Role Description We are seeking a results-driven individual to join the Journal team as an Associate Review Manager. In this role, you will manage a small team of Review Editors and oversee the day-to-day manuscript review workflow to ensure manuscripts move efficiently and seamlessly from submission through publication. A key focus of this role is identifying and removing bottlenecks, improving operational efficiency, and leading the team to meet publication timelines while maintaining high editorial standards. - Lead and manage a team of Review Editors while overseeing the end-to-end manuscript review workflow from submission through publication. - Ensure timely manuscript progression through editorial and peer review stages to support publication goals and turnaround times. - Identify workflow operational bottlenecks; implement scalable process improvements to optimize efficiency and reduce publication timelines. - Support authors, reviewers, and editors to ensure a seamless, efficient, and positive review experience. - Assist with training, onboarding, mentoring, and performance management of Review Editors and team members. - Leverage workflow automation tools, AI solutions, and publishing technologies to improve operational efficiency and scalability. - Monitor team performance and key metrics regularly, proactively addressing gaps and driving strong results. Qualifications - A Ph.D. in Life Sciences. - Minimum 5 years of experience in academic or scientific publishing. - Strong expertise in peer review workflows, editorial operations, and manuscript management. - Prior experience managing or mentoring editorial/review teams preferred. - Strong understanding of scholarly publishing, peer review models, open access publishing, and publishing ethics. - Demonstrated ability to identify operational challenges and implement effective process improvements. - Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills. - Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities. - Highly detail-oriented, proactive, and capable of thriving in a fast-paced environment. - Results-driven mindset with a strong focus on efficiency, accountability, and execution. Benefits - A competitive compensation package. - You will make a direct impact in accelerating science research and education. - Opportunity to work with global teams and in an environment that promotes innovation and collaboration. - Our strong promotion from within culture draws a clear path to advance your career with us.

Role Description We are seeking a Senior Technical Product Manager to join our life sciences R&D product team supporting a leading pharmaceutical company's digital transformation initiatives. This role requires deep technical expertise combined with strategic product thinking to manage complex platform products that serve researchers, scientists, and data engineers across chemistry, biology, and computational science domains. As a Senior Technical Product Manager, you will own large strategic products OR manage portfolios of 5-10 established applications, driving continuous discovery, innovation, and business value delivery. You'll work in a hybrid delivery model aligned to the client's Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC), combining waterfall-style governance with agile execution. This is a partnership-driven role requiring close collaboration with client Program Managers, engineering teams, business stakeholders, and multi-vendor partners to deliver R&D acceleration—not just sustainment. What You'll Do - Strategic Product Leadership - Own end-to-end product strategy, roadmap definition, and business value validation for assigned R&D platform products - Drive continuous discovery and innovation focused on new product development and R&D acceleration - Lead product through all four PDLC governance checkpoints: Strategy Alignment → Requirements Validation → Architecture/Design Review → Launch - Manage large strategic initiatives OR portfolios of 5-10 established applications (including modernization, rationalization, or sunsetting) - Conduct continuous validation of business value through metrics, user feedback, and experimentation - Product Requirements & Delivery - Translate complex, ambiguous scientific and technical requirements into clear Product Development Plans (PDPs) - Create comprehensive user stories with clear acceptance criteria and robust requirements traceability - Manage backlog prioritization using Jira, Confluence, and Jira Product Discovery - Partner with Project Managers on scope trade-offs, resource allocation, and dependency management - Drive UAT, release decisions, and launch readiness across technical and business stakeholders - Stakeholder Management & Discovery - Serve as primary point of contact for business stakeholders and R&D end-users - Map stakeholder landscapes (influence, needs, communication frequency) and develop tailored engagement strategies - Conduct user interviews, discovery sessions, and continuous feedback loops with researchers and scientists - Facilitate requirements validation workshops and design reviews - Present executive-ready materials to business leadership