Editorial Operations Lead — Team Growth & Delivery

OUP; Hinoba-an; On-site; PHP 594,000 - 990,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Press in Noida, India, is seeking an Editorial Team Leader to guide Editorial Assistants and junior colleagues, delivering high-quality administrative, project, and data support. You will manage workloads, monitor progress, and report on key metrics in a fast-paced, international publishing environment.

You will oversee contracts, payments, and project administration while driving process improvements, staff development, and metadata integrity to support content discoverability

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Team leadership

Editorial coordination

Project management

English fluency

Job description

Oxford University Press in Noida, India, is seeking an Editorial Team Leader to guide Editorial Assistants and junior colleagues, delivering high-quality administrative, project, and data support. You will manage workloads, monitor progress, and report on key metrics in a fast-paced, international publishing environment.

You will oversee contracts, payments, and project administration while driving process improvements, staff development, and metadata integrity to support content discoverability