Publisher (m/f/o) with focus on China (Acquisitions and Partnerships)
- Beijing
- Work experience
- Project Management, Product Management
- Fulltime
- Published: 2026-08-13
Job ID: 2048
We are seeking an enthusiastic, collaborative, and motivated Publisher (m/f/o) with strong interests to join the Thieme Science journals portfolio.
Do you want to play an active role facilitating our Science strategy in China, shaping the journal portfolio into an impactful one together with enthusiastic colleagues in sales and marketing?
Do you have an innovative mindset and describe yourself as a problem solver with strategic journal portfolio development, partnerships and outreach experience and strong interpersonal skills?
Then please contact us, apply, and join the science journal business and society partnership activities at Thieme.
This is a great opportunity for a dedicated individual with strong academic and society relationship building skills in India, especially in the chemical and medical sciences. The ideal candidate will be part of a strategically relevant unit and contribute to the development of best-in-class and scalable workflows in a rapidly evolving scientific publishing landscape.
Your role & your impact
- Portfolio management: Developing and implementing the business strategy for your portfolio of journals. This includes the strategic review and development of the existing portfolio as well as developing your journal portfolio along with the overall strategy.
- Journal development: Manage and grow a key publishing portfolio by defining journal development plans aligned with our Thieme Science strategy. Setting and adjusting quality and scope of the journals strategically in line with market development.
- Networking, research community: Developing and expanding a network in our target groups. Building and developing close working relationships with our academic research communities, like editorial boards, advisory boards and societies. Understanding the trends and changes in communities you serve and adjust your portfolio strategy accordingly.
- Outreach and Partnership: The role comprises engagement externally with funders and academic institutions and societies, as well as internally with local sales, marketing and production team members. It also includes the organization of local events such as editorial talks both in-person and online.
- Quality and improvement: Continuous quality management and improvement on journal level regarding decisions on resources and service standards. Maintain publishing quality, ethics and standards including but not limited to research integrity and publishing policies.
- Performance management: Ensure that KPIs are regularly monitored, reported and met, and that action is taken as needed. Take a data led approach to portfolio management and development in line with the Thieme Science strategic objectives.
- Collaboration: Close and coordinated collaboration with colleagues within the international Thieme Science Unit located in Stuttgart, London, New York, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, New Delhi, and Beijing as well as with colleagues in Production, Marketing, Institutional Sales etc.
Your profile
- PhD or master’s degree preferably in chemical, life sciences or medicine
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in the international academic publishing industry including proven experience in leading and managing an international portfolio of scientific journals
- Excellent negotiation and influential skills
- Proven record creating, implementing and improving journal development plans, and journal level business strategies.
- Experience in transitioning journals to open access
- Significant project management experience
- Expert in negotiating and networking with societies and other key players.
- Knowledge of all aspects of publishing ethics, editorial policy, procedures, and practice
- Strategic thinking and analytical skills plus an entrepreneurial mindset
- Outstanding communication skills with stakeholders at all levels in written and spoken English
- Strongly collaborative team worker, comfortable with co-ownership of shared goals and with a high level of personal accountability
- Able to undertake national and international travel for conference attendance, site visits and meetings
- Business experience in an international environment desirable
Additional information
- Non tariff remuneration
- Carina Hodruß
- Talent Acquisition Manager