and governance forums - Technical Platform Expertise - Deep understanding of APIs, data flows, cloud platforms (GCP required), and R&D systems architecture - Work closely with engineering, infrastructure, and data platform teams on technical feasibility and design - Monitor support channels, triage technical requests, and align them with product strategy - Understand GCP services (BigQuery, Workflows, Vertex AI, Cloud Run, GCS) and integration patterns - Navigate complex data ecosystems, authentication systems (SSO, LDAP), and compliance requirements - AI-Native Product Management - Leverage Gemini Pro and Atlassian AI for intelligent prioritization, velocity forecasting, and automated insights - Apply NLP-based sentiment analysis and predictive analytics to inform backlog prioritization - Co-develop AI use cases with client teams (target: 2-3 production AI use cases per quarter) - Drive GenAI-powered documentation generation and requirements automation - Governance & Reporting - Participate actively in bi-weekly sprint planning, retrospectives, and delivery reviews - Attend monthly Product Strategy Reviews with business stakeholders and Product Owners - Contribute to quarterly 360° performance reviews and monthly portfolio health reporting - Maintain comprehensive Confluence documentation and knowledge management practices Qualifications - 8+ years of product management experience, preferably in technical or platform products - Strong business use case analysis and user interview capabilities - Proven stakeholder mapping, management, and conflict resolution abilities - Excellent requirements documentation and PRD writing skills - Deep understanding of agile development methodologies and hybrid delivery models - Expert user of Jira and Confluence for backlog management and documentation Requirements - Strong technical background with hands-on software engineering or technical architecture experience - Deep understanding of cloud platforms, with GCP experience required - Experience building or managing developer platforms, APIs, data pipelines, and infrastructure tooling - Ability to read technical documentation, understand data flows, and speak fluently with engineers and data scientists - Working knowledge of modern data engineering stack and databases (SQL, NoSQL) - Familiarity with MLOps practices and AI/ML platform requirements - Experience in pharmaceutical or regulated industry environments (GxP, 21 CFR Part 11) - Understanding of scientific research workflows and R&D systems - Ability to bridge the gap between scientific users (chemists, biologists, computational scientists) and engineering teams - Familiarity with scientific computing applications and high-performance computing (HPC) environments Recommended Qualifications - Experience with high-performance computing (HPC) environments and HPC-to-cloud migrations - Knowledge of GCP's HPC-specific offerings and configurations - Understanding of authentication systems (SSO, LDAP) and zero-downtime deployment strategies - Familiarity with data movement challenges specific to large scientific datasets - Certification in relevant cloud technologies (GCP Professional Cloud Architect, etc.) - Strong strategic vision for product direction and long-term roadmaps - Experience as a product evangelist with ability to drive adoption and change management - Track record of portfolio rationalization, modernization, and technical debt reduction - Capability in cost optimization: license utilization, cloud spend efficiency, ROI analysis - Background in AI/GenAI applications for scientific workflows Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) You will be evaluated quarterly through 360° reviews and objective business metrics: - 360° Review Criteria - User/Stakeholder Management: Proactive engagement, conflict resolution, strategic alignment - Requirements Creation & Completeness: Clear, testable user stories; robust Product Development Plans - Understanding of Assigned Products: Deep domain knowledge; strategic roadmap ownership - Jira Maintenance/Upkeep: Backlog hygiene, documentation quality, requirement traceability - Objective Business Metrics - Cycle time reduction for research workflows and product delivery - User satisfaction (NPS) and adoption rate improvements for managed applications - Cost optimization: Portfolio rationalization savings, license utilization, cloud spend efficiency - Innovation velocity: AI/automation use cases co-developed per quarter

