President

Publishers Weekly; United States; Remote; USD 400,000 - 525,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Remote work across the United States

Job summary

Annual Reviews, a nonprofit publisher of 51 journals, seeks a dynamic President to guide strategy, governance, and operational excellence across scholarly communications. You will work with the Board, editors, and staff to advance editorial integrity, open access models, and responsible stewardship of resources.

Located in the United States, this remote position offers comprehensive benefits and opportunities to influence the future of scientific publishing and knowledge dissemination.

Qualifications

• 10+ years senior leadership experience, preferably in scholarly publishing or related areas.
• Experience developing organizational strategy and aligning resources with priorities.
• Familiarity with the scientific publishing industry and open access models.
• Experience leading organizational growth and change.
• Experience working with governing boards and board committees.
• Experience with open access models and funding approaches.
• Revenue diversification experience and financial acumen (P&L, budgeting, partnerships).
• BA/BS degree strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the top executive and principal leader of Annual Reviews.
• Oversee performance and financial stewardship with the CFO to ensure sustainability.
• Provide leadership for editorial integrity and impact of journals and publications.
• Lead discussions on editorial policies with boards and staff.
• Represent AR in global scholarly and publishing communities.
• Research and recommend new business initiatives to the Board.
• Manage a team of 10 department directors and an executive assistant.
• Ensure compliance with laws, policies, and governance requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Communication

Governance experience

Open access knowledge

Education

BA/BS in science, business, finance, or economics

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

Annual Reviews (AR) is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to synthesizing and integrating knowledge for the progress of science and the benefit of society.

We are seeking a dynamic and inspiring leader who will value our leadership role in scholarly communications and build upon it. Founded in 1932, AR is dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of scientific and scholarly knowledge. At the heart of our business are 51 Annual Review journals spanning the biological, physical, and social sciences. Featuring dozens of world-leading authors, the AR archive tracks, summarizes, and makes accessible the remarkable evolution of science and technology and their impact on human society over nearly a century. Our journals rank among the highest in citation rate and in article longevity in their respective fields.

Recently, AR has expanded its scope by launching or acquiring four enterprises offering complementary services for scientific communication. In total, AR thus comprises:

Fifty-one Annual Review journals, each providing in-depth, timely analyses in its field;

• Knowable Magazine, disseminating scientific knowledge even more broadly to wider audiences;
• The Charleston Hub, serving the library and information sciences community through conferences, publications, and professional engagement;
• Knowledge Unlatched, expanding open access to scholarly books and journals through collaborative funding and partnership models; and
• Underline Science, providing video and event services to scientific communities.

Each AR activity serves and supports a community of importance to scholarship; collectively they form a comprehensive suite of products that bring scientific knowledge to new audiences.

At the highest level, the President is responsible for:

• Ensuring the short- and long-term success, sustainability, and strategic direction of the organization as a whole and its programs, products, and services.
• Leading AR's operations and activities, working closely with the Board, editors and editorial committees, management team, affiliates, and staff to strengthen the organization's impact, effectiveness, and long-term sustainability.
• Developing strategic objectives and priorities in partnership with the Board of Directors and in accordance with AR's mission and bylaws.
• Fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, innovation, accountability, and mutual respect.
• Cultivating and strengthening AR’s position as a leader in the scholarly communications industry.

Specific duties as President:

• Serves as the top executive and principal leader of Annual Reviews.
• Serves as a voting member of the Board of Directors, the Business Affairs Committee, and the Editorial Affairs Committee.
• Oversees organizational performance and financial stewardship in collaboration with the Chief Financial Officer, reviewing operational, programmatic, and financial results to assess progress toward organizational objectives, support effective resource allocation, and ensure AR's long-term sustainability.
• Provides leadership and oversight for the intellectual direction, quality, integrity, and impact of AR's journals and publications.
• Leads discussion and adoption of editorial policies and initiatives with theEditorial Affairs Committee, Board of Directors, and staff.
• Represents AR within the global research, scholarly, and publishing communities, serving as an ambassador for the organization and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge.
• Researches and recommends new business initiatives to the Business Affairs Committee and the Board of Directors.
• Manages a team of 10 department directors and an executive assistant, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Ensures compliance with applicable laws, regulations, organizational policies, and governance requirements.

Prior experience and education:

• 10+ years senior leadership experience, preferably in scholarly publishing or academic societies, education, research, publishing or the technology industry serving the research community.
• Experience developing organizational strategy, anticipating future trends, aligning resources with priorities, and balancing mission, short and long-term needs, impact and financial sustainability.
• Familiarity with factors affecting the scientific publishing industry, the opportunities and challenges they present for AR, and an ability to address them boldly and imaginatively.
• Experience effectively leading organizational growth and change.
• Experience working with governing boards and board committees.
• Experience with or knowledge of Open Access models.
• Revenue diversification experience and financial acumen (e.g. P&L responsibility, budget management, investment and risk assessment, launching new businesses or products, building recurring revenue streams, or developing partnerships, sponsorships, or licensing arrangements).
• BA/BS degree (in a scientific discipline, business, finance, or economics strongly preferred).

Management experience & skills:

• Sound judgment and impeccable ethical standards.
• 5+ years prior experience managing multiple senior leadership staff members at organizations with 50+ employees.
• Excellent management skills including a collaborative leadership style that values and empowers leadership staff to build strong teams and creates a culture of engagement.
• A demonstrated commitment to scientific integrity and editorial excellence.
• The ability to engage effectively with researchers, editors, and advisory groups.
• Ability to communicate expectations and priorities clearly, listen effectively, welcome thoughtful disagreement, demonstrate trust, and create an environment where staff feel comfortable raising concerns, challenging assumptions, and bringing forth new ideas.

Other important skills & abilities:

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to build trust, strong relationships, credibility, and consensus with Board members, staff, editors, lay audiences, and other stakeholders in both virtual and in-person settings.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft 365, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and other digital communication tools along with ability to leverage and learn new technology to evaluate and improve organizational effectiveness.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally.

Desirable qualifications:

• A strong understanding of the research environment, gained through academic, professional, or other relevant experience, and the ability to engage effectively with researchers, editors, and advisory groups.
• Understanding of nonprofit governance and experience in both nonprofit and for-profit environments.
• Experience in conducting original scholarly research.
• Experience with effectively leading acquisitions and/or mergers.

All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.

This is a remote position located anywhere in the United States.

Annual Reviews offers a generous and comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees including medical, dental, vision, EAP, and FSA plans with enrollment on the first of the month following date of hire; immediate enrollment in our retirement plan; 10.625 hours/month of accrued vacation time; 10 paid holidays + a 5-day paid winter break per year, sick time, and the opportunity to participate in a variety of personal enrichment and professional development programs.

Pay scale: Following is the salary range that Annual Reviews expects to pay for this position: $400,000 - $525,000/year. Please note however, that actual compensation will be determined by several factors including but not limited to specific home office location and level of experience and skills.

Annual Reviews is an Equal Opportunity Employer including veterans, individuals with disabilities and any other characteristic protected by law.

If individuals with disabilities need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact the Director of Human Resources at 650-493-4400 x 679 or by email at [e-mail] and let her know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this phone number or email address.

For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity, please click on each of the following: (1) Know Your Rights, (2) EEO and Non-Discrimination Statement of Policy.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Annual Reviews will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.