Open Science Manager – External Affairs
Frontiers
full-time
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Location: 🇺🇸 United States
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About the role
- Support the cultivation and maintenance of relationships with senior leaders and decision makers at targeted institutions and federal agencies as well as major trade associations, non-profits and think tanks, by coordinating communications and engagement activities around the value proposition and strategic benefits of Open Science and Frontiers
- Assist in post-contractual partnership development, in close collaboration with the Institutional Partnerships team and Director of Open Science, North America, ensuring success and expansion of collaborative opportunities
- Coordinate and help execute partner engagement programs such as library-focused events, funder roundtables, conference panels, webinars and informational sessions to reinforce Frontiers’ thought leadership and reputation
- Collect and organize market feedback from institutional partners regarding needs and trends; summarize and share with relevant stakeholders to inform offering and strategic initiatives
- Prepare presentations, reports, position statements, RFI responses, and other materials in support of business priorities
- Monitor and actively engage with science policy and regulatory developments, providing timely analysis of key changes and their implications for Open Science and academic publishing
- Collaborate closely with the Director of Open Science, North America and the External Affairs Team, to deliver strategic guidance to internal teams advancing Frontiers’ policy goals
- Partnering with the PR team and the Director of Open Science, North America, support the development and execution of the US PR/media engagement strategy, elevating Frontiers’ brand and thought leadership profile among target audiences
Requirements
- Knowledge of US research landscape and ecosystem, specifically research funding, dissemination, and science policy developments and implementation
- Experience in academic or library relations, and/or with research-focused federal agencies
- Experience in and knowledge of science policy and the workings of federal agencies is a plus
- Experience with partnership development and stakeholder management
- Strong network among US research stakeholders including federal agencies, libraries, universities, funders, research institutions, and others
- Strong writing and argumentation skills
- Strong verbal and presentation skills
- Proactive, dynamic, and solution-oriented approach
- Willingness to travel regularly within the US
- Ability to work autonomously yet collaboratively, esp. across teams
- Ability to get work done through influence
- Good public speaker and presenter
- Min. 7-10 years of experience in academic publishing, academic relations, or library science
- Experience in and knowledge of federal agencies preferred
- Master’s or Doctorate degree preferred