Senior Managing Editor, Journals

About the role

The Senior Managing Editor will manage the peer review and editorial operations for a high-volume medical journal published by the American Cancer Society. This position includes managing peer review, production, supplements, special projects, Editors, and the Editorial Board, overseeing the relationship with a contracted editorial services provider, and ensuring all scholarly publishing guidelines are followed.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Serves as the representative for the journal during monthly calls with the publisher regarding production, special articles, supplements, and ACS-authored content such as ACS statistics articles.
• Manages the EIC, Section Editors, and Editorial Board - responsibilities include refreshing members, training Section Editors, analyzing workloads, monitoring performance, and fostering diversity of the board.
• Works with the Editors, Senior Director, and Managing Editors to implement editorial policies that follow scholarly publishing guidelines, including, but not limited to, research misconduct and ethical issues that may arise.
• Works with the Publisher to investigate and resolve cases of author and reviewer misconduct.
• Plans, executes, and leads an annual Section Editor meeting with around 30 external attendees, as well as two Editorial Board meetings with over 100 external attendees.
• Compiles data analysis into reports for presentation and discussion as needed.
• Directs the Assistant Managing Editor in the implementation of all journal editorial priorities and goals and ensures the support of the Editors on a day-to-day basis.
• Oversees journal social media, promotion, and marketing efforts, including selecting articles for publicity, curating video content, and developing topics for the podcast, working strategically with the Research Engagement Manager for the Journals, the Assistant Managing Editor, and the publisher’s marketing team to increase visibility and grow usage and submissions.
• Provides operational management and budgetary support.
• Manages, trains, and develops an Assistant Managing Editor.
• Oversees revenue-generating sponsored supplements and special issues.
• Reviews competing journals to stay familiar with the field, including new trends or issues that may affect the processes of our journals.
• Participates in sales calls with the publisher.

Qualifications

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