VP, Academic Relations, Americas

Company Description

The Company - Taylor & Francis Group an Informa Business

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 is one of the world’s largest publishers of high-quality, peer reviewed scholarly journals, books, e-books and reference works. We empower learners, thinkers and doers with trusted knowledge that advances research and enriches lives. We bring together diverse people, ideas and opinions to validate and publish the experts, theories and truths that matter. And we’ve been doing this in an unbroken arc since 1798.

Our purpose is to foster human progress through knowledge.  We strongly believe that this requires us to encourage and examine different ideas and voices, so that any work that meets our exacting levels of quality deserves to be included in our publications. This requires open minds, the opportunity for robust debate, and the courage to defend perspectives that stand up to scrutiny, even if they conflict with our personal beliefs or values. Because that’s the only way to find the best obtainable version of the truth and, ultimately, foster human progress. If you agree, then we’d love to hear from you.

Job Description

Closing date: January 10, 2024

We are looking for a VP, Academic Relations, Americas to join our Global Commercial team. You will be a passionate and experienced colleague who will build and enhance strong relationships with the academic community and to help develop Taylor & Francis’s reputation as a trusted, innovative, and collaborative partner. Academic institutions and the needs of their community are and remain important to Taylor & Francis and this role would be their voice, both internally and externally, at Taylor & Francis.

You will focus on three areas:

• The communication agenda
• Collaborating and partnering with leading institutions and their leadership
• Building and delivering engagement programs at selected global events. The Vice President of Academic Relations will use their expertise to develop and apply a strategic framework across business units in support of a long-term engagement and partnership strategy with the academic community.  

Qualifications

What we're looking for:

You will possess deep knowledge of the decision-making processes within the libraries as well as the universities and their administration. Reporting to SVP & Commercial Lead for the Americas, you will work with our global leadership team across Taylor & Francis to build and execute a comprehensive strategic framework in academic/publishing relations. This position can be home-based in the US or office based in Philadelphia.

What you'll be doing:

• Understand, develop, and influence the scholarly communication agenda from the perspective of the academic library within and outside Taylor & Francis, including the library role in the research process, research data management, user education, digital preservation, and multi-stakeholder engagement.
• Collaborate with priority library organizations and key influential librarians to establish and develop strong relationships.
• Build relations with key institutions by engaging regularly with campus leaders, media outlets, holding workshops, and participating in relevant conferences. Information Classification: General
• Attend and speak at key events to promote Taylor & Francis as a trusted, innovative, and collaborative partner for the STM library and academic community.
• Demonstrate excellent ambassadorial qualities to effectively promote Taylor & Francis actively and publicly, highly respected by the librarian community.
• Excellent, authoritative, and credible written and verbal communication skills: able to engage in debate in an open, assertive and non-defensive manner.
• Demonstrated networking abilities among senior library community leaders and well-connected with library organizations.
• Exhibits drive, and enthusiasm takes initiative and innovates, shows entrepreneurial instinct. Capable of working independently and shows good judgement.
• Effectively collaborates with colleagues, takes the lead to coordinate when needed.
• Familiar with library policies and practices
• Familiar with best practices and policies related to research integrity and research data management.
• Knowledge of access and entitlement policies, information resource licensing.
• Extensive library work experience.
• Strong interest or track record in data science, research data, research data management a plus.