Senior Managing Editor, Nonfiction Publishing

Candidate; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe Press seeks a Managing Editor to own the editorial development and execution of its publishing program. You will guide intellectually ambitious nonfiction from acquisition through final proofs and production-ready handoff, upholding Press’s standards for rigor, clarity, accuracy, and editorial distinction.

This role requires exceptional editorial judgment and project management skills. You will collaborate with editors, production managers, designers, authors, and agents, building systems

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex nonfiction books.
• Excellent editorial judgment across structure and voice.
• Comfort with technical, scientific, or research-intensive nonfiction.
• Developmental editing expertise.
• Line editing and copyediting experience.
• Fact-checking, permissions, and editorial-production workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own the editorial path from acquisition through final proofs and handoff to production.
• Establish and manage editorial schedules spanning manuscript delivery, editorial review, revision, copyediting, fact-checking, permissions, indexing, proofreading, and final approval.
• Evaluate manuscripts for structure, argument, clarity, pacing, voice, evidence, and accessibility.
• Provide clear, actionable guidance to authors and offer developmental or line-editing support when needed.
• Determine the appropriate editorial and verification process for each book, including external reviews when necessary.
• Build, commission, and supervise a network of editors, copyeditors, fact-checkers, and reviewers.
• Give final editorial approval before manuscripts enter production and oversee author review through proofs.
• Maintain Stripe Press house style and create repeatable workflows across editorial and production.

Skills

Editorial judgment

Project management

Editorial workflows

Job description

Stripe Press seeks a Managing Editor to own the editorial development and execution of its publishing program. You will guide intellectually ambitious nonfiction from acquisition through final proofs and production-ready handoff, upholding Press’s standards for rigor, clarity, accuracy, and editorial distinction.

This role requires exceptional editorial judgment and project management skills. You will collaborate with editors, production managers, designers, authors, and agents, building systems