Product Manager - Octopus

"You will be part of the Digital resources team that delivers services that support the procurement, licensing, management, discovery and use of content and software for UK further education, higher education and research. Our work areas are: licensing (content and software), open research, content and discovery. This is an exciting opportunity to develop a new, innovative open research product called Octopus. Octopus will allow researchers to publish their work for free at any stage in the research process. We are looking to recruit a product manager who is driven by the principles of open research and has the skills required to deliver this product to researchers and to grow a user base. In the first year of the role, you will work cross-functionally to guide Octopus, an innovative research publication platform, from its launch to growing a user base and developing a sustainability plan. Developed by Dr Alexandra Freeman, Octopus breaks down the publication of scientific research into eight elements, unlike a traditional journal article. The platform is free for researchers to publish their work, free for anyone to read and embeds the principles of openness and transparency throughout. Its aim is to reset the incentive structure in research to reward best practice in every aspect of the scientific process...."