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Organization Overview

PLoS (the Public Library of Science) is a nonprofit publisher and advocacy organization located in San Francisco, CA, USA and Cambridge, U.K. Our mission is to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication. Everything that we publish is open-access – freely available online for anyone to use and we maximize the value of this resource through technology.

PLoS has a global team of more than 100 people working in our editorial, production, information technology, administration, marketing, communications, and advocacy teams. Our work environment is team-oriented and rich in innovative ideas. PLoS’s distinguished Board of Directors includes eminent scientists, business leaders, and entrepreneurs.

In just eight years, PLoS has established seven highly successful journals that publish original content, an influential blog network, and a number of other initiatives to improve the organization and assessment of content for the benefit of different communities.

PLoS continues to expand. Currently, we are seeking talented candidates for the following positions:

Application Procedure

Please send a resume, a cover letter, and a phone number where you can be contacted to jobs@plos.org and use the job title as the subject of your email.  Certain jobs may carry special application procedures; please make careful note of those and follow directions indicated. No phone calls or visits, please. Principals only – email from recruiters will be ignored.

Head of Customer Experience

Do you want to be a part of a movement that is leading the way scientific research is shared with the world? Are you seeking a new challenge with a growing company where you can make a real impact? Do you want to be a change agent?

PLoS, the world’s leading open-access scientific publisher is seeking a talented, experienced, and creative Head of Customer Experience. The Customer Experience function will support PLoS’s mission by making it easier for customers to work with PLoS, accelerating time to publish, increasing productivity and capacity, and reducing the average cost per paper. The Head of Customer Experience will define, develop, and execute initiatives to achieve superior customer experience across their entire interaction with PLoS.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide leadership for all Customer Experience initiatives across the organization.
  • Manage all customer service functions, including staff and outsource vendors.
  • Establish Customer Experience project priorities and recommend appropriate funding and workflow improvements required to successfully execute them.
  • Structure, develop, and lead functional and project teams to achieve Customer Experience initiatives in alignment with operational imperatives and strategic objectives.
  • Establish, track, and report metrics and milestones with respect to Customer Experience initiatives. Identify connections between Customer Experience initiatives and overall strategic and business objectives.
  • Develop evaluation tools to measure and analyze the impact of the customer experience program.
  • Evaluate and track key touchpoints in the customer experience to eliminate defects, recover from service failures, and deliver “wow” moments.
  • Drive customer-centric decision-making throughout the organization with clear accountability for improvement and linkages to individual customers and business lines.
  • Develop and review Customer Experience scorecard and provide input on required actions.

Education & Qualifications:

  • Bachelor degree in Business or relevant field; MBA or MS preferred or equivalent combination of training and experience
  • Minimum of 10 years of leadership experience, including extensive specific experience leading customer service and customer experience, preferably in multiple industries
  • Strategic thinker with extensive experience in driving cross-functional improvement programs and leading organizational change
  • Extensive understanding and experience with technology (e.g. CRM, Portals, IVR) and best practices for how to deliver an outstanding Customer Experience
  • Experience implementing tools and reporting to measure and evaluate Customer Experience
  • Exceptional customer orientation, demonstrated by a track record of leading and implementing successful initiatives that delivered/exceeded customer expectations
  • Ability to exercise strong leadership through influence in a complex matrix organization and collaborative problem-solving environment
  • Strong business acumen, sound business judgment, and decisiveness required to manage conflicting priorities and tradeoffs
  • Excellent people leadership skills, including demonstrated ability to develop teams
  • Excellent data analysis skills and knowledge of workflow and process management
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal; ability to articulate a clear vision and to represent it convincingly
  • High energy and ability to energize employees at every level throughout the organization
  • Excellent planning, organizing, scheduling, and budgeting skills

Finance Manager 

 

 

 

Are you an analytical Finance professional seeking a new challenge with a growing company where you can make a real impact?  Do you enjoy using business analytics to drive positive change within the organization?  If so, we want to talk with you.

PLoS is seeking a talented, experienced and creative Finance Manager to join our dedicated team in San Francisco.  In this role you will be responsible for providing value-added analytics to the organization and will develop financial models to manage and improve our business operations.  This role will also lead the FP&A function and will lead a small team of analysts that will serve as business advisors within the organization.

This position provides excellent exposure to all areas of our business as well as the growing and dynamic world of open-access peer-review publishing.

Responsibilities:

The primary responsibilities of the Finance Manager will be:

  1. Financial Analytics and Modeling

    • Perform complex business, operational and investment analyses.
    • Develop financial models to assist in resource planning and forecasting; identify key cost levers and drive operational efficiencies
    • Develop KPI’s to monitor business performance and identify areas for management attention.

  2. Financial Planning and Analysis

    • Oversee the financial planning, budgeting and reforecast processes.
    • Own financial management reporting.
    • Oversee the Finance team and also personally deliver financial analyses and ad hoc reporting to facilitate decision making.
    • Work with the Director and analyst team to design the appropriate KPIs for the organization for active monitoring.
    • Maintain the financial database required for accurate financial analysis reporting.  Actively work with team to create more efficient and effective delivery of financial and operational analysis

  3. Business Intelligence

    • Be the lead architect to design and build the Business Intelligence systems and BI delivery processes.  Position requires partnership with IT to integrate BI into overall IT roadmap.  Person will lead effort to review various BI reporting platforms for real time data drill down and visualization capabilities.
    • Person will build the BI system, service and process from the ground up.  This requires an ability to assess current and future development for a phased implementation.
    • The BI build-out will require a redesign of current chart of accounts, project accounting, and business data design capture in order to create the data marts to facilitate high powered analysis for data driven decisions.
    • Create dashboards to report relevant KPIs to monitor and allow for proactive management
    • This position requires deep knowledge of BI systems and past experience with implementation.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Finance and/or Economics required. MBA desired.

Experience, Skills & Qualities:

The successful candidate will have:

  • Exceptional analytical skills and demonstrated experience in developing complex business and operational analysis to drive business change and improvement
  • Prior experience in activity based costing, pricing, process analysis and costing, NPV and IRR and other advanced analytical methods.
  • Experience in developing complex business models.
  • Specific experience in implementing BI systems and reporting capabilities
  • Able to “look beyond the numbers” to get to the root cause At least 8 years of relevant work experience with at least 3 years at the supervisory level.
  • Understanding of the business and cost drivers.
  • Strong leadership skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively
  • Strong knowledge of systems and knowledge of ERP accounting software applications (Microsoft Navision, preferred)
  • Strong relational database management and data mart knowledge
  • Advanced Excel skills.  SQL desired.
  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills
  • Superior problem-solving skills

Front End Developer

Are you seeking an opportunity to work with cutting edge open access technology? Join our growing organization and become part of the movement that is leading the way in which scientific research is shared with the world.

The Public Library of Science is seeking a talented and creative Web Developer with a focus on the front end to join our team in San Francisco where you will have the opportunity to make a real impact and implement exciting new application functionality.

We are seeking a Web developer to implement exciting new functionality in the application using a combination of Front End technologies and Java on the Back End.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Responsible for making wire frames and mockups come alive in code.
  • Work with members of the development team to enhance core product features and develop new ones.
  • Meet aggressive deadlines.
  • Work with cutting edge open-source technologies.
  • Contribute Java coding skills to our application back end.
  • Participate in daily SCRUM with the development team.
  • Collaborate with Product Designer when implementing designs.

Core Skills and Abilities

  • 3 – 5 years software programming experience
  • Working knowledge of XSLT
  • Experience with Java
  • Knowledge of Struts 2
  • Knowledge of CSS, XHTML required
  • Extensive JavaScript/AJAX experience on different browsers
  • Experience with a major JavaScript toolkit
  • Good knowledge and experience with DOM manipulation
  • Highly motivated top performer, strong software design and debugging skills
  • Detail-oriented with strong interpersonal and presentation skills
  • Excellent communication (written and verbal) and organizational skills
  • Works well both in a team and individually
  • Intellectual curiosity, positive attitude, and dedication to the job

Education

  • BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Senior Financial Analyst

Do you want to be a part of a movement that is leading the way scientific research is shared with the world? Are you seeking a new challenge with a growing company where you can make a real impact? Do you want to be a change agent?

PLoS is seeking a talented, experienced, and creative finance professional to join our dedicated team in San Francisco. The Senior Financial Analyst is a new role that will provide the right person with an opportunity to act as a business advisor and influence business processes through comprehensive analysis.

This position provides excellent exposure to all areas of our business as well as the growing and dynamic world of open-access peer-review publishing.

Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities of the Senior Financial Analyst will be to:

  • Understand business drivers and conduct analysis of business processes and financial impact questions to continuously improve the business.
  • Act as business unit controller for cost center support including budgeting as part of the annual financial planning cycle and monthly budget to actual variance analysis.
  • Develop KPI metrics that are appropriate for the business. Track and report KPIs for management monitoring for more timely adaptive management.
  • Team with the Business Intelligence Analyst to develop integrated business information and analytical tools to support fact-based decision making.
  • Conduct onsite visits for our outsourced vendors as part of understanding and managing our open-access publishing supply chain management.
  • Spearhead special projects such as activity-based cost analysis, vendor contract analysis, business case support (NPV), policy/procedure development, and ad hoc research and reporting needs. Individual must know how to design and develop such special project analysis through past work experience.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field required. MBA preferred.

Experience, Skills, and Qualities

The successful candidate will have:

  • A minimum of seven years of work experience in private industry required. Experience in consulting, operations, and business process reengineering desired.
  • Experienced in designing and developing business operational and financial analysis, such as activity-based cost analysis, vendor contract analysis, and business case support (e.g. NPV for product launch or dissolution).
  • Well-developed quantitative and analytical skills with strong grounding in finance and/or accounting.
  • Ability to conduct financial, operational, and technical research to support analysis.
  • Proficiency with ERP accounting systems, NAV preferred.
  • Working knowledge of SQL a plus.
  • Advanced Excel modeling skills and ability to present data visually.
  • Ability to understand the root cause of issues and provide practical solutions.
  • Ability to communicate concepts and distill information in an efficient, user-friendly manner.
  • Intellectual curiosity and demonstrated creativity in developing solutions.
  • Self-starter with the ability to work independently, meet deadlines, ask questions, and use judgment.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills; exceptional interpersonal skills required.

Senior Editorial Manager

The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit online digital media publishing organization employing more than 100 professionals in San Francisco, California and Cambridge, UK. We are looking for an experienced Senior Editorial Manager to join our rapidly growing team in San Francisco.  The Senior Editorial Manager role is both strategic and tactical and is responsible for managing the complete administration process for the open access academic journal PLoS ONE, currently the largest academic journal in the world.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the end-to-end administration process of PLoS ONE including making decisions on the most appropriate administration processes to support the peer review and editorial processes of PLoS ONE as well as planning and status checking the implementation of those processes
  • Monitor and report on journal administration Key Performance Indicators and work to optimize and improve them
  • Manage a team of Editorial Managers including providing coaching, development and mentoring
  • Provide advice and guidance on the majority of complex editorial issues
  • Screen and appoint outsource vendors.
  • Manage existing outsource vendor relationships at the level of developing and setting targets, contract negotiation and invoice approval
  • Prepare budgets and identify efficiency improvements
  • Input and decision making authority into upgrades and improvements to Editorial Manager (EM) peer review software
  • Work collaboratively with PLoS senior management including Head of Customer Experience, Head of Production and Head of Marketing to develop and implement cross departmental initiatives
  • Participate in the strategic decision making and planning process for PLoS ONE
  • Possess a broad overview of the trends and developments in the STM publishing industry and be capable of applying those insights at PLoS
  • Represent PLoS at external meetings, conferences and events

Requirements

9+ years of progressively responsible publishing experience of which 6 years have been spent in a managerial capacity

  • Experienced people manager with a track record of managing increasing numbers of direct reports with proven experience building and developing teams
  • Experience managing the peer review process of (ideally) a large, complex and rapidly evolving journal
  • Demonstrated ability to innovate and implement creative solutions including process improvements to gain efficiencies; organizational structure changes and updated journal policies
  • Experience managing 3rd party vendors and outsourcers
  • Comfortable working in a dynamic and high growth environment
  • Demonstrated ability to think strategically
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Excellent planning, organizing and scheduling skills
  • Passion for open access and desire to promote the PLoS ONE model as widely and effectively as possible
  • Bachelor degree in Science preferred but not required for an appropriately experienced candidate

Editorial Manager

The Editorial Manager on PLoS ONE is a senior member of the journal editorial administration team and has overall responsibility for a specific major component of the PLoS ONE editorial admin process. The Editorial Manager line manages staff, and is a principal point of contact for the journal for other departments internally and for external contacts relevant to that publication. This position is based in the US. The Editorial Manager is also required to work on cross-journal projects and provide some cross-journal management support.

