Head (Director) of Researcher Services & Networks, Japan

2022-12-01 | po-020613

Company description

Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals. It is a division of Informa plc, a United Kingdom-based publisher and conference company.

Responsibilities

Your job responsibilities may include the following but not limited to:

1) Strategic Partnership

Define and deliver value into the regional research ecosystem to deliver long-term revenue growth
Foster and maintain high level strategic partnership with key customer groups, including government and regulatory bodies, funders, research institutions, societies and corporations.
Ensure the region has an effective framework for growing business relationships and delivery on strategic partnership projects.

2) Business Initiatives

Develop a regional growth strategy to support the delivery of the wider strategic commercial objectives in line with global strategy
Improve the T&F brand and profile, building increasing awareness and thought leadership across the region.
Identify potential opportunities in new products and services, collaborate with commercial team to ensure revenue generation.
Work with global subject teams to drive growth of editorial content and networks.

3) Market Intelligence

Develop and maintain market awareness through industry media, networking within research communities and research leadership
Provide market feedback to senior leadership team regarding competitive offerings, market trends, prospect needs and generate product and services development ideas and identify business opportunities.
Understand how current and future market trends in the region impact our current and potential customers

Requirements

1. A breadth of experience across the academic research and publishing industry, in different organizations, subject areas and in-depth knowledge of their designated region.

2. An understanding of technologies, trends and developments in the areas of online publishing, scholarly communication and research.

3. A firm grasp of strategic issues affecting the global research sector.

4. Proven ability to network and form strong working relationships and networks effectively at all levels, both internally and externally.

5. Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to create engagement, build rapport and create positive impact and credibility at senior level.

6. Results-oriented with the ability to manage from strategic development to detailed execution.

7. Project management knowledge and experience.

8. Self-motivation with the drive to succeed.

9. Native Proficiency in Japanese, Professional Proficiency in English.

10. PhD degree is preferred.