This role is based in our 240 Blackfriars Office.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to become the Content Protection leader (maternity cover for up to 12 months) at Taylor & Francis, one of the world’s leading publishers of high-quality, cross-disciplinary knowledge and specialty research. Taylor & Francis publishes over 160,000 book titles and 2,500 journals under highly-regarded imprints including Routledge, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis and Dove Medical Press.
Reporting to the General Counsel for Taylor & Francis, you will be responsible for shaping and implementing Taylor & Francis’s global anti-piracy strategy, with a particular focus on the company’s digital supply chains. This important role will involve collaborating closely with key stakeholders across all levels and geographies of the business, and also with external industry trade bodies and enforcement agencies, to build and grow the impact of Taylor & Francis’ anti-piracy initiatives.
Key Accountabilities
- Acting as the content protection lead at Taylor & Francis, responsible for implementing and delivering Taylor & Francis’s global anti-piracy strategy
- Managing the company’s anti-piracy activities and relationships with external anti-piracy vendors
- Partnering with the T&F Legal team and other internal stakeholders on enforcement initiatives
- Leading the centralised reporting and data collation relating to the company’s piracy risks and leveraging data to drive strategy and mitigate risk
- Collaborating with global stakeholders to audit internal processes for piracy risks, recommending expenditures or implementing practices to mitigate these risks effectively
- Overseeing global enforcement initiatives on critical anti-piracy issues, working in collaboration with local and regional teams
- Spotting emerging piracy threats, prioritising risks and identifying targeted solutions to tackle or disrupt those threats
- Proactively engaging with industry partners and external agencies to coordinate on industry-wide risks
- Lead and support teams in responding to, investigating, managing and resolving incidents and escalations around content protection and product authenticity
- Acting as an industry expert in trade body discussions and helping to set standards for the industry
- Managing a Content Protection Analyst who will support you on the anti-piracy strategy
- Creating and rolling out best practice content protection workflows for the business