Note: This position works on the administration side of the journal and has no responsibility for dealing with content or content policies (there is a separate team of editors who cover that aspect of the journal).

Journal management

  • Overall responsibility for elements of the journal administration and assignment of tasks within their team, plus oversight of freelance and outsource staff if relevant.
  • Ensuring that the standard editorial processes are robust and are being followed according to established objectives
  • Identification of opportunities for improved efficiencies and customer service
  • Oversight of relationship with Editorial Board
  • Fielding inquiries from the media
  • Contribute to journal development in collaboration with senior editorial staff and the Senior Editorial Manager
  • Monitoring and analysis of journal statistics – and taking action where needed
  • Can solve complex editorial issues on the journal – and offer advice and training to colleagues on other journals.
  • Covering for colleagues when necessary

Cross-journal work

  • Coordination with Editorial Managers and Publications Managers on the other journals to ensure harmonization and efficiency of processes, journal info pages, peer review software (Aries) etc
  • Planning and help with cover as necessary
  • Liaison with the (cross journal) Publications Team and taking responsibility for certain assigned tasks (eg coordination of pricing increase information across journals, providing editorial input for web projects etc).
  • Fully represent journal on major cross-journal projects

Staff Management

  • Management of approximately 5-9 staff members, made up of Publication Assistants (PA) and Publications Managers (PM)
  • Recruitment, training and development of PA and PM staff
  • Appraisals for assigned staff and recommendations for promotion as appropriate

General

  • Representing PLoS externally (e.g. at conferences, events)
  • Able to deputize for the Senior Editorial Manager
  • Aware of PLoS’ broader organization objectives and able to explain to junior staff, as well as external stakeholders, new developments in relation to these objectives.
  • Aware of, and must work within, the budgetary constraints of the journal

Qualifications, Competencies and Experience

  • Expected to have 4+ years experience within academic Journal publishing
  • Experience and aptitude for the management and supervision of staff
  • Proven project and complex process management experience
  • Strong collaboration skills and ability to achieve consensus
  • Excellent communication skills, written and oral
  • Proactive approach to the identification of opportunities for improvement
    • A mature and professional approach
    • Operating our online submission system, Editorial Manager, to facilitate the peer review process for the journal
    • Assisting authors, reviewers, and academic editors by answering queries by email and phone, uploading files, and ensuring a timely peer review process
    • Communicating issues raised by our production team to authors
    • Fielding questions from scientists, members of the public, and the press about the journal
    • Supporting the Publications Manager in his tasks
    • Other special projects as approved by the Publications Manager.
    • University degree in a scientific discipline
    • An interest and enthusiasm in science/technology and publications ethics
    • Excellent communications skills (written and verbal)
    • Organizational skills (especially the ability to prioritize and multitask
    • Technical proficiencies (especially knowledge of Word, Excel, file types and file conversions)
    • A hardworking and conscientious approach with close attention to detail
    • Ability to work as part of a team
    • Experience in publishing, preferably STM or academic, a definite plus
    • Familiarity with content management systems

Production Coordinator

We are currently seeking a Production Coordinator to manage and provide quality control for electronic manuscript files and graphics accepted for publication. The candidate will work with a team of coordinators to execute the timely publication of articles.

Production Coordinators also work with authors to ensure that their submissions are complete and assist them with production related questions and issues. The candidate will perform light copyediting tasks while preparing files for composition, be responsible for tracking files in multiple stages of production and perform quality control reviews on final files.

The ideal applicant will be very detail-oriented, highly organized and be able to work cooperatively in a team-oriented environment within the Production umbrella.

Responsibilities

  • Assisting authors with manuscript questions and issues (via email and/or phone)
  • Ensuring that figures and tables meet publication requirements
  • Tracking files at various stages of production to ensure timely publication
  • Performing quality control and light copyediting on text files and article metadata
  • Performing quality control on web files before final publication

Qualifications and experience required

  • Experience working with a content management system or a similar software driven tracking system
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and Explorer. Basic knowledge of graphics software programs is also preferred.
  • Experience with scientific and medical publications and/or other publishing is desirable
  • Ability to adapt to a dynamic environment, learn new software quickly, and show a willingness to investigate and solve difficult issues
  • Organizational skills (strong ability to manage aggressive deadlines and coordinate multiple tasks)
  • Graphics experience (Understanding of basic digital media concepts such as resolution and file types)
  • Strong communication skills to include customer service related experience
  • Ability to learn and enforce style and formatting rules

PLoS ONE Editorial Board Manager

The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit online digital media publishing organization employing more than 100 professionals in San Francisco, California and Cambridge, UK.  We are looking for a talented and creative individual to join our rapidly growing team in the role of PLoS ONE Editorial Board Manager.

The PLoS ONE Editorial Board Manager is a member of the PLoS ONE journal editorial team and has overall responsibility for the onboarding and ongoing development and support of the PLoS ONE Editorial Board.  The PLoS ONE Editorial Board Manager will serve as the principal point of contact for the Academic Editor community (approx. 2,100 people at present) with regards to onboarding, training, mentoring and support matters.  The PLoS ONE Editorial Board Manager can be based in either San Francisco, CA or Cambridge, UK and reports to the PLoS ONE Executive Editor.  This role is an individual contributor who will be part of a two person team responsible for the overall recruitment, selection, onboarding and training of all PLoS ONE Academic Editors.

Position Responsibilities

  • Overall responsibility for the care and maintenance of the PLoS ONE Academic Editor community
  • Development and implementation of comprehensive welcome materials to effectively onboard new Academic Editors
  • Creation and delivery of training programs designed to facilitate Academic Editors understanding of the peer review process as well as Editorial Manager (EM) peer review software
  • Providing regular web based training on relevant topics including, ethical standards, acceptance criteria and assigning reviewers
  • Monitoring AE performance and intervening where necessary
  • Ownership and active facilitation of the PLoS ONE community discussion forum
  • Academic Editor outreach
  • Responsive to the needs of individual Academic Editors, and involvement in responding to their communications
  • Development of support services specifically designed for Academic and/or Section Editors
  • Development and administration of Academic Editor incentive and recognition program

Qualifications, Competencies and Experience

  • A university degree, preferably in a scientific discipline
  • A strong background and understanding of science publishing
  • Training experience
  • Instructional design background preferred
  • Excellent customer service orientation
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Proactive approach
  • Enthusiastic and creative approach to problem solving
  • Technically proficient in design software packages
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Highly organized
  • A mature and professional approach

Senior Editor, PLoS ONE

The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit online digital media publishing organization employing more than 100 professionals in San Francisco, California and Cambridge, UK. We are looking for an experienced Senior Editor to join our rapidly growing team in San Francisco.

