Manager, Corporate Content & Reputation, External Communications

St. Louis, MO (On-site)

$103K/yr – $155K/yrManager7+ years expFull time

Posted 8 days ago

Job Summary

Own external communications programs and manage press and crisis communications across life sciences, shaping messaging and coordinating with media relations while developing AI-enabled tools to improve workflows.

  • Own external communications programs and manage press and crisis communications
  • Coordinate with Media Relations to align announcements with media strategy

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and deliver external communications for priority business and reputation topics
  • Manage press releases from initial story development through approval and publication
  • Coordinate Life Science communications for financial results
  • Create external materials including briefings, statements, Q&As, web content, thought leadership pieces, and core messaging frameworks
  • Contribute to corporate storytelling and reputation-building programs
  • Coordinate communications for emerging issues and crises
  • Maintain core messages, fact sheets, boilerplate, and other communications resources
  • Partner with Media Relations to align announcements, content, and issues communications with media strategy
  • Develop and deploy approved AI tools and agents that improve external communications workflows

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, Public Relations, or a related field, or no degree with 8 years of equivalent experience
  • 7 or more years of experience in external communications, corporate communications, public relations, or journalism
  • Experience in life science, healthcare, or another regulated industry
  • Experience developing and delivering external communications plans and materials
  • Demonstrated ability to understand and apply AI concepts, including practical applications in communications workflows and ethical considerations around bias, fairness, privacy, and accountability

Preferred

  • Experience working on business announcements, reputation topics, and sensitive external issues
  • Experience working directly with media and securing earned media opportunities
  • Strong project management skills
  • Experience in a global or matrixed organization
  • Familiarity with financial results, annual reports, or other corporate reporting
  • Experience using AI tools in communications

Benefits

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

MilliporeSigma

Together with our colleagues, customers and stakeholders, we impact life and health with science. Before researchers can make scientific breakthroughs, they must have access to state-of-the-art tools, services and expertise to perform experiments and engineer new products. That’s where we come in. We offer one of the broadest portfolios in the industry for scientists, best-in-class products for pharmaceutical development and manufacturing, and a fully integrated service organization to support CDMO and contract testing across traditional and novel modalities. Our vision is a world where our innovative products, services and digital offerings help create solutions for people globally and a sustainable future for generations to come.The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, operates as MilliporeSigma in the US and Canada. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany is a global science and technology company with around 60,000 employees in more than 66 countries. Intended only for US/CA visitors.

Founded in 1951
Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
11K employees (286 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$103K/yr – $155K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Corporate Communications median pay in the United States

$161K/yr

Most pay falls between $105K and $195K. Based on 291 salaries.

See all MilliporeSigma salaries

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$358.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
72.6%
Direct
22.4%
Referral
3.8%
Social
0.2%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~10.5K

News about MilliporeSigma