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We are ISO, the largest developer of International Standards. We bring together experts, to share knowledge and develop standards that provide solutions to global challenges. This is because we believe that great things happen when the world agrees. We have an exciting opportunity at our Central Secretariat in Geneva.
ISO is committed to be an equal opportunity employer and to creating a culture and environment where each employee is an active contributor to our collective success. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin and culture, disability, or age.
Role
One of ISO’s key projects is the digitalization of standards, with a view to enabling a new class of services with user-centric access, execution and verification. As a member of the Standardization and Technical Policy unit, the Publishing Manager will report to the Director, Standardization and Technical Policy. The mission of the Publishing Manager will be to define, scale and deploy the production flow of digital standards, from legacy portfolio transformation to innovative new technologies and services.
By monitoring technological innovation, animating an ecosystem of technology partners and leveraging the deliverables and decisions of the SMART standards programme, the Publishing Manager will design and deploy ISO’s new digital standardization flow, from the authoring stage to publication.
At the head of the Publishing team, the Publishing Manager will develop ISO’s digital publishing know-how and best practices.
Key responsibilities
- Manage the Publishing team, responsible for providing a best-in-class publishing workflow and toolset, taking into account users' needs and ensuring end-to-end awareness across the ISO community
- Transform the Publishing team into a competence centre for the new publishing architecture, formats, style guides, directives and related tools
- In coordination with IEC, responsible for the maintenance of the ISO/IEC Editing-Publishing Directives, namely their evolution in the context of the digitalization of standards and the deployment of standards as a service
- Design and drive the implementation of the new authoring-editing-publishing flow, in synch with the SMART standards programme, the Online Standards Development programme, the Production team and the Technical Policy team
- Maintain a technology watch, ensure the engagement of partners and subcontractors, and actively participate in advocacy and eLearning projects, building and deploying attractive training content
- Reference point for publishing issues encountered by the Production, Technical Policy, SMART programme, IT and Commercial units
- Coordinate relevant stakeholders in the translation of the ISO Strategic Plan into the digital transformation of our operations
- In coordination with ISO Management and Members, establish a roadmap of projects, priorities and milestones to plot the digital transformation plan
- Ensure that use cases and new business models are adequately serviced by our publishing operation
- Report progress to the ISO Leadership team and Member boards with clarity, engagement and leadership
Report to: Director, Standardization and Technical Policy
Qualification and Experience
- Master's degree in software engineering or equivalent
- At least 10 years of experience in total in the following areas:
- Digital publishing
- Data models, information models
- Document semantic enrichment and XML
- Scientific and technical publishing
- Subscription-based business models
- Open-source authoring, development, publishing
- Digital transformation projects in the area of publishing or standards production
- Excellent project management skills acquired in complex, multi-cultural and multi-stakeholder environments
- Knowledge of publishing tools and technologies (Word, eXtyles, Typefi, XML suites)
- Successful previous experience in change management
- Experience in managing projects, successfully setting up subscription sales on digital libraries (documents, software)
- Experience in implementing standards in relevant field of activity, or participation in standardization working groups is an asset
- Knowledge of and experience in Digital Rights Management (DRM) is an asset
- Excellent written and spoken English
Skills
- Customer centric and innovation mindset
- People management/Management skills
- Knowledge sharing
- Strategic thinking
- Priority management
- Accountability
- Communication skills
- Global vision and sense of perspective
- Identifies and aligns with ISO core values: respect, integrity, collaboration, pushing boundaries, growth mindset
Starting date: asap.