Commissioning Editor

Title: Commissioning Editor - Collections Management and Acquisition

Location: Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, China - hybrid working model

Application Deadline: Oct 26, 2026

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About the Role

The Collections Management and Acquisition Team is a division within the Publishing Performance & Intelligence group providing expertise and dedicated resources to support the growth of commissioned content across the SN Journal portfolio.

The Commissioning Editor is responsible for attracting high-quality content into key Springer Nature journals via the creation of Topical Collections. Increasing commissioned content is an essential part of our strategy to grow our Springer Nature journal portfolios and as such appropriate topic identification is critical. The Commissioning Editor will work with our Editorial Board Members and with our data scientists and analysts to ensure topic selection benefits from being data driven. Similarly, identification of an appropriate Guest Editor is key to a Collection’s success; the Commissioning Editor will reach out to high-level active researchers and encourage them to engage in Topical Collections in Springer Nature journals either as an editor or an author. This is a rare opportunity to join and help shape a new and growing team at a pivotal time.

Role Responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility for planning and implementing commissioning strategies for key journals, applying strong business Development and market intelligence skills to identify growth opportunities and support journal development.

• Identify appropriate topics for Collections, using data analysis tools to conduct market share, competitor and research trend analysis, applying strong data analytics skills, market intelligence, and business insights to inform commissioning priorities and opportunities.

• Identify, recruit and engage Guest Editors and potential authors to edit Collections or submit research articles, demonstrating the ability to balance stakeholders and build productive relationships with researchers and editorial communities.

• Plan and manage the Collection pipeline against ambitious publication targets, applying effective project management, strong knowledge of publishing workflows & systems, and a data-driven mindset to monitor progress, identify challenges and deliver against agreed objectives.

• Define, implement and continuously improve best practices across the Collections lifecycle, driving operational excellence while demonstrating adaptability in response to changing business needs, workflows and priorities.

• Build and leverage strong relationships with internal and external editorial communities, using effective networking and communication skills to strengthen engagement and support commissioning objectives.

• Engage and collaborate with Marketing teams to coordinate and improve the promotion of Collections and develop new ways to reach the external communities served by our journals, demonstrating strong stakeholder management and collaborative working across teams.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications:

Essential

• Demonstrable planning and organizational skills

• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in a STEM discipline

• Strong data analysis and reporting skills

• Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal

• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with a wide range of colleagues and stakeholders

• Adaptability and resilience to change

• Ability to work quickly and efficiently on own initiative as well as part of a team

• A creative mindset and the ability to bring energy, ideas and new approaches

Desirable

• Practical awareness of the importance and key aspects of research ethics and open access publishing

• Ability to directly query data is desirable

• Excellent presentation skills

• Previous experience of scholarly or academic publishing

At Springer Nature, we’re committed to creating a great working environment which includes the benefits you receive, opportunities for you to develop your skills and ways to get to know your colleagues. Some of these include:

• Support networks that focus on fostering dialogue around diversity, community building, advice and advocacy

• Wellbeing initiatives to support in maintaining a healthy work life balance

• 24 hour access to our learning and development platform LEAP and LinkedIn Learning to help develop your skills

• A fantastic benefits package

Further information about life at Springer Nature, hybrid working and the range of benefits available in your preferred location will be shared during the interview process.

To apply: please submit your CV and cover letter.

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Job Posting End Date:

27-10-2026

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