Senior Specialist Domain Governance

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. ### Responsibilities * Define 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](https://wd5.myworkday.com/msd/d/task/1422$6687.htmld) Current Contingent Workers apply [HERE](https://wd5.myworkday.com/msd/d/task/1422$4020.htmld) **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.**