Job Title: Content Transformation Lead
Salary: £45,100 - £60,400
Location: Cambridge, UK – Hybrid (40–60% office-based at Triangle site)
Contract: Fixed Term/Secondment (Dec 2027)
Hours: Full time 35 hours per week
About The Role
As Content Transformation Lead, you will be responsible for leading and delivering initiatives to support the future‑readiness of Academic books and journals. You will shape and implement digital‑first content workflows, lead content transformation projects, and ensure our content production processes are scalable and adaptable. You will play a central role in defining content specifications, improving workflows, and embedding best practice in digital production and accessibility.
Additional Responsibilities And Accountabilities
* Lead content transformation and rework projects, ensuring delivery on time, within scope and budget
* Work with technology teams to define and implement content specifications aligned to strategic, regulatory, and quality requirements
* Drive adoption of digital‑first workflows across content teams
* Collaborate with internal teams and external suppliers to ensure efficient, scalable production processes
* Manage project plans, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder communications
* Oversee digitisation planning and budget spend
* Promote a strong digital production culture, including training and knowledge sharing
About You
You are an experienced project or transformation professional with a strong understanding of publishing or digital production environments. You bring a proven ability to lead complex projects and deliver change across people, processes, and technology.
You have strong project management experience and are confident managing multiple priorities, stakeholders, and dependencies to deliver high‑quality outcomes. You are comfortable working across both books and journals contexts and understand the end‑to‑end content lifecycle.
Your Skills And Experience Include
* Experience in project management, delivering complex change initiatives
* Knowledge of digital production processes, including XML‑based workflows, HTML products, and accessibility standards
* Ability to lead cross‑functional projects and work effectively with technical and non‑technical stakeholders
* Experience working with external suppliers and managing delivery across distributed teams
* Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly present plans, risks, and progress to stakeholders
* Solutions‑focused approach with the ability to work effectively in a changing environment
Requirements
In addition to meeting the essential criteria, candidates will ideally also be able to demonstrate the following:
* Experience delivering content transformation or digitisation programmes
* Knowledge of Agile, Lean, or other process improvement methodologies
* Awareness of industry developments such as accessibility regulations and the use of AI in publishing workflows
* Experience working across both books and journals publishing environments
Rewards And Benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world‑class, flexible rewards package, featuring family‑friendly and planet‑friendly benefits including:
* 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
* Discretionary annual bonus
* Group personal pension scheme
* Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
* Green travel schemes
We are a Disability Confident employer that is committed to equality and inclusion, ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. The DC scheme’s Offer of an Interview commitment applies to applicants who opt in, disclose a disability or a long‑term health condition, and best meet the minimum criteria for the role. In instances where interviewing all qualifying candidates is not practicable, we prioritise those who best meet the minimum criteria, as we would for applicants who do not have a disability or long‑term health condition.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the GOV.UK website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.
We are committed to an equitable recruitment process. Applications must be submitted via our official online application procedure. Do not send your CV directly to recruiters. If you experience technical difficulties or require additional support with submitting your online application, contact the recruiter.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it is safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics, cultural, or social class/background. We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.
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