Senior Content Editor (Acquisitions Editor, Clinical Medicine) at Wolters Kluwer | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Rezi

Senior Content Editor (Acquisitions Editor, Clinical Medicine) at Wolters Kluwer

Senior Content Editor (Acquisitions Editor, Clinical Medicine)

Wolters Kluwer · Philadelphia, PA, United States

2 months ago

Senior Content Editor (Acquisitions Editor, Clinical Medicine)

Wolters Kluwer · Philadelphia, PA, United States

2 months ago
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About the Role

Join an award-winning team in Medical Education and Medical Practice, creating high-quality clinical content and delivering innovative solutions. This strategic role drives editorial excellence, transitioning a print portfolio to digital and licensing-based revenue models. Collaborate with clinical AI and health IT partners, internal stakeholders, and a medical society to position clinical content as a trusted layer in next-generation clinical workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Lead acquisition strategy across 6 clinical medicine disciplines (neurology, pediatrics, emergency medicine, cardiology, psychiatry, addiction medicine), evaluating products for clinical relevance, market demand, and licensing potential.
  • Define vision and scope for each discipline, ensuring editorial quality and sustainable integration across proprietary and third-party digital platforms.
  • Build and maintain a network of authors and subject matter experts (SMEs).
  • Acquire content assets, secure revisions, and develop content for multiple digital platforms, collaborating with product marketing, sales, product management, and content development for successful launches.
  • Serve as the internal expert for assigned disciplines, staying current on curricula, market trends, and competitive dynamics, and communicating insights to drive strategy and go-to-market alignment.
  • Drive the transition of print reference titles toward digital products, licensing arrangements, and API-accessible content.
  • Evaluate assets for suitability as structured data, clinical decision support modules, or AI training and verification corpora, collaborating with product and technology teams on content architecture.
  • Track portfolio performance metrics (print sales trends, digital adoption, licensing revenue) to inform investment and divestment decisions.
  • Identify and cultivate partnerships with clinical AI developers, EHR platforms, and health IT companies for medical reference content integration.
  • Develop business cases and licensing proposals, including scope, pricing frameworks, and contractual considerations.
  • Represent the portfolio in partner conversations, articulating the value of peer-reviewed medical reference content as a verification and accuracy layer.
  • Align with marketing and sales to position content against brand messaging and licensing go-to-market strategies, identifying growth opportunities.
  • Serve as primary relationship manager for a medical society book publishing partnership, ensuring contractual obligations, editorial timelines, and quality standards are met.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience managing print-to-digital transitions or content licensing initiatives in a publishing or information services environment.
  • Experience managing external relationships (society partners, clinical advisors, licensing clients) with professionalism and accountability.
  • History of working effectively as part of a team, including cross-functional collaborations.
  • Experience in ideating, developing, and producing clinical reference titles, digital ancillaries, and content assets.
  • Experience managing financials of individual products and portfolios, including creating and managing budgets, forecasting, and P&L oversight.
  • Familiarity with processes related to contract negotiation and author/SME management.
  • 20% domestic travel required.

Skills

  • Deep editorial judgment in medical or clinical reference content
  • Ability to assess accuracy, utility, and market relevance
  • Strong business development acumen
  • Ability to identify partnership opportunities
  • Ability to build relationships with external organizations
  • Ability to contribute to licensing negotiations
  • Project leadership skills
  • Ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously
  • Ability to drive cross-functional alignment
  • Comfort with performance data
  • Ability to use metrics to guide portfolio strategy and editorial investment decisions
  • Skilled at stakeholder communication
  • Ability to explain complex editorial or strategic considerations to non-publishing partners
  • Familiarity with clinical AI, health IT, or clinical decision support ecosystems (strong advantage)
  • Proficiency in MS Word
  • Proficiency in Excel
  • Proficiency in PowerPoint
  • Proficiency in Outlook
  • Proficiency in Teams
  • Strong oral communication skills
  • Strong written communication skills
  • High degree of professionalism
  • Ability to determine customer needs and market trends
  • Knowledge of content management
  • Knowledge of asset development
  • Strong critical thinking skills
  • Strong problem solving skills
  • Strong decision making skills
  • Strong customer relationship management skills
  • Strong partnership skills
  • Effective presentation skills
  • Ability to adjust presentation delivery to target audience
  • Experience with facilitation of group discussion
  • Experience with facilitation of dialogue
  • Experience with the consensus process
  • Organized
  • Detail-oriented
  • Ability to effectively meet deadlines
  • Ability to set priorities
  • Confidence in developing strategic vision
  • Confidence in enacting strategic vision

Experience Level

  • 3+ years of experience in medical or clinical reference publishing or a related field, including editorial acquisitions/strategy, content development, sales, or marketing

Salary/Compensations

  • $66,700.00 - $116,400.00 USD
  • Eligible for Bonus

Benefits

  • Medical Plans
  • Dental Plans
  • Vision Plans
  • 401(k)
  • FSA/HSA
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Tuition Assistance Plan
  • Vacation Time
  • Sick Time
  • Paid Parental Leave

About the Company

  • Wolters Kluwer is a dynamic global technology company providing expert software and information solutions.
  • Empowers professionals with AI-powered solutions for critical decisions, successful outcomes, and increased productivity.
  • Delivers trusted, AI-powered expert solutions combining deep domain knowledge, proprietary content, and advanced technology.
  • Nearly 70% of digital revenues come from AI-powered solutions.
  • Committed to helping professionals navigate complexity, improve work, and solve critical challenges through cloud-based, AI-powered platforms.
  • Solutions designed for impact in high-stakes environments where accuracy and trust are essential.
  • Has a nearly 190-year legacy, evolving its portfolio of digital solutions and services.
  • Reported 2025 annual revenues of €6.1 billion.
  • Serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs more than 21,000 people worldwide.
  • Helps advance sustainability, health, justice, prosperity, and commerce globally.
  • Fosters a caring and inclusive culture where diversity is core to collective strength and high performance.

Equal Opportunity

  • Committed to providing a welcoming environment and equitable opportunities for all employees regardless of background, nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or religion.
  • This principle is ingrained in company values and articulated in the Code of Business Ethics.
  • Committed to complying with laws requiring equal opportunity in hiring, promotion, and other employment decisions.
  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, transgender status, and sexual orientation), national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
  • Does not tolerate discrimination on any of these bases.