Chief Product Officer

Location : USA

Salary : Excellent, on application

Our client, a global leader in scholarly publishing and digital learning solutions, is seeking a visionary Chief Product Officer (CPO) to join their executive leadership team. The CPO will define, lead, and execute the organisation’s product vision and strategy across a diverse portfolio of digital publishing platforms, services, and education technologies.

This is a pivotal role requiring a deep understanding of the academic publishing ecosystem, including researcher and librarian needs, open science and open access trends, scholarly communication, and the evolving education and digital learning markets.

The successful candidate will drive product innovation, ensure strong market alignment, and deliver sustainable growth while advancing the mission to enhance global knowledge dissemination. A central focus will be on seamless integration across business units, customer experience journeys, and cross‑sector innovation.

Key Responsibilities :

Strategic Leadership

• Define and own the global product strategy and roadmap across all publishing and platform offerings, ensuring alignment with business goals, customer needs, and community expectations.
• Partner with the executive team to shape organisational strategy, focusing on digital transformation and global expansion.
• Monitor market and industry trends (e.g., open access and open data mandates, AI in research workflows) to anticipate change and position the organisation as a leader in scholarly communication.
• Develop a cohesive digital product vision across scholarly communication and education sectors, driving growth and future scalability.
• Ensure seamless interoperability across business units (publishing, education, technology, sales, and marketing) to deliver unified, customer‑centric solutions.

Product Innovation & Development

Operational Excellence

Team & Stakeholder Leadership

Experience & Qualifications

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