The Senior Editor (PLoS ONE) is an editorial position working exclusively on PLoS ONE, an innovative, dynamic, award-winning and multidisciplinary peer-reviewed research journal. PLoS ONE is the largest academic journal in the world and is expected to continue growing for the foreseeable future. In order to support this growth, the journal has created a new position, and seeks a senior editorial staff member to oversee the day-to-day editorial running of the journal and to manage the San Francisco based team of editors. The position will be based in San Francisco and will report to the PLoS ONE Executive Editor.

Key Responsibilities

  • Oversee manuscripts through the editorial process to ensure fast and through review of all submissions
  • Work closely with the in-house PLoS ONE editorial administration team to ensure rapid and effective communication between in-house staff, editorial board members, authors and reviewers.
  • Oversee assignment of manuscripts to Academic Editors and develop processes for handling unassigned papers.
  • Develop and manage procedures for vetting submitted manuscripts, so that inappropriate submissions are dealt with promptly and key publishing and ethical standards are met.
  • Create and maintain protocol documents to ensure smooth running of the editorial workflow
  • Own and manage the relationship with any external freelance editorial groups
  • Work with in-house editors to resolve any issues that arise with submitted and published manuscripts.
  • Provide support and advice to Academic and Associate Editors as needed
  • Provide advice and insight on PLoS ONE Editorial Policies
  • Deputize for the Executive Editor as needed

Experience and Skills 

  • A PhD in a scientific discipline or similar clinical qualification
  • At least 4 years of editorial experience in scientific or medical journals publishing, ideally on a biomedical research journal
  • Experience supervising staff
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and oral
  • Excellent analytical skills and an appreciation of publishing standards for original biomedical research, and the confidence to deal with difficult editorial decisions
  • Good understanding of online and technical aspects of scientific communication
  • Organized and efficient
  • Strong problem solving ability
  • Ability to develop and document set procedures

Product Marketing Manager

The Product Marketing Manager is a member of a 5 person team located in the San Francisco office, in the vanguard of a growing world wide effort to change how science is communicated.  This position requires an energetic individual with some previous experience working in a Marketing team with strong analytical and tactical execution skills.  This position provides excellent exposure to all areas of our business as well as the growing and dynamic world of open access scientific and medical publishing.

Key Responsibilities

Execution of Marketing Plan

  • Developing plan in association with Director and other stakeholders
  • Accurate tactical execution of the plan within budget
  • Measuring and reporting on success measures, adapting tactics based on results

Campaign Development

  • Combines writing and creative for powerful messaging of new functionality releases; content; sections; collections; announcements etc
  • Able to work within the style guide and messaging platform
  • Effective choice of appropriate Marketing Channels (websites, social media, direct email, advertising, video) etc
  • Close liaison with Editorial team members on campaign content and Marketing operations Manager for project management
  • Stakeholder feedback on campaign performance

Promotional Merchandise

  • Research on suitable products that are desirable to our audience
  • Pricing and securing competitive vendor bids
  • Working with Creative team to deliver desirable items
  • Distribution to target audience
  • Careful budget management

Social media and digital channels

  • Review, analysis and monitoring of all sites bearing product name
  • Regular news updates and response tracking
  • Improvements to existing sites and recommendations for new tools
  • Bridging the gap between the journal and its channel content

Strategic Event planning

  • Recommendations of which events give best audience coverage
  • Working with external vendors to deliver the best event presence
  • Ensuring speaker placements where appropriate
  • Follow up on resulting contacts and actions from the event

Global Market Research

  • Familiar with online survey tools and able to craft meaningful questions and produce entire surveys
  • Promotion and distribution of surveys to secure maximum response rates (including incentive management)
  • Ability to work with outside research vendors

Experience and Skills

  • 8 years of marketing experience preferably in a fast paced and growing organization.
  • Social Media experience
  • Market research design and delivery skills
  • Video production and distribution knowledge
  • Analytical skills
  • Problem solving ability
  • An eye for detail
  • A team orientated approach
  • A sense of humor and a hard working disposition

Director of Advocacy

PLoS is in the vanguard of a growing world-wide effort to change how research is communicated. The Director of Advocacy is a new position at PLoS and provides a rare opportunity to be a driving force in this historic transition.  PLoS began as an advocacy organization, and we have strong programs in institutional relations and policy development. We seek to expand the scope of these programs.

The individual we seek will work across the organization at an executive level, leading and ensuring that our advocacy efforts are appropriately prioritized, targeted and executed to maximize our ability to further our broader mission.  The Advocacy Director will have one report, a Senior Manager of Community Outreach.

Key Responsibilities

Influencing Policy Development – International and US

  • This responsibility covers open-access policy and also other practices that are relevant to the broader reinvention of research communication (e.g. research assessment, peer review, reporting standards, open data/open education/open text books, licensing)
  • At the US governmental level by creating the PLoS as an OA publisher success story with proof points and testifying as a spokesperson to Congress.
  • Works with lobbyists and advocates to effect legislative change and influence key discussions
  • Works internationally with groups to advance the PLoS advocacy platform, e.g. UNESCO

Funder Policy

  • Build awareness and support for OA policy adoption by private research funders
  • Create materials and tools to assist including any success examples with funders

Coalition and Network Building

  • Understand the OA and research communication organizations and develop the PLoS partnering priorities to achieve specific objectives through a specific partnering plan
  • With direction from the partnering plan, form or further develop relationships and partnerships with other advocates and organizations in support of mutual goals
  • Convene and develop identified coalitions where appropriate e.g. ALMs and working towards creating a common vocabulary and tools to define and differentiate OA and licensing terms

Publisher Support

  • Identify partnering areas for OA publishers for OA communications, ALMs, working formally with tenure organizations, etc . Build and convene coalitions to support mutual goals.

