Manager, Research Operations

Job Description:

POLITICO is seeking a Manager of Research Operations to provide editorial and operations support and oversight for its regulatory intelligence and information services product, AgencyIQ. Since its founding in early 2020, AgencyIQ has quickly become the premier source of regulatory intelligence and analysis for professionals working in the life sciences, chemicals, and food industries and is relied upon by many of the top companies, trade groups, law firms and advocacy groups.

The Research Operations Manager will be primarily tasked with substantive editing and fact checking the work of a team of analysts specializing in the regulation of different areas in the U.S. and EU, ensuring adherence to AgencyIQ’s quality standards and style. Our research analysts come from a broad array of backgrounds, ranging from health, environmental and food policy to law, journalism and scientific research.

The position will additionally provide some support for our life sciences content, currently AgencyIQ’s largest vertical. The life sciences team covers regulated pharmaceutical and medical device products in the U.S. and EU.

Reporting to the Director of Research Operations, the Research Operations Manager will help implement a robust editorial and operations framework with a team that is quickly adding staff.

Who You Are:

• You are an experienced editor with a sharp eye for accuracy, clarity, and consistency, and you excel at ensuring complex regulatory content meets high quality and style standards.
• You bring a strong understanding of regulatory policy—ideally in food, chemicals, life sciences, or related domains—and can confidently review highly technical material.

What You’ll Do:

• Daily copy and substantive editing of written products from AgencyIQ research analysts, to include fact-checking and ensuring consistent style and tone across AgencyIQ products;
• Posting content online, as well as updating existing evergreen content and adding news updates as needed;
• Managing assignment calendars and trackers;
• Supporting the preparation and sending of newsletters;
• Developing and maintaining trackers and data visualizations for legislation, guidance documents, events, and key policy areas;
• Assisting with preparation and execution of webinars;
• Helping to maintain the AgencyIQ Style Guide;
• Building an online repository of shared resources; and
• Occasional writing assignments, with opportunities to pursue “passion projects.”

What You’ll Need:

• Have prior experience (3-5 years combined) of writing and editorial experience, with at least 2 years of editing experience in the trade press, or for a relevant consultancy or similar industry
• Have some familiarity with the food, chemicals, and/or life sciences industries (preference will be given for direct experience in one or more of these areas)
• Have an understanding of how regulation and legislation impacts industry stakeholders, with an ability to parse complex source documents and polish articles for clarity and business impact
• Have high attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy
• Be highly organized and enjoy building out and maintaining systems to help keep our team organized
• Be comfortable working in AP style, or have experience working within another accepted style (e.g., Chicago, AMA, APA)

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About Us.

POLITICO illuminates the forces shaping global power. Since 2007, we have delivered intelligence that anticipates tomorrow's headlines, not reports on yesterday's news. As politics has increasingly become the defining force of our era, our work has never been more vital.

Cabinet secretaries and Ministers start their mornings with our analysis. CEOs shape strategy around our reporting. Advocacy leaders rely on our insights to move policy. We deliver the straightforward facts and clear-eyed analysis they need to navigate the most complex political landscape of our lifetimes.

Our 1,100+ publishing professionals across the world's key democratic capitals—Washington, Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Sacramento, and New York—form the world's premier politics and policy newsroom. We tell the story of how power really works by explaining who wields it and how they plan to exercise it, connecting dots others miss and delivering scoops from sources others don't even know exist.

Innovation has always been a core tenet of our story. At launch, we bet that depth would trump scale, that talent would trump traffic, and that politics would become central to modern life. In 2011, we made another bet and launched POLITICO Pro to help decision-makers understand the business of government, transforming both how they shape government action and the business of journalism itself.

These bets have made POLITICO the most successful digital news startup of its generation and the indispensable resource for leaders who shape the future. Today, we are a rarity in media: a growing, profitable, and sustainable news organization.

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