[Hiring] Director of Product, Applied Research Intelligence @Wiley

Role Description

The Director of Product for Applied Research Intelligence (ARI) is a senior product leader who brings the voice of the corporate R&D customer into the heart of Wiley's newest growth business. ARI turns the world's trusted scientific literature and data into decision-grade intelligence for research and development teams in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, life-sciences, and materials sciences. This role owns Wiley's outward-facing product strategy for that market, reporting to the VP of Product, Applied Research Intelligence.

The Director will lead partnerships and the integration ecosystem, shape how ARI is positioned and adopted, and translate deep, first-hand understanding of how R&D scientists work into product direction, customer wins, and partnership investments. It is a builder's role within an established global organization: high autonomy, high external visibility, and significant opportunity to grow into broader product leadership as the business scales.

Qualifications

• First-hand experience working within corporate R&D in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life-sciences organizations.
• A track record of generating insight and intelligence from scientific literature and data across the R&D value chain.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in senior product, data-science, or scientific-innovation leadership roles.
• Hands-on experience implementing GenAI and retrieval-based (RAG) solutions in a scientific or R&D context.
• Deep understanding of R&D scientists and their buyers.
• A trusted advisor and cross-functional integrator.
• Strong commercial instinct, with a track record of using product and market insight.
• A proactive, go-getter operating style, highly comfortable with ambiguity and autonomy.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 20% for customer and partner engagement.

Requirements

• Define a clear, differentiated market point of view for ARI across pharma, biotech, life-sciences, and material sciences R&D.
• Lead the partnership and integration ecosystem.
• Drive early customer wins and adoption.
• Be the voice of the corporate R&D customer.
• Shape commercial pipeline through senior product influence.
• Represent ARI externally with authority.
• Build and scale the product function.

Benefits

• Meeting-free Friday afternoons for professional development.
• Opportunities to foster community, learn, and grow.
• Commitment to fair, transparent pay and competitive compensation.
• Comprehensive benefits package.

Company Description

For more than 200 years, we've transformed knowledge into discoveries that shape the world. Today, our global team of innovators, creators, and experts is driving what's next in science, education, and publishing—creating impact that reaches everywhere.

We're not just observers of progress. We're the ones accelerating scientific breakthroughs, advancing learning, and sparking innovation that redefines entire fields and improves lives.

Here, your talent matters. Your ideas have room to grow. And your work creates breakthroughs that can change everything.