Role Description Senior Project Manager at CPS, reporting to the Head of Delivery. The role combines senior project delivery, engagement leadership, mentoring and delivery governance across the Project Management Team. It requires a confident, commercially aware project professional who can lead complex client engagements, build trusted relationships and help raise delivery standards across CPS. Experience within the education sector is essential, ideally within higher education, Microsoft-based technology delivery and digital transformation environments. - Lead client engagements from pre-sale support through mobilisation, delivery, commercial control, handover and sustainment. - Own delivery quality, governance, scope, planning, RAID, change control, reporting, financial control and client acceptance. - Provide consultative leadership to clients and internal teams, ensuring delivery reflects client objectives, adoption needs, business change impacts and the realities of education-sector stakeholders. - Maintain strong commercial awareness, protecting project profitability while identifying opportunities to grow client relationships. - Improve and embed CPS Project Management standards across engagements. - Support resource utilisation, escalation handling, problem resolution and client issue management. - Mentor Project Managers, supporting objectives, appraisals, development plans, career roadmaps and succession planning. - Support PM Team Lead cover, annual leave planning, sickness cover and recruitment activity. Qualifications - End-to-end project lifecycle delivery experience in professional services, consulting or shared services. - Proven ability to manage multiple clients, projects, priorities and commercial commitments. - Strong financial control, including budget delivery, billing, forecasting and commercial performance. - Able to lead multi-disciplinary teams across CPS, clients and partners. - Experience delivering Microsoft and third-party technology projects, from design through release and sustainment. - Experience delivering Microsoft-based digital transformation programmes, ideally using Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Azure, Copilot or related Microsoft ecosystem technologies. - Understanding of higher education operating environments, including academic departments, professional services, student experience, research, governance and complex stakeholder groups. - Business analysis awareness, with the ability to shape, review and challenge requirements. - Experience of Agile and Waterfall delivery approaches. - Willingness to travel as required. Requirements - Senior Project Manager, Project Manager or Change Manager with experience delivering IT, digital or business transformation projects, ideally in higher education or wider education-sector environments. - Background in an IT consultancy, professional services or client-facing delivery environment. - Background delivering Microsoft-centred transformation, adoption or systems implementation projects for universities, colleges or comparable complex public-sector organisations. - Experience managing multiple client engagements, project teams, budgets, risks, stakeholders and commercial expectations. - Strong understanding of project governance, delivery methodologies and technology implementation lifecycles. - Relevant professional qualifications such as APM, PRINCE2 or Agile/Scrum certification. - Degree-level education or equivalent professional experience. Benefits - 9 Day Fortnight (compression of 10 working days into 9 to be able to not work every other Friday) - PMI with Vitality Health - Medical Cash Plan with Medicash - Life Assurance (Death in Service) with YuLife - Employee Assistance Programme - 25 days holiday (plus all Public Holidays) – increasing to 26 days after 1 year, to 27 days after 2 years and to 28 days after 5 years - Your birthday day off - Access to Costco Membership - Salary Sacrifice Scheme, applicable to: - Workplace Pension - Employer contribution is currently 5.5% of qualifying salary (above legislated minimum and will increase if we achieve certain business targets) - Employee contribution is 4% of qualifying salary (legislated minimum but you can elect to increase) - EV Car Schemes - Discounted Gym Membership - Cycle Schemes - Home & Tech discounts for IKEA and Curry PC World - Holiday Exchange Scheme: buy up to 10 additional days per year and sell up to 5. - Quarterly and annual star performer awards – voted for by your peers and colleagues - Spot Awards of £25 and up, to instantly recognise excellence in you and your colleagues - Annual professional and personal training budget to support your PDP - Career Development Frameworks - Reward schemes that are designed to thank you for your hard work and make life a little more affordable. - Monthly employee experience/engagement survey - Quarterly company meetings - Social/team building events, organised by our incredible Employee Forum - Regular, meaningful 1 to 1s - Long service recognition at 5, 10, 15, 20 years and onwards - Award winning culture: Great Place to Work™ Nov 25 to Nov 26; Best Workplaces for Development™ 2026, Best Workplaces for Wellbeing™ 2026, Best Workplaces for Women™ 2025, Best Workplaces in Tech™ 2025

• Drive the strategic vision for an innovative enterprise product. • Support and grow programmatic partnerships across the Western United States. • Foster cross-functional collaboration to drive global programmatic success. • Carry a book of business (typically 3-5 Strategic Accounts). • Manage and coach a pod of Senior Managers & Managers (maximum 5 direct reports). • Provide mentorship, control escalations, and manage stakeholders effectively. • Collaborate with Sales leadership to identify revenue expansion opportunities. • Monitor bandwidth and campaign transition ideas.