Director, JHU Press (JHU Press)

Baltimore, MD, United States💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-04 → 2026-09-23

Core

Lead one of the world's most distinguished university presses through a period of transformation in academic publishing, overseeing books, journals, digital platforms, and fulfillment services.

Role type

Director of University Press

Builds

Scholarly books, journals, digital aggregation platforms (Project MUSE, BioOne), and fulfillment services for the global scholarly community

Domain

Academic Publishing / Scholarly Communication

Required skills

Strategic vision, financial acumen, technological fluency, deep publishing expertise, leadership of large teams, digital transformation, open access model management

Preferred skills

Experience with digital aggregation, AI integration in publishing, managing nonprofit operations

Technologies

Project MUSE, BioOne, digital aggregation platforms, AI models

Responsibilities

Guide the press through digital transformation and open access evolution; steward editorial programs across books and journals; manage digital platforms and services; lead a staff of 130 professionals; integrate acquired assets like BioOne

Seniority

Executive Director / C-Suite

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About jhu

The Johns Hopkins University was America’s first research university, founded for the express purpose of expanding knowledge and putting that knowledge to work for the good of humanity. Today, Johns Hopkins has approximately 6,500 faculty, 6,200 undergraduate students, and 17,600 graduate students across 230 degree programs at the baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral levels. JHU has multiple campuses in Baltimore and campuses serving graduate students in DC, Italy, and China. Johns Hopkins stands alone among top research universities in its extraordinary commitment of attention and resources