Director Portfolio Development
Director Portfolio Development
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Job Description
The Director of Portfolio Development drives the strategic growth of our Journals portfolio through new acquisitions partnerships and market development initiatives. This senior leadership role will be instrumental in expanding our presence in the scholarly publishing landscape while maintaining our commitment to research excellence.
What youll be doing:
- Lead on the identification evaluation and execution of journal acquisition opportunities and strategic society partnerships across multiple research disciplines
- Represent the organization at events and conferences to build our network and identify new opportunities
- Analyze market trends competitor activities and emerging opportunities to inform strategic decisionmaking
- Develop and implement innovative strategies to accelerate inorganic growth of our journals portfolio including looking beyond standard journal acquisitions to assets that will complement our portfolio and broaden our range of offerings to customers
- Work closely with our colleagues in books on expansion opportunities to maximize value for T&F as a whole
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders including acquisition target representatives society leaders and brokers
- Navigate complex negotiations and close deals that create value for all parties while achieving our strategic and financial objectives
- Collaborate with internal teams including editorial operations technology marketing and sale to ensure successful integration and growth of acquired titles
Qualifications :
What were looking for:
- Extensive experience in scholarly publishing with demonstrated success in journal acquisitions society engagement and partnership development
- Proven track record of identifying negotiating and closing complex deals
- Deep understanding of the scholarly communications landscape including open access models research workflow solutions and digital innovations
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to evaluate business opportunities and develop compelling value propositions
- Exceptional relationshipbuilding and networking skills with established connections in the academic and society publishing community
- Strategic thinking capabilities with the ability to spot trends and create innovative solutions
- Outstanding communication and presentation skills
Additional Information :
What we offer in return:
- Annual salary range from $120000 $150000 up to 20% bonus
- An excellent work/life balance with a fantastic flexible working culture.
- 15 days paid vacation
- 10 paid sick days
- 2 Paid floating holidays paid day off for your birthday each year
- 3 additional discretionary days off during the holiday season at the end of the year
- 4 paid volunteering days each year
- Up to 8 weeks of paid parental leave
- Paid leave for significant life events; i.e. moving or wedding
- Medical vision dental and other voluntary benefits
- 401(k) employer match
- Seasonal social and charitable events
What you should know:
- Applications are shortlisted on a rolling basis and we will be interviewing alongside advertising. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity.
- Have the right to live and work in the United States
- Location: The successful candidate will be able to utilize our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of our offices in either Philadelphia PA New York NY or Boca Raton FL to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office locations to collaborate as required. Time spent in the office is likely to range from 10%80% of working hours with an expectation for a minimum of 2 days per week spent working from an office.
- Closing Date for applications: 17 February 2025
Work/life balance:
At Taylor & Francis we care about our colleagues promoting worklife 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.
Training And Professional Development:
Were passionate about ensuring you have all the tools and resources at your fingertips to reach your short and longterm career goals. Well 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 competencybased interview either virtually or in person. Typically wed 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 you at Taylor and Francis:
Here at Taylor & Francis we know that many times the perfect candidate doesnt exist and that people can feel discouraged about applying for a job if they dont fit all the requirements. We encourage you to apply if youre excited about working for us and have some of the skills or experience were looking for. We believe in the notion that many skills and experiences are transferrable and you could be just what we need! Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly believe in the value of diversity of people and thought. We strive to foster a supportive and inclusive environment where our colleagues can learn develop and succeed all while feeling comfortable with being their true self. We embrace all walks of life regardless of race color ancestry national origin religion or religious creed mental or physical disability medical condition genetic information sex (including pregnancy childbirth and related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age marital status veteran status citizenship or any other protected characteristic under local law.
We genuinely care about our colleagues promoting worklife balance wellbeing and flexible working. 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. To find out more about our business and the great career opportunities please go to our Careers Site:
Or better yet check out our LinkedIn Life Page highlighting our accomplishments employees and company culture. Its also a good way of meeting our recruitment team who will be happy to advise you on your journey here at T&F.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
