Manager, Peer Review Excellence

About AIP Publishing

AIP Publishing is a leading publisher of the physical sciences. Working with us means being part of a mission: to accelerate scientific discovery while reimagining the future of scholarly publishing. AIP Publishing helps brilliant work make a global impact. We’re building a living network of knowledge to spark thinking, connect people, and drive new ways forward — empowering a vibrant global community using science for good. We foster a collaborative, creative atmosphere and encourage a workplace culture that maximizes individual contributions. We’re always looking to evolve the ways we think and operate, and we actively encourage an environment where everybody feels comfortable, seen, and able to do their best work. We’re looking to hire and develop colleagues who are astute, flexible, and always striving to “solve better problems” through thoughtful consideration of individual, team, organizational, and customer impact.

Role Summary

The Manager, Peer Review Excellence, reporting to the Director, Editorial and Researcher Experience, is a strategic leader and collaborative partner who plays a significant role in the performance, governance, and continuous improvement of the peer review and editorial workflows that underpin AIP Publishing's journal portfolio. Serving as a senior subject matter expert in peer review workflow design and execution, this role provides leadership and guidance to support consistent and sustainable practices across editorial teams, vendors, and systems, while partnering across the organization to advance efficient, high-quality peer review processes.

How you’ll make an impact

Peer Review Workflow Leadership

• Provide leadership for the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of peer review workflows across the journal portfolio
• Guide the design, implementation, standardization, and continuous improvement of peer review workflows across the journal portfolio.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for peer review workflow design, ensuring workflows support editorial quality, research integrity, and publishing best practices.
• Identify operational bottlenecks, maintain workflow documentation and standards, and drive process improvements.

Vendor Management

• Serve as a key leader for vendor-supported editorial operations and peer review services, including vendor onboarding, performance management, SLA compliance, business reviews, and operational escalations.
• Develop performance dashboards and identify opportunities to improve service quality, efficiency, and value.

Manuscript Tracking System Migration & Implementation

• Serve as a key leader in operational activities supporting manuscript tracking system migrations, including workflow design, business process documentation, system configuration, testing, operational readiness, training, and change management.
• Manage implementation risks, stakeholder coordination, and post-launch optimization.