Senior Manager, Professional Publications

Position Summary:

This role requires a highly skilled Senior Manager, Professional Publications, to help transform complex data sets and technical findings into high-impact, peer-reviewed publications. The ideal candidate is more than just a writer; it requires a professional who can find the "story" within the data. This role will work directly with senior executives and lead researchers to draft, refine, and shepherd manuscripts through the peer-review process in top-tier journals. You also may work on high-value, non-peer review articles, opinion pieces, and white papers.

A second area of responsibility will be to work closely with a cross-functional team on the speaker workstream of an anticipated renewal of our organization’s TEDx license. This will be limited to identifying speakers and prepping them to present at the next TEDx event or other events as determined by the director, PR, and Professional Publications.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Narrative Development: Analyze raw data, statistical outputs, and technical briefs to construct a clear, persuasive, and logically sound academic narrative.
• Manuscript Drafting: Lead the end-to-end writing process for peer-reviewed papers, including abstracts, introductions, methodology, results, and discussion sections.
• Executive Liaison: Act as a strategic partner to senior-level executives and subject matter experts (SMEs), translating their vision and insights into formal technical prose that accurately represents the data being presented.
• Data Interpretation: Review and interpret complex analytical findings to ensure the written content accurately reflects the technical rigor of the data and research.
• Publication Management: Manage the submission process, including addressing reviewer comments and coordinating revisions with internal and external stakeholders.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure all manuscripts adhere to specific journal guidelines, ethical standards, and internal brand voice.
• TEDx and Other High-Level Events and Presentations: Serve as a key member of the speaker selection process, including drafting submission requests, finalizing speaker selections with the speaker committee, and working with speakers to prepare them for presentations (including video reviews).

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• 8 to 15 years of high-level writing, portfolio will be required.
• Exceptional Writing Skills: A proven track record of publishing in peer-reviewed journals with a portfolio that demonstrates clarity, flow, and technical precision.
• Analytical Fluency: Ability to "speak the language" of data. You should be comfortable interpreting statistical significance, data visualizations, and technical methodologies.
• Executive Presence: Experience interviewing and collaborating with C-suite or senior-level leaders, with the ability to provide constructive feedback on their ideas.
• Technical Acumen: Deep understanding of technical or analytical areas and the ability to grasp new, complex concepts quickly.

Note: This role is designed for a professional who can balance the requirements of academic publishing with the fast-paced demands of an executive environment. 

All new hires are required to attend New Collaborator Orientation (NCO) in Salt Lake City, Utah. The College will cover travel, lodging, and other accommodations.

Nightingale’s commitment to diversity and inclusion is reflected both in our learners and collaborators because we believe the best outcomes for learners from underserved and diverse populations are achieved through collaborators with similar backgrounds and cultures. Nightingale Education Group is an equal opportunity employer.

Our Mission (not just words on the wall, we live it, love it, and daily contribute to it): With the primary focus on higher learning in healthcare professions, Nightingale Education Group contributes to elevating education, health, and employment systems through facilitation of academic achievement, personal growth, and professional development of its learners, alumni, and collaborators, while serving diverse communities.

At Nightingale Education Group, our Innovative Education model helps transform rural health landscapes through our blended-distance learning platform. Every person involved with Nightingale Education Group helps to change the lives of our learners, our communities, and ultimately the world by adding to the quality of healthcare. We are proud to have graduated nearly 5,000 nurses serving communities in need. We are serious about our outcomes and have a little bit of fun getting there.

The professional and personal development of our learners and our collaborators is our company’s foundation. Not only do we develop strategies that promote a positive work-life integration, but we also create an environment that invites you to become an expert in your field, be it through higher education or professional development. Put simply, we elevate employment, elevate health, and elevate education. We’re so happy that you’ve found us!

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check and drug screen.