Overview

Lifeway is seeking a Publisher for B&H Academic. This role oversees the acquisition, development, and production of Academic and Leadership titles while managing author relationships and ensuring projects align with B&H’s publishing vision. The Publisher plays a pivotal role in shaping the academic publishing strategy, overseeing the Academic production team, and supporting critical business operations including budget planning, inventory management, and product pipeline development.

Why Lifeway?

Lifeway is a place where you can bring your faith and work experience to join in the most important mission in the world: making disciples of Jesus Christ. Whether you’re a creator or storyteller, data guru or problem-solver, or anywhere in between, if you’re passionate about serving the church, we have a place for you. Lifeway has a strong Work from Anywhere (WFA) culture that is deeply focused on our mission and values. While headquartered in Nashville, TN, many of our positions are remote-eligible and have autonomy and flexibility with work hours. We provide equipment and resources to ensure team members have access to a productive and ergonomic workspace. We believe building relationships and community is essential to how we work together, so Lifeway hosts all-team meetings several times per year and provides travel for key team gatherings for remote-based team members. Full-time employees are eligible for enrollment in our comprehensive benefits plans including healthcare, vacation and sick time, holiday pay, care days, 401(k) plan, maternity and paternity leave, adoption assistance, mission trip time, and more. If this sounds like a place where you would be excited to serve the kingdom of God, we would love for you to join our team.

Learn more about our culture at team.lifeway.com/culture-code

This is a remote position in the U.S. with occasional travel to Nashville for in-person team gatherings. #LI-Remote

Responsibilities

• Lives out Lifeway’s mission and values, showing deep commitment to Kingdom work
• Serves as the primary acquisitions editor for B&H Academic, developing and implementing the publishing strategy.
• Facilitates contracts and partnerships with authors, faculty, and administrators to identify new content opportunities.
• Oversees the Academic production team, ensuring projects meet quality and timely delivery standards.
• Facilitates manuscript reviews and coordinate author onboarding to ensure alignment with contract terms and B&H guidelines.
• Manages the publishing pipeline, overseeing project scheduling and adjustments as needed.
• Represents B&H Academic at conferences and industry events, building relationships to expand author networks.
• Collaborates closely with the Director of Books Ministry on budget management, inventory strategies, obsolescence planning, and cross-brand coordination.
• Assists with leadership coordination across B&H brands
• Contributes to digital strategy for academic products.
• Travel up to 50%, often overnight

Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's degree, required

Masters degree, required; strong preference for seminary degree

Doctorate in a related field, required; strong preference for seminary PhD

Skills, Knowledge, & Experiences, required

• 5-7 years in academic publishing, content development, or related fields.
• 1-3 years of people leadership experience preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of biblical Greek and Hebrew.
• Strong editorial and manuscript development skills.
• Advanced communication, organization, and negotiation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat.
• Experience managing multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
• Familiarity with Southern Baptist institutions and networks

Actively involved in a Southern Baptist Church

Skills, Knowledge, & Experiences, preferred

• Involvement with other entities of the SBC (Seminaries, Mission Boards, etc)
• Experience managing P&L responsibility in publishing.