Director, Codes Editorial

Director, Codes Editorial

Role Summary

Provides strategic leadership and direction for meeting department, product, people, and business goals and objectives. Responsible for meeting all schedules, targets, and budgets. Establishes, builds, and maintains relationships with internal and external stakeholders and customers, as a representative of the organization.

About the Role

In this role as Director, Codes Editorial​ you will be responsible for:

Leadership and People Management

• Has line management responsibility for US Codes teams
• Closely partners with Codes Editorial Senior Leaders to meet all Codes Editorial commitments
• Supports Senior Director in continuous examination of organizational structure
• Builds strong partnerships with leaders and teams across TR in support of business deliverables, in particular Technology and Content Operations
• Represents Codes Editorial to senior leadership, working across organizational boundaries and functions.
• Sets goals and direction for area of responsibility.
• Responsible for effective performance management and development of employees.
• Attracts, identifies and grows talent within organization by motivating and providing development and growth opportunities.
• Optimizes leadership and team talent through coaching and mentoring.

Project Management/Process Improvement

• Champion’s best practices and drives process improvement mindset and initiatives.
• Develops project plans and leads cross-functional and/or cross-site project teams to achieve stated outcomes.
• Responsible for the assessment, recommendation, and completion of all projects within the department.

Communication

• Establishes, builds, and maintains effective communications and relationships across all level of the organization including internal and external stakeholders.
• Proactively problem solves and handles escalated issues as needed.

Transformation

• Transforms how US Codes Editorial operates to match capacity and budget, meet needs of Westlaw/Cavalry projects and realize AI potential
• Implements Codes Reimagine in collaboration with Strategic Projects Director
• Ensures change readiness across US Codes to meet transformation needs
• Ensures opportunities to innovate, simplify and deliver process efficiencies are maximised
• Manages expense budgets, including cost challenges
• Rebalances Codes Editorial time allocation to meet core content and new AI commitments

AI Adoption

• Drive process transformation through AI
• Establish AI experimentation as a best practice norm across group
• Partner with Codes leaders to achieve required staffing of capital initiatives, including AI product features and Reimagine
• Establish AI product project responsibilities in all editor roles (no silos)

Core Production

• Provides functional, operational or product expertise to department/organization and company.
• Has strategic responsibility for US Codes content, including productivity to all outputs – currency, quality, prioritisation – and measurement against baseline productivity metrics
• Provides Editorial input into product development
• With Manila Codes Editorial Director, owns strategy for further expansion in global centre locations
• Meets print revenue obligations whilst achieving time and process efficiencies
• Sets direction and plans work strategies to meet product targets and customer specifications.
• Ensures adherence to production and cost schedules.
• Responsible for people, systems, processes, and resources to meet deliverables.
• Budgets oversight and accountability for area of responsibility.
• Identifies and drives cost-saving initiatives and challenges.
• Collaborates on strategic development of new products and enhancements of existing products.
• Develops and maintains an excellent understanding of the market environment, including customers and competitors and promote good market awareness within the team.

About You

You’re a fit for the role of Director, Codes Editorial​ if your background includes:

• Overall 8+ years of experience.
• Leadership & People Management.
• Project Management & Process Improvement.
• Communications & relationships across all level of the organization including internal and external stakeholders.
• Proactively problem solves and handles escalated issues as needed.

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What’s in it For You?

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