Title - Senior Product Manager Publishing Systems
Location - Pune, New Delhi, Dordrecht, and Heidelberg
About Springer Nature Group
Springer Nature opens the doors to discovery for researchers, educators, clinicians, and other professionals. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals, platforms, and technology solutions reach millions of people. For over 182 years our brands and imprints have been a trusted source of knowledge to these communities and today, more than ever, we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be found, verified, understood, and used by our communities – enabling them to improve outcomes, make progress, and benefit the generations that follow.
About the Brand
You will be part of the Books Publishing Solutions sitting in Product organization, reporting to the Director Product Books.
Together, we are building a coherent, customer-focused product ecosystem that connects content creation with high-value digital experiences.
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Product Manager Publishing Systems to join our books product team, Books Publishing Solutions.
In this role, you will own and evolve key product areas across the lifecycle from idea and proposal through to a published book. You will define what problems to solve and why, ensuring that our publishing systems and workflows create meaningful value for authors, editors, and the business.
Working at the intersection of editorial, production, and technology, you will ensure that decisions are grounded in validated user needs, business impact, and technical feasibility, while enabling efficient and scalable content creation.
Execution and technical implementation are delivered in close collaboration with engineering and operational teams.
Key Responsibilities
Own the product strategy and roadmap across the lifecycle from idea and proposal through to a published book
Define and continuously refine key problem spaces across the whole publishing journey
Identify and validate user needs and pain points before defining solutions, working closely with authors, editors, and internal stakeholders
Ensure all major initiatives are grounded in clear problem definition, expected outcomes, and measurable success criteria
Drive alignment across systems and workflows to enable a coherent end-to-end publishing process
Define requirements and desired outcomes, while collaborating with engineering and operational teams who own solution design and implementation
Explore and prioritize ML/AI-assisted approaches across the entire product landscape
Ensure data and metadata consistency across the lifecycle from idea through to publication
Prioritize initiatives based on user value, business impact, and evidence, balancing customer experience, viability, and feasibility
Define and track success metrics to measure impact and inform ongoing prioritization
Experience, Skills & Qualifications
Significant experience in product management, ideally in complex, workflow-driven or platform environments
Proven ability to define problems, validate solutions, and deliver measurable outcomes
Strong experience in product discovery, including user research, problem validation, and hypothesis testing
Ability to operate effectively in cross-functional environments, working with editorial, technical, and operational teams
Strong analytical and structured thinking, with an outcome-oriented mindset
Ability to influence stakeholders and align teams around clear product direction
Comfortable working in environments with legacy systems and evolving architectures
Experience in publishing, media, or content-driven businesses is a plus, but not required
What You Will Achieve
Clear definition and prioritization of high-impact problem areas across the publishing lifecycle
Improved efficiency, usability, and scalability from idea to published book
Reduced time-to-publication and decision complexity
Stronger alignment across systems, workflows, and stakeholders
Measurable improvements in user satisfaction and operational performance
SN Skills:
SN-Drives Results, SN-Strategic Mindset, SN-Product Design, SN-Market Research, SN-Process & Systems Design, SN-Software Engineering & Systems Integration , SN-Product Development & Delivery, SN-Product Strategy & Execution, SN-Collaboration, SN-Tech Savvy
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Job Posting End Date:
12-06-2026