Communications and Outreach

  • In cooperation with Marketing, contribute the advocacy perspective and create specific advocacy messages (OA, ALMs, datasets, impact factor, etc), vision for publications, FAQ, core presentation, tone of communications and calendar of key events.
  • Serve as the advocacy communicator with written pieces, conference presentations and planes, plos.org, press, interviews, etc.
  • Explore possibility of a PLoS advocacy landing site on PLoS.org and how advocacy can increase its presence on PLoS.org
  • Identify and promote specific documents that can assist with the promotion of the PLoS mission and advocacy e.g. ALM API, Financial sustainability, OA for a Mega-journal, etc.
  • Cultivate relationships with industry thought leaders
  • Identify success examples of the PLoS priorities with publishers, libraries and scholarly societies and promote these best practices

PLoS advocacy team and Advocacy Speakers Bureau

  • Server as the focal point for PLos Advocacy by identifying PLoS representatives for boards, speaker opportunities and committee inclusion. Define leadership contributions of PLoS representatives including goals for participation per advocacy platform, and advocacy & partner plans, feedback, etc. Host regular cross organization strategy sessions, coordination and updates with the PLoS representatives.2
  • Establish the advocacy speakers bureau internal and external PLoS to deliver our messages and provide complementary messages. Create target events for PLoS speaker placement. Develop and manage the collection of supporting content.
  • Identify and support both PLoS and non-PLoS spokespeople for comprehensive coverage to achieve the Advocacy plan.

Events

  • Target and develop events to reinforce PLoS leadership, raise awareness, show success and enlist support for OA and transforming scientific communication e.g. OA week, 10th PLoS Publishing anniversary December 2012.

Scholarly Societies

  • Determine what types of opportunities exist to move scholarly societies to OA. Potentially team with partners such as Co-Action

Experience and Skills

  • Career trajectory that reflects at least 10 years of relevant hands-on experience with at least 5 years at an executive level
  • Outstanding communication skills both verbal and written
  • Experience in online publishing and open content
  • Experience in advocacy and public policy
  • Demonstrable passion for, and qualifications in, science or medicine

Public Relations Manager

The Public Relations Manager is a new position at PLoS and we are seeking a strategic, talented, experienced and creative Public Relations expert to join our dedicated team in San Francisco. PLoS is in the vanguard of a growing worldwide effort to change how science is communicated. This is a rare opportunity to play an important role in this historic shift. The Public Relations Manager position requires an experienced professional with high-level strategic, planning and execution skills to manage and sustain growth on this important and popular product.

This position provides excellent exposure to all areas of our business as well as the growing and dynamic world of open access scientific and medical publishing.

Key Responsibilities

  • Serve as the PLoS-wide PR point of contact, lead the PR strategy and host cross-organization strategy meetings and planning
  • Creating and executing the PLoS-wide PR plan: press releases (organization and scientific content), by-lined articles, web press content, presentations for the world stage, FAQs, messaging, spokesperson training, research, launch, special events and press kits
  • Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with representatives of the community, media and bloggers
  • Create overall speakers program for conferences, events and unique Science and OA opportunities
  • Respond to requests for information from the media or designate appropriate spokesperson or identify information sources
  • Plan and direct communication programs to provide information on PLoS

Experience and Skills

  • A bachelor’s degree in a Science discipline is essential. A passion for science and publications is a must.
  • At least 6-8 years of relevant PR experience preferably in a fast paced and growing organization and management experience a plus
  • Ability to digest high volumes of information and synthesize effectively
  • Demonstrated critical thinker and writer
  • Develops original ideas and is able to execute
  • Ability to proactively identify communication opportunities and develop supporting programs
  • Strong organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks and make deadlines
  • Excels in fast-paced environment with changing priorities and able to take a positive team approach to working with community organizations and partners
  • Proven ability to lead, create and drive an overall strategy
  • An effective communicator both verbally and in writing internally and externally PR programs to support marketing goals and programs; able to perform within an integrated team environment
  • Ability to proactively developing supporting programs

Writer, Marketing Communications

The Writer, Marketing Communications position is a new position at PLoS and we are seeking a strategic, talented, experienced and creative Marketing expert to join our dedicated team in San Francisco. PLoS is in the vanguard of a growing worldwide effort to change how science is communicated. This is a rare opportunity to play an important role in this historic shift. The writer for marketing communications requires an experienced professional with high-level strategic, planning and execution skills to manage and sustain growth on this important and popular product.

This position provides excellent exposure to all areas of our business as well as the growing and dynamic world of open access scientific and medical publishing.

Key Responsibilities

  • Writes communications ranging from strategic to tactical: strategy white papers, on-line web pages, organization annual update, media kit, advocacy papers, programs and campaigns, information sheets, ad copy, brochures, press releases, core presentations, background information briefs, business model analysis, and social media.
  • Originates and edits copy written by others, revising, rewriting, and reorganizing for clarity, comprehension, use of language, sequence of thought, logic, flow, consistency, and effectiveness.
  • Provides creative leadership on marketing, web, and publication projects. Researches and prepares creative briefs, collaborates on strategy and web content, and maintains communication with client groups.
  • Develops and manages overall writing framework for all communications (written and on-line sites) and their consistency with messaging and brand strategy: key information materials, frequency, updates, consolidation and expansion.
  • Researches, gathers, and provides background information to prepare marketing deliverables as needed.
  • Produces 20 page, complex papers addressing different viewpoints and including citations.
  • Directs and supports multiple projects concurrently and efficiently through the use of project management best practices to ensure goals, deadlines, quality, and budget requirements are met.

Experience and Skills

  • A bachelors degree (preferably marketing, communications, journalism, English or similar major)) is essential. A passion for science and medicine is a must and qualifications in this area would be an advantage.
  • At least 6-8 years of writing experience preferably in a fast paced and growing organization
  • Ability to digest high volumes of information and synthesize effectively
  • Demonstrated critical thinker and writer
  • Skilled project leadership from conceptualization through development, execution, and measurement
  • Superior writing, editing, and proofreading skills
  • Strong foundation in marketing communication principles
  • Ability to work well across functional departments
  • Proven ability for well-written, well-edited copy for multiple formats and target audiences
  • Excellent listener, energetic, flexibly and highly organized
  • A passion and interest for Science and publishing
  • Knowledge and experience with web-based communications

