Product Manager, Preprints Platform

Springer Nature; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Springer Nature Group is seeking a Product Manager (Preprints) to drive the end-to-end lifecycle of preprint experiences across our customer-facing websites. You will work closely with internal teams and external partners to deliver value from inception through retirement.

You will lead data-informed decisions, partner with UX/CX and product leadership, and shape a roadmap that balances commercial, editorial and technical needs while advancing research publishing practices.

Qualifications

• University education in a relevant area or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Established excellent track record in product development and management, with demonstrable experience managing customer focused digital products in technology or relevant industry.
• Proven success in meeting product goals including quantitative, qualitative and commercial measure.
• User focused, expert at using data and customer research to drive product strategy.
• Demonstrable experience of Agile working within software development teams and influencing them to improve technical capabilities.
• Expert in stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills, able to facilitate timely decision making.
• Demonstrable experience of managing products at different stages of the product lifecycle from inception to retirement.
• Possess a strategic mindset, with an understanding of Product Design, Product Strategy and Development, Engineering and Systems Design

Responsibilities

• Manages preprints experiences on our customer-facing website, ensuring users can discover, connect, publish and manage their preprints with Research Square (RSQ).
• Manage a product (or products) that are commercially important, complex or editorially sensitive.
• Embeds within internal development teams to deliver core user journeys and optimise internal capabilities and processes.
• Ensures preprints iteratively use data-led use cases to create a best-in-class customer experience with UX and CX teams.
• Works with stakeholders to create, own and execute a product strategy blending commercial, editorial, technical and customer needs.
• Sponsors and applies customer research and data insights to shape the product.
• Ensures products align to overall company portfolio and strategy.
• Develop products across full lifecycle from inception to retirement.
• Represent the Product Management discipline internally and externally for Springer Nature ensuring SN keeps up-to-date with best practices.
• Partner with Associate Product Managers and Product Managers to develop core Product Management skills.

Skills

Product management

Data-driven decisions

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Education

University education or equivalent experience

Job description

Springer Nature Group is seeking a Product Manager (Preprints) to drive the end-to-end lifecycle of preprint experiences across our customer-facing websites. You will work closely with internal teams and external partners to deliver value from inception through retirement.

You will lead data-informed decisions, partner with UX/CX and product leadership, and shape a roadmap that balances commercial, editorial and technical needs while advancing research publishing practices.