Director of Licensing
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Job Location:
Oxfordshire - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Director of Licensing to lead our Licensing Rights Reprints and Permissions teams. This pivotal role is responsible for driving revenue and profit objectives while setting the strategic agenda for operations across specialist areas and regions. The successful candidate will play a key role in fostering cross-functional collaboration and leading strategic initiatives to ensure profitable and sustainable trading.
Key Responsibilities
- Achieve and exceed annual revenue targets delivering on overall revenue and profit objectives.
- Design a 1-3 year business plan in collaboration with key stakeholders ensuring flexibility to adapt to evolving trading environments.
- Identify and execute strategic projects to improve quality and sales operations delivering measurable business benefits.
- Lead and inspire teams providing a clear vision for operational effectiveness and revenue growth.
- Optimize team structure and resources to ensure operational success.
- Monitor and report on revenue progress and trading conditions enabling responsiveness to market changes.
- Drive compliance with company trading and terms policies to protect profitability and business value.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to enhance coverage across various territories.
- Represent the company externally at conferences events and industry networks maintaining a presence and gathering market insights.
Qualifications :
What were looking for:
Knowledge and Qualifications
- Experience in a licensing or rights environment with a strong understanding of sales demands and team support needs.
- Proven experience in leading and motivating teams.
- In-depth knowledge of copyright and the book/journals trade.
- Familiarity with key business models and industry stakeholders.
Skills and Behaviors
- Strong influencing skills with the ability to drive results and set a clear agenda.
- Excellent communication skills both upstream and downstream within the organization.
- Positive and flexible attitude with a willingness to take on diverse tasks and apply consistent effort and expertise.
- Proactive and independent working style with the ability to delegate effectively.
- Willingness to travel to events conferences and book fairs as required.
- Target-driven approach with the ability to manage sales plans and delivery.
- Strong relationship-building skills with internal colleagues and external stakeholders.
This is an exciting opportunity to take on a leadership role within a fast-paced and evolving environment. If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for driving results and leading high-performing teams we would love to hear from you.
Additional Information :
Closing Date: Tuesday 7th April 2026
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
We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. Thats why we work in-person with each other or with customers and partners three days a week or more. When youre 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 offices to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office locations to collaborate as required. There is an expectation for a minimum of 3 days per week in-person time.
If you have a disability or face another barrier and would like to request an adjustment to assist your participation in the hiring process and/or in the advertised position please contact . Your request will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.
Taylor & Francis Group an Informa Business
We want all our candidates to shine in our recruitment process. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to ensure you can show us your best self. This could include having the application form in a different format having more time for questions or anything else. Please ask us; we are happy to be flexible! Please contact
Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis
If youre excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience dont fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and contribute regardless of their identity or background. As a colleague you will have the opportunity to further innovate and develop in areas that you are passionate about. Our goal is to empower you with the resources incentives and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy balanced life.
Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits develops and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit-based factor.
We genuinely care about our colleagues promoting work-life balance wellbeing and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about. To find out more about our business and the great career opportunities please go to our Careers Site: better yet check out our LinkedIn Life Page highlighting our accomplishments employees and company culture. Its also a good way of meeting our recruitment team who will be happy to advise you on your journey here at T&F.
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