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 is one of the world\xe2\x80\x99s largest publishers of high-quality, peer reviewed scholarly journals, books, e-books and reference works. We empower learners, thinkers and doers with trusted knowledge that advances research and enriches lives. We bring together diverse people, ideas and opinions to validate and publish the experts, theories and truths that matter. And we\xe2\x80\x99ve been doing this in an unbroken arc since 1798.

Our purpose is to foster human progress through knowledge. We strongly believe that this requires us to encourage and examine different ideas and voices, so that any work that meets our exacting levels of quality deserves to be included in our publications. This requires open minds, the opportunity for robust debate, and the courage to defend perspectives that stand up to scrutiny, even if they conflict with our personal beliefs or values. Because that\xe2\x80\x99s the only way to find the best obtainable version of the truth and, ultimately, foster human progress. If you agree, then we\xe2\x80\x99d love to hear from you.

There is one position for this role but please note it is being advertised globally in other locations.



This exciting and pivotal role works across our rapidly growing open research programme to help drive new propositions for a wide range of customers and deliver sustainable revenue growth. It covers Taylor & Francis\xe2\x80\x99 full range of offerings in this area, including open access journals and books, transformative agreements, and F1000. The role oversees the global team of open research specialists who support different commercial aspects of these offerings including areas like our overall approach to transformative agreements, to pricing, and to customer success.

The role is part of Taylor & Francis\xe2\x80\x99 Commercial leadership team, and works in close collaboration with our regional commercial leadership, and with key stakeholders across other departments, to ensure the business\xe2\x80\x99 commercial goals for open research are delivered globally, and to input into the overall open research strategy.

The role involves:

• Ensuring our business models and prices support sustainable customer value and revenue growth across our full range of open research offerings (including APC pricing and transformative agreement frameworks), and that our front-line commercial teams are aware of the options and governance processes when delivering offers to customers
• Tracking the progress and impact of our commercial teams globally in driving value for and revenue from open research customers, and providing leadership, best practice, and actionable data for open research business development activities in each region
• Articulating the value of our global programme of transformative agreements and our open research strategy more generally to different customer groups and scholarly communities, working closely with policy, communications, and editorial teams in doing so, and while providing flexibility to meet nuanced regional needs
• Providing commercial input and sign off for journal open access models, including conversions, acquisitions, and new launches
• Looking for cross-regional opportunities in supporting the global uptake of open research models and frameworks
• Working closely with Finance on budgeting, planning, forecasting and reporting on open research revenue, including regular update meetings to Executive Leadership Team.
• Managing the OA Commercial Operations function, including working with our technology teams to ensure the successful development of relevant infrastructure and OA agreement implementation
• Leading the growth of F1000 as part of the F1000 senior management team
• Leading Tayor & Francis\xe2\x80\x99 rapidly growing Open Books programme, working in close coordination with our Editorial team, in particular through innovating on business models, supporting business development, and ensuring customer awareness across all regions grows rapidly

Qualifications

• In depth understanding of the global open research landscape, including funder and government policy.
• Commercial experience, including an understanding of business models, revenue modelling and setting commercial strategy.
• Ability to quickly build strong internal and external relationships, experience working in a matrix structure particularly valuable.
• Track record of innovation in working with significant open research customers.

Additional Information

What we offer in return:

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.

• 25 days annual leave
• 3 additional days leave at Christmas (discretionary)
• Volunteering days annually
• Day off for your birthday
• Pension contributions
• Seasonal social and charitable events
• Training and development

Location:

This role is open to all applicants in the UK. You must have the right to live and work in the UK. This role is open to all internal colleagues in any of our global locations.

Closing Date:

Applications will close on 31st January 2023. Applications are shortlisted on a rolling basis, and we will be interviewing alongside advertising. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity.

Training And Professional Development:

We\xe2\x80\x99re passionate about ensuring you have all the tools and resources at your fingertips to reach your short and long-term career goals. We\xe2\x80\x99ll 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\xe2\x80\x99d 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 \xe2\x80\x93 please ask us, we are happy to be flexible! Please contact

Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis

If you\xe2\x80\x99re 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\xe2\x80\x99t 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.

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