Product Manager

Product Manager – ScienceDirect

Do you love turning casual, anonymous visitors into loyal, high-value users?

Have a track record of driving activation and conversion in a B2C digital environment—ideally for subscription or freemium products?

About our team:

We are the team behind ScienceDirect, the world’s leading platform for peer-reviewed scientific, technical, and medical literature. Our mission is to empower researchers and professionals by delivering trusted insights through seamless digital experiences. As a collaborative and agile group, we thrive on innovation—whether it's integrating AI-powered tools, enhancing accessibility and security, or expanding open access publishing. We work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure our platform not only meets but anticipates the evolving needs of the global research community. With a shared commitment to excellence, inclusivity, and impact, we continuously push the boundaries of what ScienceDirect can offer to help researchers go further, faster

About the Role:

Join ScienceDirect as a Product Manager focused on transforming the user experience from occasional visits to active, AI-powered research engagement. You will lead initiatives that help users discover the value of SD AI by optimizing user journeys, testing growth strategies, and enabling intuitive access to AI tools. Your work will fuel both B2B retention/expansion and B2C growth.

Responsibilities:

• Map and improve user flow from guest to signed-in to regular use of SD AI
• Design and run experiments including A/B and multivariate tests to validate growth strategies
• Launch metered AI access for first-time users to explore features in a meaningful way
• Highlight value for entitled users through clear and contextual guidance
• Define success metrics and work with data teams to monitor performance
• Collaborate with design, engineering, marketing, and other partners to deliver improvements
• Champion user-centered, agile product thinking across the organization

Requirements:

• A good amount of experience in product management for consumer digital or freemium products
• Proven success optimizing activation or growth funnels using data and experimentation
• Familiarity with analytics platforms such as Amplitude or Google Analytics and growth frameworks
• Experience working cross-functionally with designers, engineers, and marketing teams
• Effective communication and storytelling skills tailored to diverse stakeholders
• Ability to make decisions with incomplete data, adapt to change, and drive impact
• Experience with AI-powered tools, recommendation systems, or academic content platforms

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for you

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
• Wellbeing programs
• Life assurance
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
• Save As You Earn share option scheme
• Travel Season ticket loan
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Optional Dental Insurance
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
• Access to extensive learning and development resources
• Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work

About the business

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.