Product Marketing Manager – PLoS ONE

The Product Marketing Manager – PLoS ONE, position is a new position and we are seeking a strategic, talented, experienced and creative Marketing expert to join our dedicated team in San Francisco.  We’re looking for a well-rounded Marketing professional with an interest in Science, a passion for online marketing (particularly the social web) and over 10 years relevant experience. The ideal candidate would be comfortable working at all levels and across all functions of the organization and have high level strategic, planning and implementation skills to manage and sustain growth on this important and popular product.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop a comprehensive marketing plan from strategy to implementation of tactical activities aligned with the organization objectives
  • Create strategy and execute programs to build community with editorial boards and authors
  • Curate and promote top content to this large and influential audience
  • Ensure that high profile Initiatives are comprehensively profiled to the PLoS ONE audience
  • Perform product landscape analysis and implement recommendations
  • Establish social media framework and deliver on programs to increase visibility and impact of articles
  • Create a strategic conference attendance program that establishes a physical experience of the brand

Experience and Skills

  • Career trajectory that reflects at least 10 years of relevant hands-on experience
  • Interest in Science
  • Demonstrable ability to create and drive an overall strategy
  • Outstanding communication skills both verbal and written
  • Enthusiastic and creative approach to problem solving
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Ability to lead through influence

Project Manager

We are looking for a talented and creative Project Manager to join our rapidly growing team in San Francisco.  This role will be a member of the PMO team at PLoS and will provide project management expertise across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work with a diverse mix of business areas including marketing, product, technology and facilities to manage assigned projects that meet defined objectives
  • Work with project teams to create, execute, and as needed, revise project work plans and schedules
  • Ensure project documents, including charter, scope, communication, risk management plans are complete, current, and stored appropriately
  • Facilitate regular status meetings with project team and provide timely project status reports to management and project team
  • Resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion
  • As required, act as a ScrumMaster for development projects
  • Lead daily scrums
  • Work with the product and development team in sprint planning
  • Oversee the Sprint task board
  • Lead the Sprint planning, review and retrospective meetings

Experience and Skills

  • Demonstrated experience managing software product and application development projects
  • Experience with cloud-based applications, SaaS, and/or content-driven companies a plus
  • Demonstrated ability to manage projects to completion on-time and at budget.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience with agile and traditional project management methodologies
  • Formal training in project management methodology; certification (e.g. PMP) preferred
  • ScrumMaster training and working knowledge of JIRA preferred
  • Excellent organizational and personal time management skills
  • Demonstrated high productivity and adaptability within a fast-changing environment
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills

Senior Project Manager

We are looking for a talented and creative Senior Project Manager to join our rapidly growing team in San Francisco.  This role will provide leadership and manage the overall project management function at PLoS.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide leadership for PMO practices and procedures, including planning, communication, reporting, quality, change, resource and risk management
  • Work with a diverse mix of business areas including marketing, product, technology and facilities
  • Manage project portfolio, including prioritization, progress monitoring, and aggregate reporting
  • Identify, implement, and ensure consistent delivery of best practices for project management
  • Oversee work of project managers to ensure projects meet objectives
  • Assist in monitoring, escalation and resolution of project issues
  • Directly manage selected projects:
  • Manage projects to meet defined objectives
  • Work with project teams to create, execute, and as needed, revise project work plans and schedules
  • Ensure project documents, including charter, scope, communication, and risk management plans, and complete, current, and stored appropriately
  • Facilitate regular status meetings with project team
  • Provide regular project status reports to management and project team
  • Resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion
  • As required, act as a ScrumMaster for development projects
  • Lead daily scrums
  • Work with the product and development team in sprint planning
  • Oversee the Sprint task board
  • Lead the Sprint planning, review and retrospective meetings

Experience and Skills

  • Require a minimum of ten years progressive experience in a project/program management role with a proven track record of managing software product and application development projects on time and within budget
  • Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science or comparable field of study required.
  • Experience with cloud-based applications, SaaS, and/or content-driven companies a plus
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver large-scale, cross-departmental projects to completion within allocated budget and time frame
  • Extensive knowledge and experience with agile and traditional project management methodologies
  • Formal training in project management methodology; certification (e.g. PMP) preferred
  • ScrumMaster training and working knowledge of JIRA preferred
  • Experience managing other project managers and a portfolio of projects
  • Excellent organizational and personal time management skills
  • Demonstrated high productivity and adaptability within a fast-changing environment
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills

Publications Assistants, PLoS Genetics & PLoS Computational Biology

We are seeking one Publications Assistant for our PLoS Genetics team and one Publications Assistant who will work across both PLoS Genetics and PLoS Computational Biology.  These positions will be working within a small team based within our UK office. Members of the editorial team, the Publications Assistants handle day-to-day editorial and online production tasks required for the smooth functioning of scholarly journals.

Key Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities

  • Providing author, reviewer, and editor customer service via email and telephone
  • Performing initial quality control of all manuscripts
  • Interacting with the journal management system to follow manuscripts through journal processes
  • Occasional consulting on figures

General responsibilities

  • Assisting with press releases
  • Assisting with publicity materials for conferences and authors
  • Interaction with the Web team to support maintenance of journal website
  • Taking notes at relevant meetings
  • Occasional journal-wide tasks as identified by Publications Manager or Editorial Manager

Salary will be around £16,900 depending on experience.

Experience and Skills

  • University degree, preferably in a scientific discipline
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Meticulous attention to detail
  • Familiarity with variety of IT including email and databases
  • General knowledge of science advantageous but not essential

Additional Information

Salary will be around £16,900 depending on experience.  Closing date 13th February 2012.

PLoS Medicine Freelance Associate Editors

We are looking for experienced clinicians or senior biomedical scientists to act as freelance consultants to our PLoS Medicine editorial team.

We are looking for candidates who can provide part time freelance editorial services while maintaining clinical/scientific research responsibilities elsewhere.

This is freelance work, likely to be up to 1-2 days per week. Freelancers are not employed by the Public Library of Science and are expected to work remotely.

Key Responsibilities

Services provided by consultants will include participation in the review and appraisal of submitted papers, along with involvement in the oversight of peer review and decisions on publication of research articles in collaboration with the journal editors and our editorial board, advice on commissioning and peer review of articles for the journal’s Magazine section in collaboration with journal editors, and possible participation in editorial writing, along with writing of blog entries, press releases, editors’ summaries and other related material.

Experience and Skills

MD or equivalent medical degree with several years of relevant post qualification experience (MRCP or equivalent in UK / Board-certified in US) or PhD and postdoctoral or equivalent research experience in a relevant biomedical field. Journalistic and/or publishing experience is welcomed.

Wide medical/scientific knowledge, with good contacts in the medical research community. Applicants with experience of research into infectious diseases or mental health would be particularly welcome. We are also keen to hear from applicants with experience in the commissioning and editing of non–research journal articles in any health-related area.

