About the Role
SSRN is a dynamic, collaborative, and mission-driven team focused on accelerating the dissemination of early-stage research and supporting scholars globally. As part of Elsevier and STMJ, we are transforming SSRN into a trusted, world-class preprint server, combining innovation, research integrity, and a strong commitment to author experience. Our team values curiosity, continuous improvement, and partnership, encouraging new ideas and empowering individuals to impact scholarly communication.
Responsibilities
- Support the Director in developing and executing strategies to increase SSRN's visibility, recognition, and influence.
- Build, manage, and grow strategic partnerships with funders, industry bodies, and key organisations including society publishers.
- Contribute to SSRN's positioning as a trusted and recommended preprint server.
- Contribute to internal strategic projects to improve workflows, standards, and best practices.
- Support high-impact initiatives, including AI-led projects and policy implementation.
- Work cross-functionally to improve discoverability and indexing (e.g. PubMed, Web of Science).
- Support the Director in identifying and progressing opportunities for global expansion, particularly in China and India.
- Liaise with analytics and processing teams to inform strategic decisions and progress.
Requirements
- Experience in scholarly publishing or preprints.
- Strong understanding of policy, funder requirements, and the research ecosystem.
- Ability to build partnerships and influence external stakeholders.
- Experience contributing to strategic and cross-functional projects.
- Highly organised, analytical, and comfortable driving initiatives independently.
Work Type
- Flexible Working Principles
- Ways of Working policies
Benefits
- Appealing working prospect
- Numerous wellbeing initiatives
- Shared parental leave
- Study assistance
- Sabbaticals
- Country specific benefits
About the Company
- A global leader in information and analytics, helping researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society.
- Harnessing innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.
- Committed to supporting the scientific and healthcare communities around the world.
- Offer a diverse range of opportunities across technology, commercial, business, and early career jobs.
- Part of RELX Group.
Equal Opportunity
- Qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
