About the role
We are looking for an experienced individual to lead our tracking, analysis, and communication of insights on Open Access & Policy changes and/or Pub tech & Innovation for our global journals portfolio. This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about learning and using evidence-based strategic insights to impact business decision-making and drive success. Use your combination of publishing knowledge and analytical, collaborative, and communication skills to unify data insights with external and internal expert opinions to provide actionable insights that fuel our strategy and drive growth for a successful transition to open access.
How will you make an impact?
Gather industry insights from internal databases, external sources, and commentary on relevant policies from governments, institutions, and funders, or on funding, innovation, developments & trends in publishing.
Collaborate with internal experts across Research Publishing, Marketing, and Government Affairs to provide unified views to support strategic decision-making for our journal portfolio.
Synthesize opinions and analyses from external experts and combine these with our own data and internal expert insights to provide a fuller picture. You might also acquire local market knowledge to add value to our reports.
Lead on communication of the unified views and actionable insights you collate and uncover in these areas to ensure effective knowledge sharing across Research Publishing and beyond.
What we are looking for:
Strategic thinker who can evaluate opportunities and risks to drive business growth and successful OA transition
Experience in academic publishing with a well-rounded knowledge of OA and/or policy, new business models, and publishing technologies.
Extremely proficient with Microsoft Excel and able to support other users. Further Power BI, SQL, or Power Automate skills would be a bonus.
Data analysis and synthesis skills, as well as the ability to pick out and summarize takeaways and tailor presentation style to audiences with high-level or more granular information and insights needs.
Good project or product management skills. Any coaching, mentoring, or people management experience would be a bonus.
Experience of, or an interest in, some external networking and participation in industry events or groups is a bonus.
About the company
Enabling Discovery, Powering Education, Shaping Workforces.
We clear the way for seekers of knowledge, illuminating the path forward for research and education, tearing down barriers to society's advancement, and giving seekers the help they need to turn their steps into strides.
Wiley may have been founded over two centuries ago, but our secret to success remains the same: our people. We are willing to challenge the status quo, move the needle, and innovate. Wiley's headquarters are located in Hoboken, New Jersey, with operations across the globe in more than 40 countries.