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PLOS
51 – 200 Employees
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PLOS is a nonprofit organization advancing open science through changes to research publishing, policy, and practice. Its work supports rigorous, reliable, and accessible research across scientific disciplines, including life sciences, health, sustainability, engineering, and technology. PLOS focuses on reducing barriers to knowledge creation and sharing while developing publishing models aligned with the principles of open science and broader inclusion.
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Associate Director, Publishing — PLOS | Remote UK

Lead PLOS’s open-access journal portfolio strategy, investment planning, and development. Manage distributed publishing teams while advancing equitable scholarly communication.

DEGermanyGBUnited KingdomUSUnited States
$85,000 – $157,000 / year
RemoteFull-timeSeniorEnglish RequiredDirector

Description

  • Set strategic direction for PLOS’s journal portfolio, connecting portfolio priorities, publishing investment, and journal development with organizational objectives and its mission.
  • Manage and develop Publishers accountable for journal portfolio performance and strategic growth.
  • Own portfolio-level publishing performance and convert organizational strategy into actionable priorities.
  • Apply publishing metrics, financial data, market intelligence, and research-community insight to inform decisions, uncover growth and innovation opportunities, and mitigate risk.
  • Set expectations and accountability frameworks while providing coaching, professional development, succession planning, and performance management for direct reports.
  • Create and execute portfolio-wide publishing strategies supported by differentiated value propositions.
  • Lead portfolio assessments and formulate recommendations covering journal positioning, growth, performance, and future direction.
  • Assess and develop new journals, products, services, and publishing approaches.
  • Convert organizational strategy into clear portfolio priorities, objectives, and delivery plans.
  • Manage publishing budgets and forecasts, directing resources responsibly.
  • Act for the Director, Publishing & Publishing Operations as required.
  • Cultivate relationships with editors, researchers, institutions, societies, partner organizations, and cross-functional colleagues.
  • Collaborate with Editorial, Publishing Operations, Sales, Global Publishing Development, Product, Technology, Marketing, Finance, and Research Integrity teams.
  • Help maintain effective journal policies, processes, services, and quality standards.
  • Improve journal positioning, audience engagement, portfolio visibility, and demand generation.
  • Lead culture change, cross-functional collaboration, organizational alignment, and disciplined change management.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
  • Approach business challenges with curiosity, investigating root causes and grounding solutions in PLOS’s strategy and mission.
  • Demonstrated experience launching open-access journals from proposal through publication.
  • Strong commercial and financial capability, including budgeting, forecasting, business planning, and P&L ownership.
  • Extensive STM publishing experience with increasing levels of responsibility.
  • Experience managing senior publishing professionals or equivalent portfolio leaders.
  • Record of creating and delivering strategic plans that produce measurable business and operational results.
  • Strong history of building and leading high-performing teams across geographic locations.
  • Outstanding communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder-management abilities across cultures, disciplines, and functions.
  • Commitment to open access and the transformation of scholarly communication, with genuine interest in constructive engagement with the scientific community.
  • Preferred: experience leading large-scale journal portfolios and/or megajournals.
  • Ability to remain seated for extended periods while working at a computer.
  • Willingness to undertake occasional national and international travel.
  • Flexibility to work across time zones when needed.

Benefits

  • US: 401(k) plan with employer matching.
  • US: Employer-sponsored medical, dental, and vision coverage, with dental and vision premiums fully employer paid.
  • US: Paid vacation, 11 public holidays, and sick leave.
  • US: Parental leave.
  • US: Birthday leave and three winter holidays.
  • US: Short- and long-term disability insurance.
  • US: Two paid volunteering days annually.
  • US: Fully remote work, with a home-office stipend upon joining.
  • UK: Private medical insurance.
  • UK: Life assurance.
  • UK: Income protection.
  • UK: Personal accident insurance.
  • UK: Pension with employer matching of up to 10%.
  • UK: 25 days of holiday and market-competitive maternity and paternity leave.
  • UK: Birthday leave and three winter holidays.
  • UK: Two paid volunteering days annually.
  • UK: Fully remote work, with a home-office stipend upon joining.

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