Job Specifications
Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge, and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers worldwide. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.
Taylor & Francis is one of the world’s largest publishers of high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarly journals, books, e-books, and reference works. We empower learners, thinkers and doers with trusted knowledge that advances research and enriches lives. We bring together diverse people, ideas, and opinions to validate and publish the experts, theories and truths that matter. And we’ve been doing this in an unbroken arc since 1798.
Our purpose is to foster human progress through knowledge. We strongly believe that this requires us to encourage and examine different ideas and voices so that any work that meets our exacting levels of quality deserves to be included in our publications. This requires open minds, the opportunity for robust debate, and the courage to defend perspectives that stand up to scrutiny, even if they conflict with our personal beliefs or values. Because that’s the only way to find the best obtainable version of the truth and, ultimately, foster human progress. If you agree, then we’d love to hear from you.
Job Description
Are you ready to play a key role in shaping the future of academic publishing? Taylor & Francis is looking for a skilled VP Product to guide the evolution of our business from a traditional academic publisher to a modern Knowledge Marketplace.
This role offers the opportunity to design a platform that connects researchers, learners, and institutions, creating value for both content creators and knowledge consumers. As a strategic leader, you will help define and implement a product vision that incorporates AI-driven discovery, supports network effects, and prioritizes trust-by-design in academic research dissemination.
What you'll be doing:
Architect the Marketplace: Build a scalable, modular platform that reduces friction in content submission, verification, and consumption.
Drive Innovation: Leverage AI to predict user needs, automate content verification, and enhance discovery.
Lead Transformation: Transition from monolithic applications to an API-first, modular platform strategy.
Deliver Excellence: Champion agile methodologies to ensure timely, high-quality delivery of the product roadmap.
Inspire Teams: Lead and mentor a global product team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and customer obsession.
Champion the Vision: Communicate the Knowledge Marketplace strategy to internal and external stakeholders, aligning business objectives with customer needs.
What we're looking for:
Product Leadership: Proven experience leading global product teams in a matrixed organization.
Marketplace Expertise: Deep understanding of multi-sided platforms and the dynamics of supply and demand.
Transformational Success: A track record of modernizing legacy products into scalable, digital solutions.
Technical Fluency: Ability to engage with engineering teams on APIs, data models, and AI integration while maintaining a customer-first focus.
Data-Driven Decision-Making: Strong analytical skills to define and track KPIs, optimize marketplace health, and deliver measurable outcomes.
Commercial Acumen: Business-savvy with a knack for identifying opportunities, performing cost/benefit analyses, and driving ROI.
Visionary Leadership: Exceptional communication and collaboration skills to inspire teams and align stakeholders.
Additional Information
Location:
We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. That's why we work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you’re not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces – like at conference – you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely.
The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of our UK office locations, either Blackfriars, London or Milton Park, Oxfordshire to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office location to collaborate as required. There is an expectation for a minimum of 3 days per week in-person time.
What we offer in return:
An excellent work/life balance with a fantastic, flexible working culture
25 days annual leave per year plus a day off for your birthday
3 additional discretionary days off during the holiday season at the end of the year
4 paid volunteering days each year
Company funded single cover private medical insurance
Employee assistance programme – offering 24/7 well-being support
Share Match – Plan that matches every share purchased with two free shares.
Pension scheme
Life assurance, plus optical and medical care
Closing Date: 19th December 2025
You must have the right to work and live in the UK.
Interview process:
Once you have su
About the Company
Taylor & Francis Group partners with researchers, scholarly societies, universities and libraries worldwide to bring knowledge to life. As one of the world’s leading publishers of scholarly journals, books, ebooks and reference works our content spans all areas of Humanities, Social Sciences, Behavioural Sciences, Science, and Technology and Medicine. From our network of offices in Oxford, New York, Philadelphia, Bangalore, Melbourne, Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo, Stockholm, New Delhi and Cape Town, Taylor & Francis staff provi...
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