Sales & Marketing Manager, HBR Press

  • Harvard Business Publishing
  • Brighton, Massachusetts
  • Full Time

Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) - the leading destination for innovative management thinking. We reach lifelong learners to improve the practice of management in a changing world. This mission inspires each of us to unlock the leader in everyone - including you!

The opportunity

Harvard Business Review(HBR) is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, books, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review aims to provide professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to help lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.

TheSales & Marketing Managerwill lead title and brand marketing for HBR Press books, with a primary focus on strategies that drive revenue, visibility, and brand awareness. This role connects marketing, sales, and publicity to ensure each book is positioned clearly and reaches the right audiences, across channels, to maximize book sales. This role is ideal for a strategic, direct marketer who understands how to turn strong ideas and positioning into demand and measurable sales results. The Sales and Marketing Manager will support both new releases and highpotential backlist titles, helping to extend their reach and impact over time.

What you'll do

You'll bring HBR Press titles to market by shaping how they are positioned, promoted, and discovered-developing and executing marketing strategies that connect ideas to audiences and turn interest into measurable sales impact. Key responsibilities include:

Title Marketing

Lead and execute marketing plans for individual titles, from preorder through launch and beyond, to drive sales across formats and channels.

Identify highperforming backlist titles and develop targeted plans to increase visibility, discovery, and ongoing sales.

Maintain product pages, imagery, and enhanced content (such as Amazon A+ content) for key retail and online partners, with a focus on clarity, value, and conversion.

Work closely with sales and distribution teams to align marketing efforts with sales priorities, seasonal opportunities, and key retail moments.

Messaging & Channel Marketing

Translate each book's core ideas into clear, compelling messaging that drives awareness, consideration, and purchase.

Develop and execute marketing strategies across HBR-owned channels and external platforms, including email, web, social, newsletters, podcasts, author networks, and partner platforms.

Refine messaging, metadata, and channel strategies based on performance, audience response, and campaign results.

Ensure consistent, effective positioning of HBR Press titles across all channels and touchpoints.

Publicity & Media... For full info follow application link.

Harvard Business Publishing is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and will make all employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. EEO is the Law.

Job ID: 522304652
Originally Posted on: 5/23/2026

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