Product Manager II

Elsevier Limited Company; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Private medical benefits

Contributory pension scheme

Life assurance

Travel Season ticket loan

Job summary

Elsevier is seeking a Product Manager for SSRN, its preprint server, to own features end-to-end and work with engineers, UX, analytics, and content teams to deliver user value. You will engage researchers to translate needs into requirements and shape roadmaps with the Senior Product Manager.

You will work in a hybrid setup with the London Wall office, spending at least two days on-site, while enjoying flexible hours and opportunities across publishing technology and data analytics.

Qualifications

• Structured discovery to gather and prioritise customer requirements.
• Ability to write clear requirements across formats and deliver.
• Experience using data analytics tools to inform decisions and test hypotheses.
• Experience supporting go-to-market activities with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Familiarity with AI tools and their application to product delivery.
• Track record delivering features across multiple workstreams.
• Minimum 2 days a week in the London Wall office.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and delivery for your feature area within SSRN's Preprint service.
• Engage with researchers to gather, prioritise, validate needs.
• Formulate problem statements and test hypotheses using data and experiments.
• Write clear product requirements and manage backlog prioritisation.
• Use data to identify production issues and defects through to resolution.
• Lead stakeholder demonstrations at milestones and assist launch readiness.
• Contribute to the feature-area roadmap aligned with senior PM goals.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Backlog prioritisation

Data analytics

Stakeholder communication

AI tools familiarity

Independent delivery

Tools

Adobe Analytics

Hotjar

Pendo

AI tools

Job description

Product Manager

Could you help shape the future of scholarly communication by delivering product improvements that support researchers worldwide? Are you excited by working with data, technology, and cross-functional teams to bring valuable product experiences to life?

Location: London Wall

About our Team

Our STMJ (Science, Technology, and Medical Journals) team publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed research that drives progress across scientific and medical disciplines. We collaborate closely with authors, editors, reviewers, and societies to ensure the integrity and impact of the published work. Through innovation in editorial workflows and publishing technology, we help global research communities discover, evaluate, and disseminate knowledge that advances science and improves lives.

About the Role

As a Product Manager for SSRN, Elsevier's preprint server, you will own one or more product features end to end, working alongside the Senior Product Manager to shape the feature roadmap. You will engage directly with researchers and scholarly communities to build a firsthand understanding of their needs, translate that understanding into product requirements, working with engineering, UX, analytics, operations, and content teams to deliver user value.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and delivery for your feature area within SSRN's Preprint service
• Engage directly with researchers and scholarly communities to gather, prioritise, and validate their needs
• Formulate problem statements and test hypotheses through data and experimentation, including A/B testing
• Write clear product requirements, whether as user stories, PRDs, or specifications, and manage backlog prioritisation for your feature area
• Use data to identify and prioritise production issues and defects through to resolution
• Lead stakeholder demonstrations at programme milestones and support launch readiness, including GTM briefing materials
• Contribute to the feature-area roadmap, aligned with outcomes agreed with the Senior Product Manager

Requirements

• Direct experience gathering and prioritising customer requirements through structured discovery
• Ability to write clear requirements across formats and manage them through delivery
• Experience using data and analytics tools (Adobe Analytics, Hotjar, Pendo, or equivalent) to inform decisions and test hypotheses
• Experience supporting go-to-market activity and communicating with cross-functional stakeholders
• Familiarity with AI tools and services and their application to process improvement and product delivery
• Track record of delivering features against measurable outcomes, working independently across multiple workstreams
• Minimum 2 days a week in the London Wall office

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. With an average length of service of 9 years, we are confident that 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 in a hybrid way from both the office and at home

Working flexible hours - flexing the times you work in the day

Working with us

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to help you succeed. Here, we will find an inclusive, agile, collaborative, innovative and fun environment, where everyone has a part to play. Regardless of the team you join, we promote a diverse environment with co-workers who are passionate about what they do, and how they do it.

Working for you

At Elsevier, we know that your well-being 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
• Long service awards
• Save As You Earn share option scheme
• Travel Season ticket loan
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children RE CARES 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 via Perks at Work

About Us

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. We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact 1-855-833-5120. Please read our Candidate Privacy Policy.

We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. USA Job Seekers: EEO Know Your Rights.

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