Editorial Team Leader

OUP; Dadri; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Press in Noida, India, invites an Editorial Team Leader to lead a team of Editorial Assistants, delivering high-quality administrative, project, and data support.

You will manage workload, track progress, coach staff, and collaborate with senior stakeholders to improve editorial workflows and ensure metadata accuracy.

The role combines leadership with operational excellence in a dynamic, international publishing environment, supporting academic publishing programmes.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team or coaching others.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Adaptable to change and able to drive improvements in processes.
• Knowledge of academic publishing and editorial workflows.
• Understanding of cross-format publishing (print and digital).
• Experience managing editorial administration or publishing operations teams.
• Experience with content management systems, publishing databases, and metadata workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of Editorial Assistants and junior colleagues to deliver admin, project, and data support on time.
• Manage resource allocation across the team to balance workloads with business priorities.
• Monitor project progress, set deadlines, and report on key metrics.
• Identify training needs and coach staff to develop skills and career progression.
• Represent editorial support in discussions with senior stakeholders to drive improvements.
• Oversee editorial workflows including contracts, payments, gratis copies, and project admin processes.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and staff development activities.
• Ensure project records, content data, and metadata are maintained in systems per standards.
• Drive improvements in editorial processes and data quality to enhance efficiency and discoverability.
• Serve as first point of escalation for issues involving authors, editors, and project stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Editorial workflows

Project management

English fluency

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

CMS systems

Publishing databases

Metadata processes

Job description

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Department: Content Development Research and Reference

Job Title

• Department: Content Development, Research Editorial
• Location: Sector - 62, Noida, India

About the Role

Introduction

Are you a people-focused publishing professional looking for an opportunity to lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing team? At Oxford University Press, you'll join a globally respected organization with a mission to further excellence in research, scholarship, and education worldwide.

This role offers a unique opportunity to combine leadership, operational excellence, and editorial support expertise within a collaborative international publishing environment. As Editorial Team Leader, you will play a critical role in enabling the success of both the Content Strategy and Content Development teams by ensuring the delivery of high-quality administrative, project, and data support across the Research Editorial function.

As an Editorial Team Leader, you will:

• Lead and support a team of Editorial Assistants and other junior editorial colleagues, ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality administrative, project, and data support services.
• Manage resource allocation across the team, ensuring workloads are balanced, transparent, and aligned with business priorities.
• Monitor project progress, establish deadlines, track team performance, and report on key metrics.
• Identify training and development needs, providing coaching and support to help team members build skills and progress their careers.
• Act as the voice of the editorial support team in discussions with senior editorial stakeholders, driving continuous improvement and resolving operational challenges.
• Oversee critical editorial support workflows, including contracts, payments, gratis copies, and project administration processes.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and employee development activities for the team.
• Ensure project records, content data, and metadata are accurately maintained across relevant systems and in line with agreed standards.
• Drive improvements in editorial processes, systems, and data quality to enhance efficiency and support content discoverability.
• Serve as the first point of escalation for issues involving authors, editors, and project stakeholders.

Impact

This role is central to the smooth operation of the Research Editorial function. By leading and developing a skilled editorial support team, you will help ensure that publishing projects are delivered efficiently, editorial workflows run effectively, and critical content and project data is maintained to the highest standards. Your leadership will contribute directly to employee development, operational excellence, and the successful delivery of OUP's academic publishing programme.

About You

• Experience leading a team and/or coaching, mentoring, and developing others.
• Excellent organizational, project management, and time management skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Adaptability and a positive approach to change.
• Experience supporting operational improvements, workflow enhancements, or change initiatives.
• Knowledge of academic publishing and editorial workflows.
• Understanding of cross-format publishing, including print and digital products.
• Experience managing editorial administration, project support, or publishing operations teams.
• Experience working with content management systems, publishing databases, and metadata processes.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.

Dependent on skills and experience.

We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.