American Association for Cancer Research · 1 month ago
Associate Director, Production
Philadelphia, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
5+ years expThe American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is the first and largest organization dedicated to advances in cancer research. The Associate Director, Production plays a key leadership role in overseeing the production workflow of the AACR’s scientific journals, ensuring timely and high-quality publication of content across multiple platforms.
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Responsibilities
Manage the full production lifecycle of the AACR’s scientific journals, including copyediting, typesetting, proofreading, and online publication
Develop and maintain efficient workflows and SOPs to ensure consistent quality and timeliness of journal publication
Supervise production staff, freelance contractors, and vendors; provide training, mentorship, and performance evaluations
Collaborate with publishing platform and operations colleagues, as well as with vendor teams, to optimize production processes and tools and to troubleshoot technical issues
Maintain and ensure adherence to journal style guides, workflows, and downstream indexing/abstracting requirements
Liaise with external vendors to closely manage contracts, timelines, and deliverables
Assist in budget planning and monitor production costs; generate reports on production metrics and KPIs
Work closely with editorial, marketing, and digital teams to align production goals with broader organizational objectives
Explore way to enrich processes/workflows in response to emerging standards, new technologies and evolving service needs
Additional duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Minimum 5 years of experience managing all aspects of scholarly journal production
Demonstrated success delivering quality, timely services within budget
Strong understanding of scholarly publishing workflows and technologies
Familiarity with open access publishing, indexing databases, and digital archiving standards
Experience with publishing XML standards, including the JATS Journal Publishing Tag Set
Proven leadership and project management skills
Excellent attention to detail and organizational abilities
Outstanding management and leadership skills with the ability to maneuver and adapt practices in response to an ever-changing environment
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Highly developed interpersonal and diplomatic skills; ability to exercise sound judgment in decision making
Excellent analytical skills with ability to assess complex situations and communicate them effectively
Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
Ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders
Proficiency with MS Office Suite including MS Teams, Outlook, etc
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
Preferred
Graduate degree preferred
Company
American Association for Cancer Research
AACR is to prevent and cure cancer through research, education, communication, and collaboration.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$0.15MKey Investors
Amazon Web Services
2025-12-02Grant· $0.15M
Leadership Team
Mitchell Stoller
Chief Philanthropic Officer and VP of Development
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