Digital Communications Manager

Boston, MA (On-site)

$85K/yr – $128K/yrSenior Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 14 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and manage US social channels and the corporate website, drive AI-enabled visibility with AEO/LLM, create and campaign digital content, analyze performance, and collaborate across Communications, Medical, and Commercial teams while staying ahead on digital trends and ensuring compliance.

  • Own day-to-day channels and website alignment
  • Lead content, campaigns, and community engagement
  • Translate data into actionable insights for future strategy

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • US Channel & Website Ownership - Serve as the day-to-day owner of EMD Serono's US social media channels and the Company’s Healthcare's corporate website, ensuring content is current, compliant, and aligned with global brand standards.
  • AEO & LLM Visibility Strategy - Execute the Company’s Healthcare's Answer Engine Optimization strategy, owning the approach to how the brand is cited, represented, and discovered across AI models.
  • Content Creation & Campaign Execution - Develop social and digital content for global and US channels, execute campaigns end-to-end, manage community engagement, and support the localization of digital communications initiatives across therapeutic areas.
  • Performance Analysis & Reporting - Track and analyze social media, website, and LLM performance metrics, translating data into actionable insights and regular reporting to assess campaign effectiveness and inform future strategy.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration - Work closely with Communications, Commercial, Medical, and MLR teams to ensure content is strategically aligned, compliantly approved, and delivered on time across all channels.
  • Digital Landscape Research & Innovation - Stay current on developments in digital communications, AI search and platform evolution — proactively bringing recommendations and test-and-learn proposals to the team.
  • Governance & Compliance - Ensure all content and channel activity adheres to the Company's Social guidelines, MLR approval processes, platform policies, and relevant regulatory requirements.
  • Agency & Vendor Coordination - Manage day-to-day relationships with creative, content, and digital agency partners, briefing work, reviewing outputs, and ensuring delivery is on brief, on brand, and on schedule.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Media, Communications, Marketing, Business or other discipline
  • 2+ years of experience in digital communications at a healthcare or life sciences communications agency
  • This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.

Preferred

  • Fluency in a language other than English
  • Demonstrable experience managing or contributing to corporate websites — content updates, SEO basics, CMS platforms
  • Hands-on experience with social media management and content creation across LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and/or YouTube
  • Familiarity with paid social campaign execution and performance reporting
  • Exposure to regulated industries (pharma, healthcare, financial services) and an understanding of compliance-led content workflows
  • Strong written communication skills — you can translate complex scientific or corporate content into clear, engaging, audience-appropriate language
  • Analytically minded — comfortable working with data, interpreting performance metrics, and making evidence-based recommendations
  • Curious about AI and emerging technology — you follow developments in generative AI, LLMs, and AI search with genuine interest
  • Organized and process-driven — you can manage multiple workstreams, deadlines, and stakeholders simultaneously
  • Collaborative by nature — you work well across functions and are comfortable navigating complex organizations

Benefits

  • Benefits offered by the Company include health insurance, paid time off (PTO), retirement contributions, and other perquisites.
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EMD Serono, Inc.

We aspire to create, improve and prolong life for people living with difficult-to-treat conditions like infertility, multiple sclerosis and cancer. We are imagining the future of healthcare by working to translate the discovery of molecules into potentially meaningful outcomes for people with serious unmet medical needs. EMD Serono is the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the U.S. and Canada. Our global roots go back more than 350 years. Today, we have approximately 1,100 employees around the US with commercial, clinical and research operations in Massachusetts.Community Guidelines: https://bit.ly/2nbPYl1

Founded in 1981
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1.8K employees (107 in marketing)

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Digital Communications Manager

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