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Editorial Policy Manager
Role
The Editorial Policy Manager is responsible for overseeing and implementing editorial policy and maintaining drafting resources. They will play a key role in updating our rules and practice to enhance the production flow of digital standards, from legacy portfolio transformation to disruptive new technologies and services.
They communicate with external parties on issues related to editorial policy and participate in the development and deployment of training material.
They provide advice on editorial policy for new publishing architecture and tools and participate in their advocacy.
Key responsibilities
Editorial policy and resources
Directives and Policies for Digital Publishing Maintenance/revision of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, including interactions with DMT/JDMTImplementation of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 in the Production chainCommunication and training (internal and external) on the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2Drafting resources Maintenance of drafting resourcesFacilitating the evolution of drafting practices to support machine-readable standards and the development of new SMART business modelsTraining and related projects Development of training material (Committee Manager training, e-learning modules), in collaboration with the Capacity Building UnitEditorial oversight for new authoring and publishing initiativesEditorial advice on current and future publishing architectureChange Management
Collaboration and communication with external parties Communication with committees on escalated editorial issues and editorial policyCollaboration related to drafting with IEC, CEN and other external organizations (e.g. standards development organizations)Advocacy of new authoring and publishing initiativesEditing practices/quality Editorial oversight of special deliverablesTesting of improvements/new authoring, editing, publishing tools Report to: Head of PublishingQualification and Experience
5 years of editorial, policy, or product development experience in the publishing industry, preferably in science publishingUniversity degree or higher in a technical subjectStrong editing skills and successful experience in production workflowsExcellent command of English, other languages are an assetExcellent project management skillsSkills
Excellent communications skills and ability to influence across the business and to maintain awareness of sensitivities within projectsActive team player with a positive and proactive attitude, at ease with different culturesAbility to work under pressure and manage own and teamโs stress in a changing environmentGood organizational, time-management and problem-solving skillsAbility to make fact-based decisionsSelf-motivation and innovative attitudeGlobal visionIdentifies and aligns with ISO core values: respect, integrity, collaboration, pushing boundaries, growth mindsetDeadline for applications: 27.02.2026