Manager, Peer Review Excellence

AIP Publishing is a leading publisher of the physical sciences. Working with us means being part of a mission: to accelerate scientific discovery while reimagining the future of scholarly publishing. 

AIP Publishing helps brilliant work make a global impact. We’re building a living network of knowledge to spark thinking, connect people, and drive new ways forward — empowering a vibrant global community using science for good. We foster a collaborative, creative atmosphere and encourage a workplace culture that maximizes individual contributions. 

We’re always looking to evolve the ways we think and operate, and we actively encourage an environment where everybody feels comfortable, seen, and able to do their best work. We’re looking to hire and develop colleagues who are astute, flexible, and always striving to “solve better problems” through thoughtful consideration of individual, team, organizational, and customer impact.

The  Manager, Peer Review Excellence , reporting to the  Director, Editorial and Researcher Experience , is a strategic leader and collaborative partner who plays a significant role in the performance, governance, and continuous improvement of the peer review and editorial workflows that underpin AIP Publishing's journal portfolio. Serving as a senior subject matter expert in peer review workflow design and execution, this role provides leadership and guidance to support consistent and sustainable practices across editorial teams, vendors, and systems, while partnering across the organization to advance efficient, high-quality peer review processes.

How you’ll make an impact:  

Peer Review Workflow Leadership 

Provide leadership for the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of peer review workflows across the journal portfolio 

Guide the design, implementation, standardization, and continuous improvement of peer review workflows across the journal portfolio. 

Serve as a subject matter expert for peer review workflow design, ensuring workflows support editorial quality, research integrity, and publishing best practices. 

Identify operational bottlenecks, maintain workflow documentation and standards, and drive process improvements. 

Vendor Management 

Serve as a key leader for vendor-supported editorial operations and peer review services, including vendor onboarding, performance management, SLA compliance, business reviews, and operational escalations. 

Develop performance dashboards and identify opportunities to improve service quality, efficiency, and value. 

Manuscript Tracking System Migration & Implementation 

Serve as a key leader in operational activities supporting manuscript tracking system migrations, including workflow design, business process documentation, system configuration, testing, operational readiness, training, and change management. 

Manage implementation risks, stakeholder coordination, and post-launch optimization. 

Workflow Transformation & Continuous Improvement 

Drive workflow standardization, automation, process redesign, and implementation of new editorial technologies to improve operational effectiveness and modernize editorial infrastructure. 

Assess operational impacts of policy and process changes. 

Operational Analytics & Performance Monitoring 

Develop dashboards and reporting to monitor workflow performance, vendor SLAs, operational risks, and key metrics. 

Provide data-driven insights and recommendations to support continuous improvement and decision making. 

People Leadership 

Lead, develop, and support staff by fostering collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and effective resource planning. 

Stakeholder Engagement 

Partner with internal teams and external partners to lead cross-functional initiatives, align workflow standards, support change management, and represent editorial workflow requirements across strategic projects. 

What you're great at:   

Peer review processes, editorial workflows, and workflow design, governance, and optimization. 

Driving workflow automation, process improvement, operational excellence, and change management. 

Using operational analytics and performance metrics to support data-informed decision making. 

Managing vendors and building strong cross-functional partnerships with internal and external stakeholders. 

Balancing operational efficiency with editorial quality and researcher experience while influencing adoption of standardized processes. 

What we’re looking for:   

Bachelor's degree in relevant field.

7+ years of experience in scholarly publishing, editorial operations, and peer review management, including working across multiple journals or publishing portfolios. 

Experience leading workflow automation, operational improvement initiatives, and manuscript tracking system implementations or migrations. 

Experience managing editorial office vendors and service providers. 

Strong analytical, process-oriented, and project management capabilities. 

Demonstrated ability to use operational data to drive continuous improvement and influence cross-functional stakeholders. 

Our excellent total rewards package includes:

A remote workforce with staff based in NY, NJ, CT, MD, VA, PA, MA, RI, or Washington, DC, who meet in person for collaboration, training, strategic planning — and fun!

Generous paid time off and paid sick and safe leave

Flexible Work Schedule

Competitive medical, dental and vision benefits

Exceptional retirement benefits

Monthly remote stipend

Training and Tuition assistance

Employee Assistance Program

  Salary Range:

$125,000 – $140,000

At AIPP, we offer competitive compensation based on the role, experience, and other relevant factors. Under the New York Convenience Rule, all employees, regardless of their residence in other states, will be taxed at the New York State tax rate. Employees may also have additional state-specific tax obligations depending on where they live . A wholly owned not-for-profit subsidiary of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), AIP Publishing’s mission is to advance, promote, and serve the physical sciences for the benefit of humanity by breaking barriers to open, fair research communication and empowering researchers to accelerate global progress. AIP Publishing supports the charitable, scientific, and educational purposes of AIP through scholarly publishing activities on its behalf and on behalf of our publishing partners. Our publishing portfolio includes digital books, AIP Conference Proceedings, and peer-reviewed journals across a spectrum of research areas, including our flagship titles Applied Physics Reviews, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, and The Journal of Chemical Physics. 

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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