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Associate Editorial Director

  • Remote, United Kingdom
  • Lead
  • Posted 6 days ago
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In one line

Two-year fixed-term role running a group of biology and health journals, fully remote with UK-based candidates.

About the role

Remote and home based, with UK applicants only. The job sits in the senior editorial leadership and covers both staff editors and journals run by volunteer academics.

At a glance

Pay
Not stated in the posting
Remote scope
Remote, United Kingdom
Seniority
Lead
Skills
Open Science, Editorial strategy, Performance metrics
Posted
23 Oct 2026
Last checked
28 Oct 2026

What you will do

  • Manage two biology and medicine journals and line-manage their professional editors in chief.
  • Set editorial strategy for a wider set of journals led by academic volunteers.
  • Work with publishing, marketing and operations colleagues on budgets, workflows and promotion.
  • Lead cross-journal projects on quality control, cost efficiency, data and code outputs, and policy.

What they look for

  • Strong relationships across the scientific community and international networks.
  • Experience developing journal strategy and hitting multi-term performance metrics.
  • Advanced leadership skills, including adaptive decisions and guiding teams through change.

Nice to have

  • Experience with open science publishing practices.
  • A track record of community engagement and conference work.

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Questions about this job

Can I do this job remotely, and from which countries?

Yes, it is listed as remote, aimed at candidates in the United Kingdom.

What does this job pay?

The posting does not state a salary, so there is no figure to quote.

What experience is needed?

It is a lead role. The posting asks for: strong relationships across the scientific community and international networks; experience developing journal strategy and hitting multi-term performance metrics; advanced leadership skills, including adaptive decisions and guiding teams through change. Skills it names include Open Science, Editorial strategy, Performance metrics.

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