Manager – Strategic Insights & Impact (12 months Fixed Term Contract)

The Manager – Strategic Insights & Impact will serve as a strategic partner to the leadership team in India, providing evidence-led insights to support decisions within India's research and higher-education ecosystem.

The role will combine data analysis, research intelligence, policy understanding and strategic storytelling to translate complex datasets, market developments and stakeholder insights into compelling narratives.

Closing date for applications: Friday 9th October 2026

Key Responsibilities

1. Data, Analytics & Insights

Analyse research access, usage, publishing and institutional engagement data to identify trends, opportunities and emerging patterns that inform strategic decision-making.

2. Strategic Narrative Development

Convert complex data and research findings into clear, compelling narratives that demonstrate Taylor & Francis' contribution to research accessibility and impact within India's research ecosystem.

3. Executive & Leadership Support

Provide evidence-led insights to support senior leadership decisions, including briefing notes, talking points, presentations and leadership briefings on India's evolving scholarly communications landscape.

4. Research Ecosystem Intelligence

Monitor and translate relevant developments in India's research and higher-education landscape.

5. Impact Measurement & Storytelling

Establish frameworks to measure and communicate Taylor & Francis' contribution within ONOS, supported by institutional and researcher success stories.

6. Stakeholder Engagement & Cross-functional Collaboration

Partner with GTM and Content leads, institutions and researchers to gather intelligence and insights that support senior leadership engagement with relevant research and higher-education stakeholders.

Key Deliverables

The role will be expected to develop:

• Quarterly Research & Publishing Intelligence Reports
• MD briefing packs and policy intelligence notes
• Impact case studies and researcher stories
• Thought leadership articles, speeches and opinion pieces

What Success Looks Like in This Role

During the 12-month assignment, the role should establish a credible evidence base that strengthens Taylor & Francis' strategic conversations with government and research stakeholders.

This is a fixed term contract role.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Significant experience in strategic insights, policy research, analytics, communications, research intelligence, higher education or scholarly publishing is preferrable.
• Strong ability to analyse quantitative and qualitative data and translate it into strategic insights.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex ideas to senior audiences.
• Experience with data visualisation tools.

Location: 

• You must have the right to work and live in India.
• The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of our New Delhi office to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office location to collaborate as required. There is an expectation for a minimum of 3 days per week in-person time.
• We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. That's why we work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you’re not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces – like at conference – you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely.

We want all our candidates to shine in our recruitment process. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to ensure you are able to show us your best self. This could include having the application form in a different format, more time for questions, or anything else – please ask us, we are happy to be flexible! Please contact [email protected]

Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis:

If you’re excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge, we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience don’t fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis, we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and make a contribution regardless of their identity or background. As a colleague, you will have the opportunity to further innovate and develop in areas that you are passionate about. Our goal is to empower you with the resources, incentives, and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy, balanced life.

Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit based factor.

If you have a disability, or face another barrier, and would like to request an adjustment to assist your participation in the hiring process and/or in the advertised position, please contact your talent acquisition partner. Your request will be reviewed and considered in the strictest confidence.

We genuinely care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about. To find out more about our business and the great career opportunities please go to our Careers Site: http://www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/careers

Or better yet check out our LinkedIn ‘Life’ Page, highlighting our accomplishments, employees, and company culture. It’s also a good way of meeting our recruitment team, who will be happy to advise you on your journey here at T&F.