Managing Editor

Location: Remote, United States

Our mission is to unlock human potential. We welcome you for who you are, the background you bring, and we embrace individuals who get excited about learning. Bring your experiences, your perspectives, and your passion; it's in our differences that we empower the way the world learns.

About the Role:

The Managing Editor is responsible for the successful delivery of projects for a particular product line, from contract signing until delivery of final product. This includes managing costs, schedules and fiscal output budgets, keeping stakeholders informed of any variance, maintaining high-level contact with the author/editor throughout the project life cycle, and ensuring the quality of the final product. The Managing Editor is accountable for tracking deliverables carried out by the Content Ops department, ensuring they are on-time and within budget.

How you will make an impact:

• Establish a schedule with PDM/Editorial team to ensure correct data in system from contract creation throughout the product lifecycle.
• Maintain high-level contact with author throughout the content creation phase, provide information about upcoming workflow stages, proactively set clear expectations about author responsibilities and the content development and production processes; receives delivery of content from the author.
• Track progress of projects through the stages of the end-to-end content process; ensure the schedule of each component is up-to-date, and inform stakeholders of any variance against FY targets.
• Work with Ops teams to ensure projects requirements are clearly outlined and any issues are dealt with promptly to keep projects on track.
• Ensure enforcement of product-specific guidelines, and quality of final product is appropriate to the market; remediating any escalated issues
• Track project costs against pre-agreed budgets using appropriate tool; informing stakeholders of any variances and troubleshooting
• Work with Editorial/Senior Managing Editor to set up future year pub plans, using knowledge of the publishing program, author base.

What we look for (Required):

• Minimum of Bachelors degree required.
• Demonstrated experience in book publishing processes, including digital publishing.
• Project management experience desired.
• Proven track record of proposing, and delivering against challenging targets.
• Ability to communicate professionally and with confidence.
• Ability to forge strong relationships and build consensus with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to assimilate and work comfortably with a wide-range of business systems
• Understanding of platforms upon which products and services operate
• Understands the P&L, Cash Flow, and Return on Investment (ROI) implications of business choices
• Understands the importance of data flow, data integrity, and business process efficiency, as well as the potential role technology could play to improve or enhance them
• Ability to think critically, proven ability to identify and act on opportunities and to solve problems.
• Sets goals, and develops strategies and plans for meeting them.

About Wiley:

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 be innovative. Wiley's headquarters are located in Hoboken, New Jersey, with operations across the globe in more than 40 countries.

Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact tasupport@wiley.com for assistance.

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