Senior Content Editor (Acquisitions Editor, Clinical Medicine)

Wolters Kluwer • Boston, MA

1d • $66,700 - $116,400 • Hybrid

About The Position

Join an award-winning team within the Medical Education and Medical Practice business unit, where we create high-quality clinical content and deliver it across innovative, market-leading solutions. In this strategic role, you will drive editorial excellence while leading the transition of a curated print portfolio toward digital and licensing-based revenue models. Working with clinical AI and health IT partners, internal stakeholders, and a high-value medical society, you will apply deep subject matter judgment and a commercial mindset to position our clinical content as a trusted, authoritative layer in next-generation clinical workflows.

Requirements

• Deep editorial judgment in medical or clinical reference content, with the ability to assess accuracy, utility, and market relevance.
• Demonstrated experience managing print-to-digital transitions or content licensing initiatives in a publishing or information services environment.
• Strong business development acumen: ability to identify partnership opportunities, build relationships with external organizations, and contribute to licensing negotiations.
• Project leadership skills; ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously and drive cross-functional alignment.
• Comfort with performance data; able to use metrics to guide portfolio strategy and editorial investment decisions.
• Skilled at stakeholder communication, including explaining complex editorial or strategic considerations to non-publishing partners.
• Experience managing external relationships—society partners, clinical advisors, or licensing clients—with professionalism and accountability.
• Familiarity with clinical AI, health IT, or clinical decision support ecosystems is a strong advantage.
• 3+ years of experience in medical or clinical reference publishing or a related field, including editorial acquisitions/strategy, content development, sales, or marketing.
• Experience in the processes related to ideating, developing, and producing clinical reference titles, digital ancillaries, and content assets.
• Experience managing financials of individual products and portfolios, including creating and managing budgets, forecasting, and P&L oversight.
• Familiarity with processes related to contract negotiation and author/SME management.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
• Strong oral and written communication skills; high degree of professionalism.
• History of working effectively as part of a team, including cross-functional collaborations.
• Ability to determine customer needs and market trends.
• Knowledge of content management and asset development.
• Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making skills.
• Strong customer relationship management and partnership skills.
• Effective presentation skills, oral and written, adjusting delivery to target audience.
• Experience with facilitation of group discussion, dialogue, and the consensus process.
• Organized, detail-oriented, effectively meets deadlines, set priorities.
• Confidence in developing and enacting strategic vision.

Responsibilities

• Lead acquisition strategy across 6 clinical medicine disciplines—neurology, pediatrics, emergency medicine, cardiology, psychiatry, and addiction medicine—evaluating products against clinical relevance, market demand, and licensing potential.
• Define the vision and scope for each discipline, with accountability for editorial quality and sustainable integration across proprietary and 3rd party digital platforms.
• Build and maintain a network of authors and SMEs.
• Acquire content assets, secure revisions, and develop content suited for multiple digital platforms—collaborating with product marketing, sales, product management, and content development to ensure successful launches.
• Serve as the internal expert for assigned disciplines, staying current on curricula, market trends, and competitive dynamics, and communicating insights to drive alignment on strategy and go-to-market plans.
• Drive the transition of print reference titles toward digital products, licensing arrangements, and API-accessible content.
• Evaluate assets for suitability as structured data, clinical decision support modules, or AI training and verification corpora, and collaborate with product and technology teams on content architecture requirements.
• Track portfolio performance metrics—print sales trends, digital adoption, and licensing revenue—to inform investment and divestment decisions.
• Identify and cultivate partnerships with clinical AI developers, EHR platforms, and health IT companies seeking trusted medical reference content for RAG pipelines, clinical decision support, and workflow integration.
• Develop business cases and licensing proposals, including scope, pricing frameworks, and contractual considerations.
• Represent the portfolio in partner conversations, articulating the value of peer-reviewed medical reference content as a verification and accuracy layer.
• Align with marketing and sales to position content against brand messaging and licensing go-to-market strategies, and identify growth opportunities across the portfolio.
• Serve as primary relationship manager for a medical society book publishing partnership, ensuring contractual obligations, editorial timelines, and quality standards are met.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans
• 401(k)
• FSA/HSA
• Commuter Benefits
• Tuition Assistance Plan
• Vacation and Sick Time
• Paid Parental Leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed