Content Licensing & Acquisition Manager — Remote

American Psychological Association; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work options

Paid time off

Job summary

The American Psychological Association is seeking a Manager, Content Development & Licensing to lead licensing, acquisition, and evaluation of journals, books, and other content for APA's discovery solutions.

This role oversees a remote team, manages budgets, negotiates coverage and license agreements with publishers, and develops policies for content coverage across databases, requiring extensive publishing experience and strong stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master’s preferred.
• Psychology or related social science background preferred; candidates from liberal arts, marketing, business admin or library science eligible.
• At least 5 years of staff supervision in scholarly/professional publishing or editorial environment.
• 3-5 years of contract negotiation experience in content licensing (scholarly publishing preferred).
• Experience with copyright and/or Creative Commons licenses.
• Experience managing complex, deadline-driven programs, budgeting, permissions, and strong oral/written communication.

Responsibilities

• Manages a team of Content Development staff and oversees personnel activities.
• Develops best practices for identifying content for psychology-related databases with the Director, Content Management.
• Builds relationships with publishers/editors to include content in databases; handle sensitive communications.

Skills

Staff supervision

Contract negotiation

Copyright licenses

Public speaking

Oral communication

XML user

Microsoft Office

Adobe Acrobat

Microsoft Excel

Web search systems

Videoconferencing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s degree preferred

Psychology or related social science background

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Adobe Acrobat

Vendor/Production Systems

Web- and App-Based Search Systems

XML tooling

Videoconferencing software

Job description

The American Psychological Association is seeking a Manager, Content Development & Licensing to lead licensing, acquisition, and evaluation of journals, books, and other content for APA's discovery solutions.

This role oversees a remote team, manages budgets, negotiates coverage and license agreements with publishers, and develops policies for content coverage across databases, requiring extensive publishing experience and strong stakeholder communication.