Senior Specialist, Domain Governance

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Job Description We are seeking a Senior Specialist, Domain Governance to lead and scale our company’s global domain governance and rationalization strategy across digital properties. This role is critical in ensuring a secure, compliant, and optimized domain ecosystem, enabling improved user experience, SEO performance, cost efficiency, and digital scalability. Join our team and support the organization’s transition from a fragmented multi-domain landscape toward a governed, authority-led domain model that improves SEO, GEO/AI discoverability, regulatory consistency, operational efficiency, and long-term digital trust. ResponsibilitiesDefine and maintain the enterprise domain governance framework, including policies, standards, and lifecycle management. Support domain consolidation and rationalization initiatives, reducing fragmentation and improving scalability. Ensure consistent domain naming, ownership, and alignment with enterprise digital strategy. Oversee end-to-end domain lifecycle processes. Maintain centralized visibility into domain inventory, ownership, and usage across markets. Partner with stakeholders to ensure accurate domain classification. Ensure domain portfolio complies with our company security, privacy, legal, and regulatory standards. Ensure domain governance accounts for healthcare/pharma regulatory requirements, audience segmentation, gated versus public content, market-level rules, and privacy obligations. Support audits, compliance reviews, and governance reporting for domain-related controls. Define domain governance KPIs such as domain reduction, exception rate, migration success, redirect error rate, crawl health, SEO/GEO visibility, governance SLA, and compliance remediation status. Create dashboards, scorecards, and governance reports for leadership, product teams, and market stakeholders. Continuously improve domain standards based on search performance, AI discoverability insights, regulatory changes, platform evolution, and market feedback. Qualifications Required Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Digital Marketing, Data Analytics, or a related field. 8+ years of experience in digital governance, web operations, IT governance, or related roles. Strong understanding of domain management, DNS, hosting, and web platform ecosystems. Experience working in global, cross-functional environments. Ability to manage complex portfolios and governance frameworks at scale. Familiarity with security, compliance, and risk management practices. Ability to balance governance with business agility. Structured, detail-oriented, and process-driven mindset. Proactive, ownership-oriented, and solution-focused. Preferred Experience in domain optimization or large-scale digital transformation initiatives. Exposure to pharmaceutical, healthcare, or other regulated industries. Understanding of SEO implications of domain strategy and migrations. Experience with enterprise web platforms (e.g., WordPress VIP, AEM). Experience working with Security, Privacy, and Legal teams. What we offer Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern Competitive salary & incentive pay Pension and health insurance contributions Internal reward system and referral scheme 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and discount programmes Up-to-date laptop and iPhone Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner Ready to take up the challenge? Apply now! Know anybody who might be interested? Refer this job! Required Skills: Analytical Thinking, Communication, Digital Governance, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation Initiatives, Google Analytics, Governance Framework, Web Platforms Preferred Skills: Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. Employee Status: Regular Relocation: No relocation VISA Sponsorship: No Travel Requirements: 10% Flexible Work Arrangements: Hybrid Shift: 1st - Day Valid Driving License: No Hazardous Material(s): n/a Job Posting End Date: 09/1/2026*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.