Product Manager, Open Repository (ref:BMC/PMR)

Product Manager, Open Repository (ref:BMC/PMR)

Location: London , South East Salary: Competitive Date posted: 01/04/2012 12:09 Job type:Permanent Company: Springer Group Contact: Hayley Johns Ref: Totaljobs/BMC/PMR Job ID: 52886636

Product Manager, Open Repository (ref:BMC/PMR)

End date for applications: 29th February

Company and position overview

Open Repository is a service from BioMed Central to build, launch, host and maintain institutional repositories for organisations. Built upon the latest DSpace repository software the service has been designed to be flexible and cost-effective. BioMed Central's economy of scale makes it possible for organisations that could not otherwise afford to, or lack the infrastructure or technical capacity in-house, to run their own repositories.

BioMed Central is an open access publisher and com mitted to providing immediate free access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical research, and part of Springer Science + Business Media.

Main Duties

The Product Manager, Open Repository (PM) is responsible for taking Open Repository to the next level by ensuring the product continues to develop technically, existing clients are renewed and new ones brought on board in line with the strategy. The PM will be both technically and commercially astute, targeting sales and marketing effort as well as guiding product development in order to drive this part of the business forward.

The successful candidate will develop strong working relationships with our customers, acting as the face of Open Repository.

The PM will make sense of, analyze and prioritise business requirements, customer requirements, developments in institutional repository software and related fields (such as digital preservation and metadata standards), and developments within DSpace software specifically, and work with the technical team to create short-term and long-term project roadmaps.

Represent Open Repository at industry events and conferences as a speaker where possible, delegate or exhibitor

Manage and maintain the development roadmap for Open Repository

Assist the Sales Managers and marketing team with their activities.

Document all project developments and make regular progress reports to the business as required.

Ensure all project documentation is kept up to date

Develop a complete and thorough understanding of both the product and repository user community in order to:

oProvide staff training

oProvide customer training, including creating and maintaining customer training documentation

oRepresent the project at external meetings, conferences and workshops

oAct as the voice-of-th e-customer within the business and externally

Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of institutional repositories and related fields (such as digital preservation and metadata standards, CRIS systems).

Define technical specifications and oversee graphical mock-ups.

Person Specification

Essential:

An understanding of Open Access business models and the role of institutional repositories

Experience in repository technology, library or publishing communities.

Demonstrable project management skills

Strong commercial awareness

Excellent written and verbal communication skills and organizational skills

Developed people management and customer service skills

Ability to work both independently and within a dynamic team

Flexibility in reacting to rapidly changing project requirements

Strong pr esentation and networking skills

Excellent IT literacy

Desirable

An understanding of web applications and server management

A working understanding of the Java programming language and Java technologies

An understanding of tools used by todays researcher/librarian

A working understanding of metadata schemas (eg Dublin Core)

A working understanding of Linux

Experience with open source development communities

Understanding of web usability issues

Experience of HTML authoring packages (such as Dreamweaver) and graphics packages (such as Photoshop)

Please send your CV and covering letter, stating salary expectations and quoting the job reference (BMC/PMR) to: HR, Floor 6, 236 Grays Inn Road, London, WC1X 8HB, or by email to: jobs@biomedcentral.com

BioMed Central offers a competitive salary and benefits package including 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, contributory pension scheme, life assurance, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, childcare vouchers and an employee support programme.

BioMed Central is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We welcome all applications irrespective of race, gender, age, religion or belief, relationship status, pregnancy/maternity, sexual orientation or disability.