Team Lead, Collections Management and Acquisition - Heidelberg, Deutschland - Springer Nature

Springer Nature

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Heidelberg, Deutschland

vor 3 Wochen

Geschrieben von:

Lena Wagner

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

Date:
Nov 23, 2023

Location:
Heidelberg, DE Berlin, DE

Company:
Springer Nature Group

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Team Lead, Collections Management and Acquisition
Permanent

Location:
Heidelber or Berlin

Closing date: 7th December 2023

The responsibilities include:

Lead a collections management team
Recruit a diverse mix of highly qualified and motivated people into Commissioning Editor and Managing Editor roles.
Supervise a team of Commissioning Editors and Managing Editors, responsible for their training and development.
Motivate, engage and inspire a team of Commissioning Editors and Managing Editors and strive to achieve strong employee satisfaction scores for your team and the wider department.
Monitor team performance and coach the team as necessary to improve the performance.
Report on progress toward targets and goals
Engage regularly with your team members via the formal performance review processes that focus both on targets, achievements and personal development
Execute the strategy for growing quality content via Topical Collections
Work closely with the Head of Collections Management and Acquisition to define the strategic direction of Topical Collection launches within the assigned portfolios to reach agreed targets.
Align with the journal editors on collections planning and improve the processes if necessary
Provide daily supervision to team members to meet the assigned targets
Report to line manager on results and challenges, actively propose solutions as well as work closely with the manager towards the team's target.
Control collections performance to determine how to maximize the outcome of Topical Collections by increasing the commissioning efficiency and effectiveness
Test and implement newly defined strategies and improvement initiatives
Engage with Guest Editors and Authors
Recruit and train Guest Editors to ensure appropriate content handling
Develop strong relationships with Guest Editors
Drive engagement and high level of satisfaction within the Guest Editors community in close collaboration with the Editorial Engagement and Marketing teams
Actively engage with the community of potential authors to commission quality articles for topical collections to meet the assigned team targets
Support the development of tools and systems needed to grow Collections content at scale
Collect and provide improvement ideas of reporting optimizations to the line manager for optimizing the Collections KPI report with the support of ACE team.
Work closely with the PP&I Center of Excellence to implement required technology in daily commissioning activities aimed at identifying and inviting the best potential authors to the assigned journal portfolio
Provide feedback based on market needs and daily operations to the line manager to increase the efficiency of submissions and peer review with the support of the Submission and Peer Review system team
Provide feedback based on market needs and daily operations to the line manager to optimize the delivery of Collections content on our platforms with the support of Product & Platform Group
Work with key internal stakeholders to ensure the goals of the Collections Management and Acquisition team are achieved and the needs of our research communities are met
Establish a close collaboration with the publishing team to keep them informed of Topical Collection initiatives and seek their input and feedback as needed.
Build close working relationships with other internal divisions as needed e.g. Product & Platform group, Technology, Production, Customer Service, etc.
Deputise for the Head of Collections Management and Acquisition, as and when required

Experience, skills and qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree minimum
Solid related work experience preferably in STM publishing, with a proven track record of content acquisition
People management and supervisory skills, previous experience managing a targetdriven team would be highly beneficial
Experience in working with the research publishing community with extensive networks is preferred
Excellent communication skills and the ability to build both internal and external relationships
Ability to work collaboratively and professionally with all internal and external stakeholders
A willingness and proven ability to work in a fastpaced, targetdriven environment
Detail and qualityoriented, strong organizational and prioritization skills
Experience of the organizational complexities in a matrix organization
Ability to communicate and effectively interact with people within a multicultural and diverse environment

Applicants should send:

A cover letter that conveys their interest and motivation for the role and indicates salary expectations,
A CV (which should include a brief account of the applicant's research accomplishments and of other relevant experience)

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