science or Life Science portfolios.

In your application, please do indicate which subject area you would like to apply for, if you have a preference.

A sense of autonomy is a huge plus since this team is international and you will be working within a globally based team (UK/US/APAC). While you'll have interactions and regular meetings with international colleagues and editors, there will be times you'll have to work independently.

Closing Date: Applications will close on Nov 9th 2022. Applications are shortlisted on a rolling basis, and we will be interviewing alongside advertising. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity.

What you'll be doing:

• Creating and delivering plans to grow, develop and maximize the profitability of journals in the Environmental Sciences/Life Sciences
• Creating and delivering plans to grow, launch, develop, and maximize the impact and reach of a portfolio of journals
• Managing a journals portfolio in your subject area, to an agreed level of revenue and profitability under the direction of the Global Head of Portfolio, exceeding/meeting targets, and objectives
• Pro-actively managing the article pipeline to deliver against agreed service levels
• Developing new open access journal propositions based on strong market research and best practices
• Developing and sharing best practice around successful open access publishing within the team
• Encouraging in-depth and long-term relationships with current and potential publishing partners to maintain and protect current portfolio and create opportunities for further acquisitions
• Proactively commissioning content, building network of contacts and working with the Editorial team to build and deliver on commissioning plans to drive articles, special issues, and commissioned content to your journals
• Maintaining a strong external focus e.g. attending conferences, editorial board meetings etc. creating profile and relevant networks to increase subject and customer knowledge and understanding
• Building, maintaining, and sharing thorough knowledge of market need and competitor activity to inform decisions on new journals and existing journal development
• Coordinating budgets, preparing financial projections, and leading the overall financial performance of the journals
• Representing the team and Taylor & Francis at external meetings and conferences as the need arises, both virtually and physically

Qualifications

What we are looking for:

• Experience of managing a portfolio of Journals to meet business growth objectives/or equivalent
• Good subject matter knowledge and ideally proven experience in developing journals within the Environmental Sciences/Life Sciences
• A background in the Environmental Science/Life Sciences would be a bonus
• Experience of working with internal departments, publishing partners and Editors-in-Chief, Associate Editors, and Section Editors to effectively manage copy flow
• Proven experience of interpreting and applying insight from data on submissions, accepts, rejects, and other pipeline and financial data
• Being able to demonstrate understanding of the issues currently facing scholarly and academic publishing
• Commissioning experience would be ideal for our subject lists
• Project management experience and client relations experience from other industries or academia would also be advantageous
• Strong team-working skills, ability to collaborate, work with proactively with others, and to share knowledge and best practice
• Experience of working across departments within a dynamic, international organisation
• Resilience, self-reliance, and resourcefulness, to drive customer and commercial value
• Excellent communication skills, oral, presentation and written
• Willingness and motivated to travel to and participate in external events and networks

Additional Information

At Taylor & Francis we care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. You will be joining a thriving business, working alongside an exceptional group of people. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about.

What we offer in return:

• An excellent work/life balance with a fantastic, flexible working culture
• 20 days(pro-rata for first year) annual leave per year, plus an extra day off for your birthday
• 4 paid volunteering days each year
• Paid sick leave of 14 days
• Under the local company's healthcare insurance plan with an option for the participation of other family members at the employee's expense
• Employee assistance programme - offering 24/7 well-being support
• Performance bonus
• Share Match - plan that matches every company share purchased with two free shares
• Annual health screening for employee and spouse, optical and medical care

Location:

• Being a global company, we currently have capacity for this role to be based in either of the following locations: Singapore, Japan, South Korea, UK, US. However you must have the right to work and live in the region you reside in.
• Taylor & Francis has multiple options for how employees can work based on their role - be that in the office, at home or somewhere in between.

Training And Professional Development:

We're passionate about ensuring you have all the tools and resources at your fingertips to reach your short and long-term career goals. We'll support you in your journey by working together on your own bespoke Taylor & Francis Development Plan, ensuring you have the resources, tools, support and coaching that will get you where you want to be.

Interview process:

Once you have submitted your application, we may get in touch with you for an initial screening conversation or ask you to complete a short video interview to enable us to better understand your skills, experience, and motivation. Following this, you will be invited to attend a competency-based interview, either virtually or in person. Typically, we'd then finish the interview process with a final, 2nd stage interview before extending an offer to the successful applicant.

We want all our candidates to shine in our recruitment process. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to ensure you are able to show us your best self. This could include having the application form in a different format, more time for questions, or anything else - please ask us, we are happy to be flexible! Please contact

Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis

If you're excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge, we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience don't fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis, we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and make a contribution regardless of their identity or background. As a colleague, you will have the opportunity to further innovate and develop in areas that you are passionate about. Our goal is to empower you with the resources, incentives, and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy, balanced life.

Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit based factor.