Transition Manager

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Beacon Hill Legal is seeking a Transition Manager for a fully remote, long-term contract (1+ years) position. This is a full-time role, Monday – Friday, during standard business hours. Please note that EST working hours are preferred, and candidates must be able to overlap with UK business hours for a minimum of 4 hours per day.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the editorial/content/operations integration: align acquisition and commissioning processes, harmonize style and editorial standards, own content conversion pipeline, and onboard editors, authors.
• Migrate the title catalog: metadata cleanup and alignment, ISBN reconciliation, and cutover with distribution and retail partners.
• Integrate operations: production and manufacturing workflows, rights and permissions, royalty processing, contracts administration, and inventory and warehousing.
• Coordinate supporting workstreams across finance, HR, IT, sales, and marketing to keep editorial and operational integration on track.
• Manage author, agent, vendor, and employee communications throughout the transition.
• Track risks, decisions, and milestones; report status to executive sponsors on a regular cadence.
• Define exit criteria, hand workstreams to functional owners, and capture lessons learned for future acquisitions.

Required Qualifications

• JD/LLM preferred; bachelor’s or commensurate required
• 5+ years of program and project management experience, including ownership of at least one post-close acquisition integration.
• Can work overlapping portion of UK/US business hours
• Advanced PM credentials or demonstrated equivalent mastery.
• Strong track record leading cross-functional teams in matrixed environments without direct authority.
• Excellent executive communication and the ability to operate independently with minimal ramp time.
• PMP or equivalent preferred

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior acquisition integration experience with a content publishing company (trade, educational, academic, professional, or digital media).
• Working knowledge of publishing operations: editorial workflows, rights and royalties, title metadata, and distribution.
• Legal background (LLM, or JD, paralegal, or in-house M&A/IP/contracts experience) sufficient to read deal documents and partner closely with counsel

For immediate consideration, please submit your resume in Word document format. Please ensure your resume reflects your licensure/all relevant experience. We look forward to working with you!

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