Indexing Manager

Job Title: Indexing Manager

Location: Pune, London, or New York (Hybrid working model)

Last Application Date: 30th Jan 2026

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The goal of the Publishing Performance and Intelligence Group (PP&I) is to help deliver next‑generation digital publishing at Springer Nature and, as a result, grow the number of published articles, especially in open access (OA). Working closely with the Journals Group, Production, IT, Marketing, and Customer Service, PP&I supports increasing the number of transfers of articles between journals, commissioning new collections, enforcing research integrity, strengthening editor engagement, and delivering enhancements to the end‑to‑end journal publishing process.

Springer Nature’s Indexing team, as part of the Editorial Excellence within PP&I, ensures the leading research reaches the widest and most relevant audiences across the world through premier abstracting & indexing services. These services include Pub Med from the US National Library of Medicine and Clarivate’s Web of Science (which also assigns Journal Impact Factors) and remain critical as Springer Nature continues to lead the transition to open access research publishing.

Supervised by the Head of Indexing, the Indexing Manager is a core member of the Indexing team and a crucial point of contact for internal and external editorial stakeholders. The Indexing Manager will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing strategic relationships with key indexing services and delivering indexing projects across the Research Publishing Business Unit to bring efficiency and effectiveness in workflow‑related aspects of the business.

The Indexing Manager will also be responsible for partnering with external indexing services to monitor and track changing requirements and recommend workflow improvements for maximum indexing success.

• Contributes to a shared vision and strategy for Indexing Services at Springer Nature with closely associated teams (e.g., the Publishing teams, Production teams, DDS, QA, Third Party Licensing, Rights, and Permissions, PP&I, and Research Integrity) as well as teams across Springer Nature

• Serves as primary contact and subject matter expert and represents the interests of Springer Nature through regular, in‑depth meetings with external indexing services, while at the same time helping to grow and sustain strong business relationships

• Keeps track of the changing indexing requirements and landscape with the latest developments in indexing services

• Understands various indexing systems/tools developed internally to further enhance those systems for better performance by suggesting improvements and working closely with the Manager, Indexing Data Management, and the SN Emerging Technology and Data Technology teams

• Organizes work effectively within a clear management structure, works collaboratively with colleagues, and fosters a culture of diversity and teamwork

• Works collaboratively with the Indexing team on KPIs, tracking, and reporting on progress every month

• Manages workflows, meetings, and creates documentation and communications to ensure the indexing processes are sufficiently well‑organised, understood, transparent, and open

• Builds close working relationships with stakeholders from other SN teams that control and/or develop the processes and systems the Indexing team relies on

• Works with internal teams (such as the SN Technology, PP&I,…