Portfolio Manager - Mental Health (Maternity Cover Contract)

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 Group produces high quality, peer reviewed books and journals. We produce unique, trusted content by expert authors, spreading knowledge and promoting discovery globally. We aim to broaden thinking and advance understanding, providing academics and professionals with a platform to share ideas and realize their individual potential.

Taylor & Francis, a leading international academic publishing company, is looking to recruit a Portfolio Manager to cover the maternity leave of a member of our journals editorial team team. As Portfolio Manager you will be responsible for managing the editorial and commercial development of our portfolio of journals in Mental Health.

We are looking for a candidate with sound and relevant publishing experience, ideally within the field of scholarly and professional journals management. A working knowledge of the commercial and practical challenges facing scholarly publishers will be a distinct advantage.

This is an exciting and rewarding role that would suit a creative, tenacious, and self-starting individual with strong relationship-management and organizational skills.

What you'll be doing:

• Creating and delivering plans to grow, develop and maximize the impact and reach of a portfolio of Mental Health journals
• Managing the portfolio to an agreed level of revenue and profitability under the direction of the Global Head of Portfolio
• Building strong and mutually beneficial relationships with our Editors and their Editorial teams
• Encouraging in-depth and long-term relationships with current and potential publishing partners in order to maintain and protect our current portfolio and build opportunities for future growth
• Building, maintaining and sharing thorough knowledge of market need and competitor activity to advise strategic journal and portfolio development
• Representing the team and Taylor & Francis at external meetings and conferences as the need arises
• Managing budgets, preparing financial projections and supporting the overall financial performance of the journals

What we're looking for:

• Journals and/or publication experience strongly preferred
• Excellent communication skills, oral, presentation and written
• Strong experience of scholarly and professional journals management and of strategic journal development
• Proven experience of interpreting and applying insight from data on submissions, accepts, rejects and financial data
• Sound understanding of the issues currently facing scholarly and academic publishing
• Strong team-working skills, an ability to collaborate, and to work proactively with others, and to share knowledge and best practice
• Experience of working across departments within a dynamic, international organization
• Resilience, self-reliance, and resourcefulness

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.

• An excellent work/life balance with a fantastic, flexible working culture
• 25 days annual leave per year plus an extra day off each year for your birthday
• 3 additional discretionary days off during the holiday season at the end of the year
• 4 paid volunteering days each year
• Employee assistance programme – offering 24/7 well-being support
• Bonus scheme
• Share Match – Plan that matches every share purchased with two free shares.
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance, plus optical and medical care

Additional Information:

This role is open to candidates based in the UK. You must have the right to live and work in the UK. 

The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of our office in Milton Park, Oxfordshire, or Blackfriars, London, 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: Tuesday 18th February 2025

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Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis

 If you’re 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’t fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis, we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and contribute 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.

We genuinely care about our colleagues, promoting work-life 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: http://www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/careers

Or better yet check out our LinkedIn ‘Life’ Page, highlighting our accomplishments, employees, and company culture. It’s 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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