Skill in critically evaluating health-related research for quality as well as importance to practice and policy.  Able to prioritize and work efficiently to deadlines in the context of ongoing submissions and a weekly publication schedule.

Experience in editorial and peer review processes is ideal but not essential.

Application Process

The positions are available immediately. To apply, please send resume and cover letter outlining your suitability for this position to jobs@plos.org and use “Freelance Associate Editors, PLoS Medicine” as the subject of your email. You must include earliest availability and hourly/daily rate expectations.

PLoS Biology Freelance Consultants

We are looking for experienced scientific researchers or editors to act as freelance consultants to our PLoS Biology editorial team.

Services provided by consultants will include participation in the review and appraisal of submitted papers, and may include involvement in the oversight of peer review and decisions on publication of research articles in collaboration with the journal editors and our editorial board, advice on commissioning and peer review of articles for the journal’s Magazine section in collaboration with journal editors, and possible participation in editorial writing, along with writing of blog entries, press releases, editors’ summaries and other related material.

We are looking for candidates who can provide part time freelance editorial services either as part of a freelance portfolio or while maintaining scientific research responsibilities elsewhere.

This is freelance work, likely to be up to 1-2 days per week. Freelancers are not employed by the Public Library of Science and are expected to work remotely.

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates should usually have a PhD, with several years of relevant post-doctoral experience, and wide biological knowledge, with good contacts in the research community. Applicants with experience in any of the following areas would be particularly welcome: molecular and cellular biology, genetics, neuroscience, microbiology, immunology, ecology and evolution. Applicants should have skill in critically evaluating biological research and be able to prioritize and work efficiently to deadlines. Experience in editorial and peer review processes is ideal but not essential.

Application Process

The positions are available immediately. To apply, please send resume and cover letter outlining your suitability for this position to jobs@plos.org and use “Freelance Consultants,  PLoS Biology” as the subject of your email. You must include earliest availability and hourly/daily rate expectations.

PLoS Medicine Associate/Senior Editor

PLoS Medicine, our flagship general medical journal, is recruiting for Associate/Senior Editors.  As integral members of the team running this open-access international medical journal, you will be responsible for assessing manuscripts, handling peer review, commissioning articles and contributing to other parts of the journal, as well as to PLoS as a whole.

We are able to offer flexibility as to whether these posts are filled in a full time or part time capacity and are willing to consider some element of remote working within the UK or USA for ideal candidates.

Key Responsibilities

Associate and Senior Editors will be responsible for handling a proportion of Research manuscripts submitted to the journal according to speciality, being involved with editorial writing, including blog entries, press releases, editors’ summaries and other related materials, and participating in the daily running of the journal, including the Magazine section.   Both roles will also be involved in advocacy activity for PLoS Medicine and PLoS.

The Senior Editor position will take on additional responsibilities within the team, which may include management of freelance editorial staff, mentoring of team members, and involvement in the development of PLoS-wide initiatives in medical publishing.

Experience and Skills

Candidates for either role must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, a keen eye for detail and be highly organised.  You should demonstrate a strong interest in scientific and medical publishing and open access.

Associate Editor

  • MD or equivalent medical degree or PhD in a relevant biomedical field
  • Post-graduate experience and editorial experience is desirable but not essential.

Senior Editor

  • MD or equivalent medical degree with several years of post-qualification experience (MRCP or equivalent UK, Board certificated US) or PhD in a relevant biomedical field with post-doctoral experience.
  • considerable editorial experience in a journal publishing context is essential

Application Process

Please send your application including a cover letter and resume to jobs@plos.org with ‘Associate/Senior Editor, PLoS Medicine’ as the subject line of your email.  Closing date 24th February 2012.

 

PLoS Biology Associate Editor

Our PLoS Biology team is looking for a talented and creative individual with a strong interest in scientific publishing to join our journal team in the role of Associate Editor.

Freelancers who are interested in remote part-time work should see our advertisement above for PLoS Biology Freelance Consultants.

Responsibilities

As an integral part of the team running this cutting edge international general biology journal, you will be responsible for assessing manuscripts, handling peer review, commissioning articles and contributing to other parts of the journal, as well as to PLoS as a whole.

Responsibilities will include -

  • Overseeing peer review in a set of defined subject areas
  • Contributing to the front (non-research) section of the journal.
  • Representing PLoS Biology at conferences and lab visits and encouraging submissions.
  • Collaborating with Production, Marketing and Outreach departments to develop and promote PLoS Biology as required

Qualifications & Experience

You’ll need to be a science graduate, ideally with a PhD in an appropriate biological discipline – preferably in the area of cellular, genetic or molecular biology, but breadth of interest will be a key asset.  The successful candidate will also have excellent written and verbal communication skills, a keen eye for detail, and be very organized. Postdoctoral or editorial experience is not essential but is desirable.

This position is available immediately, and preference will be given to candidates who are able to work in our San Francisco office.

Application Process

Your application should comprise a cover letter, your CV and a brief Synopsis of a Research Article published in PLoS Biology that does not already have an associated Synopsis or Primer.  Email your application to jobs@plos.org and please use the job title you are applying for as the subject of your email. Closing date 29th February 2012.

Human Resources Manager

We are currently looking for an experienced Human Resources Manager to join our rapidly growing team in San Francisco.  Reporting to the Director, Human Resources the Human Resources Manager will be responsible for developing, implementing and administering HR programs within the US region.  Activities include recruitment, onboarding, training and development, administration of compensation and benefits, performance management, employee relations, payroll administration and legal compliance.

The Human Resources Manager will also serve as a business partner to US managers and will provide coaching on various HR matters including performance management, employee relations and training.

