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$125,000–$140,000/yr
US

  • Provide strategic leadership for peer review workflow design and continuous improvement across the journal portfolio.
  • Manage vendor relationships, SLA compliance, and operational escalations for editorial services.
  • Drive workflow standardization, automation, and technology implementations to improve editorial operations.

Workflow Automation Vendor Management

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US

  • Ensure timely, efficient peer review of all submissions and resolve escalated queries from vendors and colleagues.
  • Troubleshoot persistent manuscript or system issues, providing expertise and recommending workflow improvements.
  • Contribute to operations projects and serve as daily liaison with vendor representatives, monitoring performance against KPIs.

PLOS is a catalyst in open science, publishing research to enable learning and reuse of scientific knowledge. The company is supported by a highly skilled global in-house team and values diversity and inclusion.

$75,000–$83,000/yr
US UK

  • Oversee vendor strategy across the publishing lifecycle, ensuring supplier capabilities align with organizational needs.
  • Manage vendor contracts, RFPs, and onboarding, driving best practices in procurement and relationship management.
  • Foster a culture of excellence in vendor relationships, support capacity planning, and promote cross-functional collaboration.

PLOS is a nonprofit, Open Access publisher empowering researchers to accelerate progress in science and medicine. Our work is supported by a highly skilled global in-house team and a diverse community of scientific researchers.