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John Wiley & Sons Inc. Director, AI Product Management in Hoboken, New Jersey
Location: Hoboken, NJ
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We are looking for an experienced Senior Director of Product Management in our AI Growth organization to develop and execute product strategy according to current and future market needs in IP licensing and new business models. The idea candidate will be able to map critical relationships, players, content, and customer needs to understand the opportunity for a sustainable, recurring business from licensing and new business models.
Additionally, they will blend expertise in generative AI technologies, content acquisition, content databases, and publishing to bring our product strategies to life. This role will involve direct interactions with multiple stakeholders, including customers, business development, developer teams, data scientists, and other product managers.
How you will make an impact:
Strategic Planning
Develop customer segmentation, use cases, and Wiley value propositions for IP licensing and new business models in AI
Develop and maintain a product roadmap for IP licensing and new business models
Conduct in-depth market analysis to identify new opportunities and risks
Product Development & Testing
Manage the complete product life cycle, from ideation to launch and evaluation.
Develop commercial offerings, positioning, and pricing in partnership with customers and business development
Validate offerings and revise as appropriate
Technical Leadership
Work closely with content operations and technology teams to establish repeatable processes and delivery capabilities fulfill contracts
Oversee the technical development and integration of these technologies into existing systems.
Stakeholder Management
- Engage with internal and external stakeholders to align the product vision with organizational goals and customer needs.
Facilitate cross-functional team collaborations, especially with publishers, software engineers, finance, and operations.
Engage with external stakeholders to understand the rapidly evolving AI landscape and promote Wiley's role in AI
Engage with potential partners to design and implement vertical-specific AI application development in target disciplines
AI Ethics & Compliance
Ensure Generative AI licensing and applications comply with ethical norms and industry standards for integrity, bias, and safety.
Develop risk mitigation strategies for AI applications.
What we look for:
Minimum 8 years experience in product management
In-depth knowledge of academic publishing and research integrity
- Familiarity with new product development and market launches
- Strong technical background
- Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills
- Self-starter
- Player-coach who can both execute and lead
- Prior experience in scholarly publishing or related industries or experience with content licensing preferred
- Familiarity with Agile and Scrum methodologies preferred
- Product management tools including Aha and Jira preferred
- Experience with content database product development and delivery preferred
- Strong analytic skills, comfortable with A/B testing and data-driven decision-making
About Wiley
Wiley is a trusted leader in research and learning, our pioneering solutions and services are paving the way for knowledge seekers as they work to solve the world's most important challenges. We are advocates of advancement, empowering knowledge-seekers to transform today's biggest obstacles into tomorrow's brightest opportunities.
With over 200 years of experience in publishing, we continue to evolve knowledge seekers' steps into strides, illuminating their path forward to personal, educational, and professional success at every stage. Around the globe, we break down barriers for innovators, empowering them to advance discoveries in their fields, adapt their workforces, and shape minds.
We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees, for example we offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development.
We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. The range below represents Wiley's good faith and reasonable estimate of the base pay for this role at the time of posting roles either in the UK, Canada or USA. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies. Wiley proactively displays target base pay range for UK, Canada and USA based roles.
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