Remote Strategic Content Acquisition Manager – PsycInfo

Society for Scholarly Publishing; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote Work/Flexible Scheduling

401(k) with employer match

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid holidays

Job summary

The American Psychological Association is seeking a Manager, PsycInfo Content Acquisition & Licensing to identify, evaluate, and accession journals, books, and other content for APA PsycInfo and APA PsycTests. The role includes contract negotiation, licensing, and overseeing a remote-content development team.

A Bachelor's degree is required (Master’s preferred); at least 5 years supervising staff and 3–5 years negotiating scholarly licenses; strong editorial and technical publishing knowledge

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required; Master’s degree is preferred.
• Preferred psychology or closely related social science background; degrees in liberal arts, marketing, business administration, or library science are eligible.
• At least 5 years of staff supervision in scholarly or professional publishing and/or editorial environment is also required.
• 3-5 years of experience in contract negotiation involving content licensing agreements (preferably scholarly publishing).
• Experience with copyright and/or Creative Commons licenses is required.
• Experience must include management of complex, deadline-driven programs; budgeting; working knowledge of permissions; and culturally sensitive oral and written communication, including public speaking.

Responsibilities

• Manages a team of Content Development staff, overseeing staff performance and personnel activities.
• Develops best practices for identifying content for psychology-related databases and monitors collection development.
• Builds relationships with journal and book publishers to facilitate inclusion of content in databases; includes sensitive communications with publishers/editors.
• Negotiates coverage and license agreements and electronic feed processes with publishers for cost-effective processing.
• Interacts with APA IT regarding e-feed arrangements and interconnections between publishers and Content Development staff.
• Develops and enforces coverage policies for journals, books, and other content in databases.
• Develops and manages budgets for content development staff and resources.
• 5-10% domestic and international travel expected.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Content Acquisition

Licensing Negotiation

Staff Supervision

Copyright Licenses

Public Speaking

Budgeting

Permissions

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Adobe Acrobat

Microsoft Excel

Vendor/Production Systems

Web- and App-Based Search Systems

XML

Videoconferencing (Zoom/Teams)

Job description

The American Psychological Association is seeking a Manager, PsycInfo Content Acquisition & Licensing to identify, evaluate, and accession journals, books, and other content for APA PsycInfo and APA PsycTests. The role includes contract negotiation, licensing, and overseeing a remote-content development team.

A Bachelor's degree is required (Master’s preferred); at least 5 years supervising staff and 3–5 years negotiating scholarly licenses; strong editorial and technical publishing knowledge