Responsibilities

  • Administer HR programs and policies in support of business goals.
  • Partner with line management in the implementation of new HR initiatives.
  • Identify the need for HR programs or strategies to better support business objectives.
  • Achieve high level of engagement with staff and management through hands on approach.
  • Ensure effective teamwork with HR team in the coordination of service delivery within US office.
  • Provide counsel to line management on matters including employee performance, employee relations and employee compensation.
  • Determine plan of action and successfully resolve employment issues based on established policies, procedures, and best practices consistent with applicable laws.  Work with external counsel to effectively conduct investigations, research grievances as required.
  • Coordinate annual performance review process and provide guidance to line management and employees on aspects of the process.
  • Oversee US recruitment activity including assisting with drafting position descriptions, managing all internal postings for open positions and working with facilities on space planning.  Provide consultation on employee/contractor and exempt/non-exempt job classification determinations.
  • Work with hiring managers to facilitate the onboarding of contractors.
  • Work with PEO to field benefit and payroll questions as well as administer leave of absence and other employee benefit programs.  Coordinate the annual open enrollment process with PEO.
  • Assist with internal communications initiatives including staff blog.
  • Facilitate onboarding, employee orientation, employee training and separation process.
  • Process all employee changes including salary adjustments.
  • Administer US payroll in accordance with relevant laws.
  • Maintain accurate HR records and complete monthly HR reporting.
  • Ensure compliance with relevant local, state and federal laws.
  • Manage online and hard copy staff files to ensure they are complete and up to date
  • Work with HR Director to conduct policy reviews, develop new policies, procedures and HR programs as appropriate.

Experience and qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related area.  HR certification is preferred but not required.
  • 7 years of progressively responsible generalist Human Resources experience.  Experience in a start-up, high growth environment preferred.
  • Strong working knowledge of California and federal employment laws and practices, payroll and tax laws.
  • Proficiency in computer systems, databases, word processing and spreadsheet applications.
  • Proven track record with employee relations and performance counseling.
  • Understanding of compensation issues and analysis.
  • Strong desire to achieve excellence with a demonstrated ability to hold self and others accountable for high quality, timely and effective results.
  • Enthusiastic team player with a strong commitment to create a positive engaging work environment.
  • Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills including being able to work effectively across all levels within the organization.
  • High degree of professionalism, discretion and sound judgment required.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Highly organized with excellent attention to detail and follow through.
  • Action oriented with a demonstrated ability to apply an appropriate sense of urgency to tasks/projects.
  • Strong project management and prioritization skills.
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Ability to work under minimal supervision.

Application Process

Please send your application including a cover letter and resume to jobs@plos.org and use the job title as the subject of your email.

No phone calls or visits, please. Principals only – email from recruiters will be ignored.

Senior Software Engineer

PLoS is seeking a talented and creative Senior Software Engineer to join our team in San Francisco where you will have the opportunity to make a real impact and implement exciting new application functionality

Key Responsibilities

  • Define, design and implement major functions of the platform
  • Contribute to the platform architecture
  • Mentor junior engineers
  • Assume leadership role on the team
  • May act as SCRUM master on occasion
  • Champion software development best practices
  • Assign tasks as necessary
  • Work with members of the development team to enhance core product features and develop new ones
  • Meet aggressive deadlines
  • Work with cutting edge Open Source technologies
  • Assist the development team with solving technical problems

Experience and Skills

  • BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
  • 3 – 5 years software programming experience
  • OO experience
  • Design skills. Knows API design, modular design, judicious use of patterns
  • Experience in Java application development with experience using tools like Spring, Hibernate, Struts, Portlets and Maven
  • Experience with Hibernate & MySQL
  • Understanding of NOSQL databases
  • Experience with contributing to a platform architecture
  • Can solve multi-threaded, asynchronous, and distributed systems problem
  • Understands issues around fault tolerance and scale-out
  • Understands system management issues
  • Highly motivated top performer, strong software design and debugging skills
  • Detail-oriented with strong interpersonal and presentation skills
  • Ability to create detailed feature spec documentation
  • Works well both in a team and individually
  • Intellectual curiosity, positive attitude and dedication to the job
  • Experience with XML and standards for describing and processing XML documents preferred
  • Active in an Open Source software project preferred

QA Engineer

PLoS is seeking a talented and creative QA Engineer to join our team in San Francisco where you will have the opportunity to make a real impact and implement exciting new application functionality.

Key Responsibilities

  • Extensively learn our web site
  • Write and Implement automation testing using JMeter and Selenium
  • Write test cases and perform tests
  • Track bugs and fixes
  • Write and execute scripts for system administration and development
  • Report on test results, file bugs, and assist development engineers in isolating and reproducing bugs

Experience and Skills

  • 1 – 4 years of industry experience in a technical QA role
  • Test automation framework implementation and maintenance experience
  • Experience with Java/Struts/JavaScript/MySQL
  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, with attention to detail
  • Ability to quickly learn new concepts and adapt to changing needs
  • Experience in the Scrum software development process
  • Excels in a team atmosphere
  • Likes to break things
  • BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Software Engineers

We are seeking a number of talented and creative Software Engineers with various levels of experience to join our development team in the historic northeast waterfront area of San Francisco.  You will have the opportunity to develop innovative approaches to the assessment, organization and reuse of ideas and data and to make a difference in the transformation of research communication.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work with members of the development team to enhance core product features and develop new ones
  • Work with cutting edge Open Source technologies
  • Assist the development team in solving technical problems
  • Contribute to the platform architecture
  • Work with the Product team to create technical documentation

Experience and Skills

  • 1-4 years of experience in Java development and in using tools like Spring and Hibernate
  • Strong software design skills
  • Understanding of MySQL and NoSQL databases
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work well both in a team and individually
  • Intellectual curiosity, positive attitude and dedication to the job
  • Contribution to an Open Source software project a plus
  • Knowledge of Agile/Scrum processes a plus
  • BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Deputy Editor, PLoS Medicine – maternity cover

We are looking for a talented and creative individual to join our team as Deputy Editor on a temporary basis to provide maternity leave cover.

This position will be based in our Cambridge, UK office and is available for approximately 12 months subject to early return of the permanent post-holder, with a start date of March/April 2012.

Responsibilities

Together with the Chief Editor, the Deputy Editor has overall oversight of research and magazine manuscript process and policy including input into development and implementation of policy. The Deputy Editor deputises for the Chief Editor, Senior Research and Magazine Editors in all areas, manages editorial staff, represents PLoS Medicine internally and externally and takes responsibility for major editorial projects related to the journal and PLoS publications more broadly.

Experience and qualifications

Candidates must have an MD or equivalent medical degree with several years of post-qualification experience (MRCP or equivalent UK, Board certificated US) or PhD in a relevant biomedical field with post-doctoral experience. Considerable editorial experience, ideally at a general medical journal, is essential as are wide medical knowledge and several years’ management experience in a similar environment.

Application Process

Please send your application including a cover letter and resume to jobs@plos.org with ‘Deputy, PLoS Medicine’ as the subject line of your email. Closing date 9th March 2012.

No phone calls or visits, please. Principals only – email from recruiters will be ignored.

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