VP Product in Abingdon

About the Role

Are you ready to play a key role in shaping the future of academic publishing? Taylor & Francis is looking for a skilled VP Product to guide the evolution of our business from a traditional academic publisher to a modern Knowledge Marketplace. This role offers the opportunity to design a platform that connects researchers, learners, and institutions, creating value for both content creators and knowledge consumers. As a strategic leader, you will help define and implement a product vision that incorporates AI‑driven discovery, supports network effects, and prioritises trust‑by‑design in academic research dissemination.

Responsibilities

• Architect the Marketplace: Build a scalable, modular platform that reduces friction in content submission, verification, and consumption.
• Drive Innovation: Leverage AI to predict user needs, automate content verification, and enhance discovery.
• Lead Transformation: Transition from monolithic applications to an API‑first, modular platform strategy.
• Deliver Excellence: Champion agile methodologies to ensure timely, high‑quality delivery of the product roadmap.
• Inspire Teams: Lead and mentor a global product team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and customer obsession.
• Champion the Vision: Communicate the Knowledge Marketplace strategy to internal and external stakeholders, aligning business objectives with customer needs.

Qualifications

• Product Leadership: Proven experience leading global product teams in a matrixed organization.
• Marketplace Expertise: Deep understanding of multi‑sided platforms and the dynamics of supply and demand.
• Transformational Success: A track record of modernising legacy products into scalable, digital solutions.
• Technical Fluency: Ability to engage with engineering teams on APIs, data models, and AI integration while maintaining a customer‑first focus.
• Data‑Driven Decision‑Making: Strong analytical skills to define and track KPIs, optimise marketplace health, and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Commercial Acumen: Business‑savvy with a knack for identifying opportunities, performing cost/benefit analyses, and driving ROI.
• Visionary Leadership: Exceptional communication and collaboration skills to inspire teams and align stakeholders.

Working Model

The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. Candidates live within a commutable distance of our UK office locations, either Blackfriars, London or Milton Park, Oxfordshire to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office location to collaborate as required. There is an expectation for a minimum of 3 days per week in‑person time. You must have the right to work and live in the UK.

Benefits

• An excellent work/life balance with a fantastic, flexible working culture.
• 25 days annual leave per year plus a day off for your birthday.
• 3 additional discretionary days off during the holiday season at the end of the year.
• 4 paid volunteering days each year.
• Company funded single cover private medical insurance.
• Employee assistance programme – offering 24/7 well‑being support.
• Share Match – Plan that matches every share purchased with two free shares.
• Pension scheme.
• Life assurance, plus optical and medical care.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non‑merit based factor. We genuinely care about our colleagues, promoting work‑life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working.