Senior Commercial Manager, Advertising and Sponsorship

Location: Hybrid or Remote UK

Our mission is to unlock human potential. We welcome you for who you are, the background you bring, and we embrace individuals who get excited about learning. Bring your experiences, your perspectives, and your passion; it’s in our differences that we empower the way the world learns.

We are seeking a Senior Commercial Manager, Advertising and Sponsorship, to join our Business Development and Commercial Success team. In this pivotal role, you will drive the cohesive advertising and content engagement strategy to achieve commercial growth, helping the Audience Solutions team deliver on strategic goals. You will be instrumental in shaping our advertising and sponsorship capabilities while staying ahead of industry trends and evolving expectations in the STM (Scientific, Technical, and Medical) space.

This role is responsible for managing revenue streams from paid advertising across print, email, and digital media and from sponsorship of content engagement initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the global advertising ecosystem, exceptional communication skills, demonstratable business acumen, and experience in digital advertising technologies and strategies.

How you will make an impact:

• Develop and execute a near- and long-term strategic plan for advertising and sponsorship that drives incremental business value, including both direct and indirect sales.
• Own and manage the programmatic advertising strategy.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders, including Ad Ops, technology teams, and potential customers, to shape advertising capabilities across publishing platforms.
• Stay ahead of advertising industry trends, translating these insights to the STM industry.
• Lead cross-functional teams by setting priorities and providing both strategic and tactical vision.
• Establish, monitor, and report on KPIs to measure the success of the advertising strategy.
• Support the Ad Sales and Product Marketing teams to maximise revenue generation while effectively communicating ad product capabilities.
• Act as a strategic partner and influencer, driving solutions that meet the needs of publishers, partners, and corporate sales.
  
  

We are looking for people who have:

• 5+ years’ experience as a manager in the advertising industry or in product ownership, with demonstrable expertise in advertising strategy.
• Significant experience within a corporate environment, ideally in publishing or the digital marketing space.
• Strong knowledge of digital advertising (e.g., behavioural, contextual, email, native), programmatic advertising, and technologies like ad servers, CDPs, DMPs, and CRMs.
• Analytical skills, with experience in managing reporting tools and delivering actionable insights.
• A proactive mindset, with a willingness to learn, adapt, and deliver in a fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to manage internal and external stakeholders and foster collaborative solutions.
• Knowledge of the publishing industry, research environments, or information services is a plus.
  
  

About Wiley:

Wiley is a trusted leader in research and learning, our pioneering solutions and services are paving the way for knowledge seekers as they work to solve the world’s most important challenges. We are advocates of advancement, empowering knowledge-seekers to transform today’s biggest obstacles into tomorrow’s brightest opportunities.

With over 200 years of experience in publishing, we continue to evolve knowledge seekers’ steps into strides, illuminating their path forward to personal, educational, and professional success at every stage. Around the globe, we break down barriers for innovators, empowering them to advance discoveries in their fields, adapt their workforces, and shape minds.

We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees, for example we offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development.

We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. The range below represents Wiley’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the base pay for this role at the time of posting roles either in the UK, Canada or USA. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies. Wiley proactively displays target base pay range for UK, Canada and USA based roles.

When applying, please attach your resume/CV to be considered.