Senior Managing Editor, Journals

Essential Functions

• Manages peer review for the journal to achieve optimal efficiency and ensure compliance with scholarly publishing guidelines.
• Manages relationship with contracted editorial services provider and oversees work of their staff, including monitoring time per task, evaluating monthly hours, and setting annual budget.
• Facilitates the use of digital tools for peer review and production.
• Provides data-intensive analysis of peer review, editor turnarounds, production, and bibliometrics to make metric-driven decisions that will support Editor and ACS goals for content.
• Supervises an Assistant Managing Editor in day-to-day activities related to peer review, solicitation, and content promotion.

Experience/Qualifications

• Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor's Degree
• Years of experience: 5 years in a scientific or academic publishing environment

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• 5 years peer review management experience, working with physicians/scientists.
• 4 years of people leader experience.
• Self-starter with excellent judgement, problem-solving skills, and the ability to juggle multiple priorities.
• Excellent writing and communication skills including writing executive summaries.
• Must be customer-oriented and tactful.
• Able to work in a team environment and present reports and data to various audiences.
• Advanced analytic and computer skills including compiling complex reports and using advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Highly organized, with a keen understanding of strict deadlines and deliverables. Willingness to be flexible with schedule (i.e. occasional international calls with different time zones, etc.).

Travel Requirements

• Ability to represent ACS at conferences and other events that are attended by oncologists, oncology specialists, cytopathologists/pathologists, and other health professional audiences such as primary care.
• May attend professional publishing conferences; moderate or present at sessions; and participate in trainings, committees, and other activities.

Physical Requirements

• N/A

Pay Range

The salary range is $95,000 - $100,000. The final candidate's relevant experience/skills will be considered before an offer is extended. Actual starting pay will vary based on non-discriminatory factors including, but not limited to, geographic location, experience, skills, specialty, and education.

Benefits

ACS provides staff a generous paid time off policy; medical, dental, retirement benefits, wellness programs, and professional development programs to enhance staff skills. Further details on our benefits can be found on our careers site at: jobs.cancer.org/benefits.

About the Role

The people who work at the American Cancer Society focus their diverse talents on our lifesaving mission. It is a calling. And the people who answer it are fulfilled.