Associate or Senior Editor, BMC Medicine

Associate or Senior Editor, BMC Medicine Location: Shanghai or New York, Hybrid Working Model
You will contribute to the success of BMC Medicine by supporting editorial handling of content and content development across all areas of medicine. This is a dynamic and varied role andwill contribute to the success of BMC as a whole.
Communication is a key part of this role, as you will need to build excellent and productive relationships with both the internal and external editorial teams that contribute to BMC Medicine. You will also develop close relationships with other internal teams that contribute to the success of BMC Medicine, such as Editorial Operations, Production and Marketing.
Role responsibilities:
Ensure quality in manuscript handling and published content
Oversee the handling of the content published in BMC Medicine, by both handling individual submissions yourself and advising on content handled by editorial board members, as directed by the Chief Editor.
In all instances, ensure that appropriate editorial standards are upheld, and the BMC Medicine editorial ethos is maintained.
Advise on editorial policy development as appropriate.
Support the investigation and resolution of publishing or research ethics cases, as appropriate.
Contribute to external Editorial Board development
Contribute to the recruitment and training of new EBMs as needed to support journal operations and development.
Contribute to EBM engagement initiatives across BMC Medicine.
Contribute to journal development
Initiate and contribute to journal development, participating in strategy discussions and sharing your expertise to help in the generation of journal development plans.
Work with colleagues across the Journals group to support subject-specific strategy development at BMC Medicine.
Drive the transfer of appropriate submissions to the most suitable destination journal, prioritising author service while adhering to the editorial standards of the journal.
Encourage submission of high quality manuscripts via author outreach and journal strategy.
Build awareness of BMC Medicine
Support special projects within BMC Medicine to increase journal visibility, promote BMC Medicine values, and attract content.
Contribute to the efforts of the Marketing team, providing input into marketing plans, campaigns and materials.
Develop journal website content and features to raise the profile of BMC Medicine in the online environment.
Support the BMC Medicine team
Contribute to the culture of the BMC Medicine editorial team by supporting your colleagues, covering for them when needed and sharing expertise and experience.
Experience, Skills & Qualifications:
Educated to PhD level (or equivalent), in biomedical field, ideally within cardiovascular- and endocrinology-based translational and molecular medicine.
Interested in promoting the dissemination of scientific knowledge, and in particular, open access publishing
Excellent communication skills: tactful, professional and persuasive
Excellent time management and prioritization skills, able to balance short-term deadlines with long-term goals
Highly customer focused
Strong analytical skills
Willing to travel occasionally and represent BMC Medicine at external events
Able to respond to non-routine circumstances
Self-motivated, with a positive, can-do approach
Ability to adapt to changing circumstances
Ability to work cooperatively with colleagues at all levels in a team environment
Editorial experience preferred but not essential.
To apply, please submit:
a CV
a cover letter explaining your interest in the post and their preferred office of employment.
US employees are eligible for benefits including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, life and AD&D insurance, tuition assistance, employee assistance program, paid vacation and sick time, flexible spending accounts, and a 401k retirement savings plan.
US Annualized Base Salary Range: Associate Editor; $80,000/Senior Editor $95,000