Sr. Product Manager

Sr Product Manager

Are you keen to develop your Product Management career?

Would you enjoy working on our cutting-edge products?

Location: Oxford

About our Team

Our team supports research groups with the submission of millions of manuscripts annually, as well as the peer-review and editorial workflows for the largest, global scientific publisher. With advancement of technology, we continually improve how we help researchers get published easier while safeguarding the integrity of knowledge. 

About the Role

As a product manager for Elsevier’s global Submissions, you will enable growth of knowledge, research and innovation for our researcher community.

As part of our team, you will work within the wider publishing experience. You will be part of a cross-functional, agile squad of engineers, UX, subject-matter experts and analysts to create a start of the art user experience for article publication. You will grow trust & build alignment with stakeholders in Technology, Operations and Publishing. You will contribute to our data-driven, innovative culture for our digital submission products and services. You will ensure authors return to Elsevier for the best experience from submission to trusted publication. 

Responsibilities

• Data-driven product development by driving the definition, tracking, and operationalizing of feature-, product-, and company-level metrics

• Applying data, including effective use of KPIs and OKRs, to drive commercial decisions and growth opportunities for the product

• Driving key end-to-end lifecycle components, from planning to release 

• Working with external product management to develop product vision and roadmap plan aligned with business strategy and communicates across all critical stakeholders

• Using knowledge of competitors to inform product decisions and roadmaps 

• Defining and interpreting A/B tests that help answer critical questions about the impact of changes to our product 

• Close collaboration with Data Science to explore and validate thoughtful application of ai solutions in the editorial workflow

Requirements:

• Excellent communication skills with demonstrated ability to communicate with product managers, engineers, and executives alike 

• Have delivered products and/or services with data science needs and capabilities  

• Experience contributing to commercialised features or products, from understanding user needs to conceptualization to execution to post-release management.  

• Experience in a quantitative role navigating highly ambiguous environments 

• Has been recognized as full owner of a product or sizable feature of a complex product. 

• Is passionate about frequent product customer engagements that lead to positive commercial outcomes. 

• Proposed, designed, and run rigorous experiments with clear insights and product recommendations utilizing SQL and Python 

• Ownership of development and career 

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for you
 

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

● Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days

● Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits

● Wellbeing programs

● Life assurance                                                                                                                                                            

● Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme

● Save As You Earn share option scheme

● Travel Season ticket loan

● Electric Vehicle Scheme

● Optional Dental Insurance

● Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave

● Employee Assistance Programme

● Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children

● RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you

● Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer

● Access to extensive learning and development resources

● Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work
 

About the Business
 

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

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