Job Opening
Position: Product Manager, New Services
Reports to: Director of Business and Product Development, Boston area
Benefits: Health, dental, 401k
CrossRef, a membership association and technical platform for scholarly publishing, seeks a detail-oriented Product Manager to handle product planning, management, and marketing for a select portfolio of new services. This includes co-managing products/services throughout their life-cycle, carrying out market and system analysis to prioritize product and user requirements, promoting product adoption by members, and working closely with technical and business staff to ensure that initiatives support the organization's overall mission. This position requires knowledge of the academic publishing arena with a minimum of five years of full-time relevant work experience in a technology or publishing setting. The qualified individual will be a good listener, have strong communication and team skills, and be comfortable interacting with both business and technical staff. The ideal applicant will also have experience working with project management software. CrossRef has a small staff and the ability to work independently, be flexible, and perform a wide variety of duties is essential.
Key Tasks:
• Work with CrossRef directors to help define product strategy and roadmap
• Develop and implement plans to ensure targeted growth of new services
• Maintain detailed spreadsheets and reports to manage all contacts, processes, schedules, and opportunities
• Actively promote services to membership through meetings and speaking engagements
• Encourage and coordinate user feedback processes
• Work with marketing staff to develop messaging, sales tools, and collateral
• Market research, and expertise with respect to competitive field
• Perform product/service demos as needed
Qualifications/Requirements:
• Minimum five years relevant work experience, as a product manager or product marketing manager
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Bachelor's degree; graduate degree preferred
• Electronic publishing production or technical product management experience
• Formal Project management experience a plus
• Public speaking experience a plus
• Excellent computer skills with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook
• Demonstrated success defining and launching successful products
• Strong teamwork skills
• Must be able to travel up to 30% of the time
To apply, please email cover letter, resume, and salary requirements to Amy Brand (abrand@crossref.org).
About Our Company: CrossRef is an independent membership association, founded and directed by publishers. CrossRef's
mandate is to connect users to primary research content, by enabling publishers to work collectively.
Contact: Amy Brand
E-mail: abrand@crossref.org