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Job DescriptionAbout the role:
The� Associate Director of Social Media Content Strategy & Creation shapes BD’s enterprise social and web engagement strategy to strengthen external presence, elevate corporate brand visibility, and drive meaningful engagement with healthcare professionals, customers, and patients.� This role builds and governs a unified� brand� engagement framework� across� earned,� paid� and owned channels,� ensuring integration with BD’s� ambitions,� goals� and� priorities.�
Operating as a strategic connector across Corporate Communications, Brand, Digital Marketing, Business Units, and Medical/Legal/Regulatory,� this� role� accelerates high-quality content creation, streamlines compliant workflows, and embeds social as a core lever within omnichannel plans. This individual� will� own KPI definition, data, and analytics for social engagement,� using insights to enhance BD’s corporate brand equity, positioning, quality content� creation, and embeds social as a core lever within omnichannel plans.� �
Key Responsibilities�
Enterprise� Brand� Social & Web Strategy, Governance, and Brand Integration�
Develop and govern an enterprise social media and web engagement framework aligned to BD’s� brand� ambition and� priorities.�
Ensure integration of social media strategies with brand, communications, and omnichannel plans across� earned,� paid,� owned� channels� as well as priority events.� �
Lead� strategic planning for digital� thought� leadership� to amplify BD� expertise� and reach priority audiences.�
Integrate social media planning and execution with prioritized external events.�
Serve as the voice of the BD brand in� all� digital� channels.�
Manage external partners and platforms to scale capabilities, innovation, and speed to market.�
Content Strategy, Creation, and Compliant Delivery�
Lead initiatives to accelerate creative content development and ensure rapid, high-quality� delivery across channels (social, web, video, shortform/longform).�
Establish and� maintain� best practices, templates, and guidance to enable brand� consistent,� audience relevant� content� creation.�
Oversee end-to-end� review and� approval of� workflows; ensure regulatory, privacy, and brand� compliance.�
Partner closely with creative leads� and� content strategists to translate complex topics into compelling stories and campaigns.�
Marketing Operations & Cross� Functional� Enablement�
Build and scale standardized workflows across content intake, prioritization, production, and approval to improve efficiency and predictability.�
Manage social media agencies, platforms, priority accounts (when used for connected� brand� campaigns) and vendors to effectively launch social media programs.�
Leverage technology, AI, social listening, and content management tools to streamline operations and automate routine tasks where� appropriate.�
Establish a cross-functional operating model with Corporate Communications, Digital, BUs, Medical, Legal, ERC/Governance, and Analytics to drive alignment and� adoption.�
KPI Definition, Data & Analytics Ownership (Brand� Value)�
Define the KPI framework for social and web engagement (e.g., reach/quality of reach, engagement depth, audience growth and mix, brand lift, traffic quality, content efficiency, compliance adherence).�
Own data and analytics for� social� channels: instrument, track, and report performance; build dashboards; and� establish� standards for data integrity and comparability.�
Link insights to BD’s brand value architecture: translate performance and� perception� data into actions that enhance BD’s corporate brand equity and articulate value� and impact.�
Run recurring performance reviews with stakeholders; recommend optimizations across content, channels, cadence, format mix, audience targeting, and DTL activation.�
Partner with Research/Insights to incorporate brand tracking, sentiment, and category SOV into� decision� making; socialize learnings and playbooks.�
Required Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree� required� (Marketing, Communications, Business, or related);�
10� years in social media strategy/content, digital marketing, or adjacent roles;� Agency background welcomed.�
Proven success building enterprise social strategies� and� governance� models� across paid and owned channels.� �
Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross� functional� initiatives and influence without direct authority.� �
Strong� proficiency� with social platforms (e.g., LinkedIn, YouTube, X/Twitter, Instagram, TikTok) and healthcare� relevant� and� possibly� third-party/HCP� ecosystems.� �
Hands-on experience with analytics, social listening, and content performance platforms; ability to translate data into decisions and narratives for executives.� �
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and change� enablement� skills; thrives in ambiguity and� fast paced� environments.�
Preferred Qualifications
At BD, we prioritize on-site collaboration because we believe it fosters creativity, innovation, and effective problem-solving, which are essential in the fast-paced healthcare industry. For most roles, we require a minimum of 4 days of in-office presence per week to maintain our culture of excellence and ensure smooth operations, while also recognizing the importance of flexibility and work-life balance. Remote or field-based positions will have different workplace arrangements which will be indicated in the job posting.
For certain roles at BD, employment is contingent upon the Company’s receipt of sufficient proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In some locations, testing for COVID-19 may be available and/or required. Consistent with BD’s Workplace Accommodations Policy, requests for accommodation will be considered pursuant to applicable law.
At BD, we are committed to supporting our associates’ well-being, development, and success through a performance-based culture. For this position, BD offers a competitive compensation package along with the following benefits specific to this role:�
Health and Well-being Benefits�
Other Well-being Resources�
Retirement and Financial Well-being�
Life Balance Programs�
Other Life Balance Programs�
Leave Programs�
To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of healthcare. At BD, you’ll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow and thrive.
We believe that when people connect in person, we learn faster, collaborate more deeply, and build a stronger culture. Join us and enjoy a culture where face-to-face collaboration supports your learning, your progress, and your success.
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Salary Range Information
$160,900.00 - $265,400.00 USD Annual