Director, Informit

About Our Client

Informit is an online gateway to the largest collection of Australasian scholarly journals, books, and videos. Founded in the RMIT University Library in 1989, their customers include all Australian and New Zealand university and state libraries, government, and other specialist libraries. With the recent development of their new product, Informit Explore, they are also increasingly present in schools and public libraries. They are committed to promoting publishing diversity, intellectual freedom and critical thinking;
with a vision to be thehub of the publishing, research and library communities in Australia and beyond.

Job Description

Reporting to the CEO, the Director - Informit will be responsible for:

• Working closely with the Informit Leadership Team to lead the ongoing development and delivery of the Informit strategy
  
• Championing Informit's First Peoples' Lens program, dedicated to promoting the achievements of Indigenous scholars and building strong relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and organisations
  
• Working closely with the Product team to build a viable, sustainable roadmap of product initiatives that align with Informit's vision and strategy
  
• Leading and collaborating on the development of annual sales and marketing plans to support Informit's growth strategy
  
• Leading and collaborating across the product, platform and production teams to drive operational excellence for all Informit products and services
  
• Overseeing commercial relationships with partners
  
• Managing Informit's relationship with the internal RMITT IT team and oversee the governance of external relationships with technology partners
  
• Financial performance of the Informit business as well as overseeing executive management of commercial performance reporting, and risk mitigation
  
• Leading, motivating, engaging and developing a large team effectively, fostering a culture of cross team collaboration, achieving sales targets and KPIs
  

The Successful Applicant

As the successful applicant you will ideally possess:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in business, commerce or information management
  
• Demonstrated track record of success in a senior leadership role delivering strong commercial outcomes
  
• Extensive experience in electronic publishing and / or library and information service industries
  
• Demonstrated great people leadership, with the ability to manage a team, hire well, retain and develop key talent and create a thriving and inclusive culture where creative, exciting, highly talented people will thrive
  
• Demonstrated experience creating and delivering commercially focused strategic blueprints (strategies) for product innovation and sustainable business growth
  
• Strong project delivery capability and experience, combined with ability to prioritise projects, and make commercially sound decisions
  
• Excellent understanding of contemporary publishing paradigms such as Open Access and other licensing models
  
• Understanding of relevant technology / digital platforms and demonstrated experience working with software development, data and analytics
  
• Understanding of emerging technologies and industry trends i.E. AI and Machine Learning
  

What's on Offer

Reporting to the CEO. Part of the senior leadership team. Talented team. Collaborative culture. Drive strategy and innovation.