Senior Manager of Product Development
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Cambridge, MA - USA
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Job Summary
Posting Description
SENIOR MANAGER OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MIT Press to help shape next-generation publishing models knowledge products and strategic partnerships. This individual-contributor role identifies incubates and scales new revenue-generating initiatives across the MIT Press portfolio blending partnership development with practical product thinking and project management. Will move fluidly between shaping a business case scoping a partnership and coordinating a pilot launch working closely with the Head of Technical Innovation and Strategic Partnerships and the technical team as well as with the Director and Publisher editorial and journals staff marketing and external partners across academia and industry.
Job Requirements
REQUIRED: A minimum of five years in product development project management digital media scholarly publishing or a related field with hands-on delivery experience; track record of bringing products services or partnerships from concept to launch; strong understanding of digital publishing platform businesses and knowledge products; product fluency sufficient to collaborate with technical product managers designers and developers without leading technical execution; excellent communication negotiation and relationship-building skills; and Bachelors degree or equivalent experience. PREFERRED: Experience in scholarly publishing edtech research infrastructure AI/ML products or media innovation; familiarity with IP and licensing including issues at the intersection of AI and publishing; experience structuring partnerships and commercial deals; comfort building financial models and KPI frameworks; or MA MS or MBA.
8/5/2026
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Senior Manager
About Company
The MIT Media Lab is an interdisciplinary research lab that encourages the unconventional mixing and matching of seemingly disparate research areas.
