This is a senior leadership opportunity to play a pivotal role in transforming Oxford University Press India’s Higher Education, Lexical, and Trade publishing lists. The role offers significant scope to influence strategy, shape product direction, and drive long‑term growth in reach and revenue across key education and trade segments.
For experienced publishing professionals, this role represents a positive career move into a highly strategic position where market insight, innovation, and leadership come together. It aligns closely with OUP’s mission of advancing knowledge and learning by delivering high‑quality, relevant, and market‑responsive products for higher education institutions and learners.
The role is intellectually stimulating and impactful, combining market research, product strategy, stakeholder engagement, and people leadership. You will work closely with sales, marketing, editors, and external academic and industry experts, and contribute directly to shaping the future of the HEAT portfolio in India.
In this role, you will lead and manage the Higher Education, Lexical, and Trade lists, with responsibility for transforming the business vertical at OUP India. You will conduct in‑depth market studies and stay closely attuned to trends in the Higher Education space to inform product strategy and list development.
You will design and execute a transformational plan for the Higher Education lists, defining product lifecycles, scopes of work, deliverables, and timelines. You will guide editors across different stages of product development, helping them prioritise effectively, respond to market feedback, and mitigate risks where required. Product quality oversight will be a key responsibility, with regular reviews at all stages to ensure high standards are met.
The role involves close collaboration with marketing teams to develop and execute strong go‑to‑market plans, as well as with sales teams, institutional stakeholders, and end users to ensure products meet market needs and drive continuous growth in reach and revenue.
At a strategic level, you will contribute to business planning for the HEAT lists, monitor budgets, timelines, and resource utilisation, and represent the department in cross‑divisional initiatives and external engagements. You will also actively network within the Higher Education space to build market understanding and identify content contributors, reviewers, domain experts, and institutional partners.
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