Director, Academic Partnerships, Middle East

Responsible for delivering content growth in the Middle East across all content types (primarily academic books and journals) for Taylor & Francis. The Director Academic Partnerships Middle East will drive regional content acquisition and build partnerships with funders senior academics and Key Opinion Leaders within the Middle East to help position T&F as a market leader in terms of value and impact of research content and to deliver content and revenue growth.

Closing date for applications: 26th January 2026

Applications are shortlisted on a rolling basis and we will be interviewing alongside advertising. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity.

What you will be doing:

• Drive Researcher Services and Book Publishing content growth KOL acquisition and influence in the Middle East; with responsibility for performance and objective attainment in line with strategic objectives set by the Vice President Academic Partnerships Asia.
• Establish maintain and develop high-level relationships with key Middle East customer groups; researchers and research key opinion leaders funders societies and institutions commercial professional and academic as well as government and regulatory bodies
• Provide market feedback to the company leadership regarding competitive offerings and regional market trends and generate product and services development ideas.
• Continually develop the T&F brand and profile building increasing awareness through representing the company at events regionally as required.

Qualifications :

What we are looking for: 

• Strong commercial focus and experience in developing partnerships
• A firm grasp of strategic issues affecting the regional research sector 
• A proven track record in developing managing and implementing content delivery for a publishing business 
• Significant networks and a proven knowledge of the Middle East publishing ecosystem.
• Strong capability in assessing market conditions looking externally and adapting business priorities dependent on macro and micro factors. 
• The ability to communicate and form strong working relationships and networks effectively at all levels both internally and externally. 
• Results-oriented with the ability to manage from strategic development to detailed execution. 
• A proven track record of delivering high performance both personally and commercially.  
• Effective management of cost and revenue growth. 
• Excellent commercial understanding and awareness.
• Extremely competent presenter (formally and informally) in both English and Arabic.

Additional Information :

Location:

• Candidates must have the right to live and work in Dubai.

• We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. Thats why we work in-person with each other or with customers and partners three days a week or more. When youre 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.

  The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of the local office to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office location 3 days per week. 

• Relocation support is not provided for this role.

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 

Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis 

If youre excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience dont fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and contribute 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 Ivy Ma. 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: Work :

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Employment Type :

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