Senior Product Manager

RELX Group; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

RELX Group's ScienceDirect team is seeking a Senior Product Manager to define and deliver the strategy for machine and AI access to ScienceDirect content. You will identify use cases and translate them into scalable products and services, coordinating across product, technology, legal, and commercial teams to shape access and monetization in an evolving AI ecosystem.

You will own API and developer-facing product delivery from discovery to launch, run customer discovery and pilots, and

Qualifications

• Proven digital product management competencies and ability to balance trade-offs.
• Experience shipping API or developer-facing products with engineering teams.
• Strong communication across technical and commercial audiences.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the strategy for machine and AI access to ScienceDirect content.
• Translate strategy into a product roadmap and lead delivery with engineering.
• Lead customer discovery and pilots to validate use cases and value exchange.
• Shape entitlement models, access tiers, and licensing considerations.
• Measure machine usage value and report outcomes for customers.

Skills

Strategic product management

APIs

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder management

Effective communication

Tools

APIs

Agent connectors

Content delivery

Job description

A growing share of the demand for scientific content comes from software rather than people. As a Senior Product Manager, you will help define and deliver the strategy for machine and AI access to ScienceDirect content, identifying valuable use cases and translating them into scalable products and services. You will work across product, technology, legal, and commercial teams to shape how content is accessed, governed, measured, and monetized in an evolving AI ecosystem.

• Play a key role in developing and maintaining the strategy for machine and AI access to Elsevier's full content, recommending which use cases we should serve and which we should not, and building the evidence and stakeholder alignment behind those recommendations
• Translate the agreed strategy into a product roadmap and lead its delivery with engineering, from discovery through to launch, selecting the right delivery mechanism (APIs, agent connectors, etc) for each use case
• Lead customer discovery and controlled pilots to validate machine-to-to machine use cases and value exchange, turning what we learn into requirements and business cases
• Work with legal, commercial, product and technology colleagues to shape the entitlement model and access tiers for machine use, covering entitlement, identity, metering, versioning and the ability to revoke access
• Contribute to how machine usage and the value it creates are measured and reported, reflecting full text value for customers
• Keep a current view of the competitive and substitution landscape across open infrastructure, publisher gateways, aggregators and AI platforms, and bring that insight into product and strategy decisions Proven digital product management competencies, operating at high standards, especially excelling at assessing difficult trade-offs and setting clear priorities for the product roadmap to deliver maximum value
• Ability to use data and experiments to drive decision making
• Experience owning API, data or developer-facing products, and a track record of shipping them successfully with engineering teams
• Comfortable working with architects and engineers on data formats, content structure and delivery mechanisms, and able to translate between technical and commercial audiences
• Experience contributing to commercial models such as licensing, entitlement, packaging or pricing is an advantage
• Familiarity with how AI applications consume content, for example retrieval-augmented generation, agents, or text and data mining, is a plus
• Superb verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills and a demonstrated ability to collaborate with others to achieve productive results
• Proven ability to influence and align stakeholders across functions without direct authority
• A research or scientific background, or a strong understanding of the needs of scientists, researchers or students, is a plus Are you excited to shape how AI systems, autonomous agents, and machine-driven workflows access and create value from world-leading scientific content? Do you enjoy turning complex strategic questions into high-impact products that balance customer needs, technology, commercial opportunities, and governance considerations? About our Team ScienceDirect is Elsevier's flagship research discovery platform, home to more than 22 million publications across over 4,000 journals and 5 0,000 books. Researchers, clinicians, students and institutions around the world rely on it to find and use trusted, peer-reviewed science. We are a data-driven, mission-driven, customer-focused team who are passionate about building solutions that solve our users' problems. We are curious, collaborative, reliable partners who work in an open environment to explore new possibilities to bring more value to the market., RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions. Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate. 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. About the Business 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. If performed in NLD Amsterdam (Radarweg), the base pay range is €79,000 - €131,500.