Readiness & Adoption Lead

RELX Group; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Elsevier in Exeter is seeking a Journal Manager to coordinate operational readiness for publishing platform rollouts. You will work with Operations teams to ensure successful adoption, training and smooth transition to BAU, while managing readiness across people, processes and systems.

The role involves hybrid working with one day per week in the Exeter office, and close collaboration with suppliers and internal stakeholders to minimise risk and disruption.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering platform deployments and operational readiness in complex environments.
• Strong understanding of systems, workflows and downstream operational impacts.
• Ability to translate technical change into clear operational guidance.

Responsibilities

• Define and assess readiness across people, processes, systems, data and dependencies.
• Coordinate readiness inputs, go/no-go decisions, deployment plans and pre-go-live checks.
• Identify gaps, risks and blockers and drive corrective actions before deployment.
• Assess what is changing, who is impacted and how ways of working will be affected.
• Coordinate communications, training and enablement to support adoption.
• Monitor adoption during rollout and early BAU, identifying confusion, workarounds and risks.
• Maintain alignment across Operations, Support and suppliers throughout deployment and stabilisation.
• Support transition through hypercare and aftercare into BAU and feed lessons learned into future readiness criteria and rollout planning.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Analytical thinking

Adoption and training

Job description

Are you passionate about helping teams adopt new publishing platforms successfully? Would you like to coordinate operational readiness and turn complex technical change into clear, practical guidance? About our Team As part of our team, you will manage the operational process for your own portfolio of academic journals whilst collaborating with a large team of other Journal Managers. You will be a member of a collaborative and inclusive team that encourages autonomy and personal development, whilst working together to achieve our department objectives and key results. You will contribute to a supportive team culture by sharing knowledge, ideas, and best practice. We operate a hybrid working policy. We are office-based and request attendance in our centrally located office in Exeter one day per week. The office is open and available most days for staff who prefer to come in. About the Role You will support successful publishing platform rollouts by coordinating operational readiness, deployment and adoption activities across Operations teams. You will help teams prepare for change, identify and address readiness gaps and risks, and support a smooth transition into BAU while capturing insights that improve future rollouts.

• Define and assess readiness across people, processes, systems, data and dependencies.
• Coordinate readiness inputs, go/no-go decisions, deployment plans and pre-go-live checks.
• Identify gaps, risks and blockers and drive corrective actions before deployment.
• Assess what is changing, who is impacted and how ways of working will be affected.
• Coordinate communications, training and enablement to support adoption.
• Monitor adoption during rollout and early BAU, identifying confusion, workarounds and risks.
• Maintain alignment across Operations, Support and suppliers throughout deployment and stabilisation.
• Support transition through hypercare and aftercare into BAU and feed lessons learned into future readiness criteria and rollout planning. Experience delivering platform deployments and operational readiness in complex environments.
• Strong understanding of systems, workflows and downstream operational impacts.
• Experience applying structured change management and adoption approaches.
• Ability to translate technical change into clear operational guidance.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Analytical, solution-focused and confident managing ambiguity, risk and escalations. 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 promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. 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 Pattern Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.