Waters Corporation · 2 months ago
Communications Program Manager
Milford, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expWaters Corporation is a technology innovator serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 65 years. They are seeking a Communications Program Manager who will lead external-facing communications, manage media relations, and develop multichannel campaigns to promote the company’s industry leadership and innovations.
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Responsibilities
Take full ownership over the end-to-end trade media program, with a strong emphasis on media strategy, messaging, and reporter relationships
Coordinate product launches across the company. Advise product promotion strategy. Oversee product press release development, messaging, and distribution
Conduct relevant trade media outreach. Cultivate relationships with priority publications
Prepare spokespeople for media interviews and engagements
Collaborate with the internal team and agency partners to influence, shape, and promote public relations narratives that educate and resonate with the general public and key company stakeholders
Disseminate narratives across channels, audiences, and regions to build and sustain awareness for Waters’ innovation and industry excellence
Initiate relationships across the company to source stories, value propositions, and proof points that reinforce core external messages
Play a critical role in translating technical topics and product specifications into compelling, engaging, and relevant content for target audiences
Lead the design and development of external communications collateral, including press releases, media materials, Q&A documents, speaking and award submissions, and bylined, blog, and social content
Act as strategic partner to public relations agency. Provide direction and support execution of agency program to achieve goals and report success
Fulfill role as go-to media relations across the company. Provide consultations and trainings for leadership, internal subject matter experts, employees, and customers
Collaborate with Corporate Communications team members and business partners to align social media campaigns and content to corporate strategy and outcomes
Provide strategic support across organic and paid social media strategy and reporting
Brainstorm and implement creative approaches to expand Waters’ social media visibility and engagement
Approach communications strategies and campaigns with a data-driven lens
Benchmark success with KPIs aligned to business objectives
Leverage data to demonstrate communications impact and optimize current processes and results
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, or related field
7+ years of public relations experience
Excellent oral, written, media relations, and digital communications skills
Ability to translate technical scientific content into engaging and memorable campaigns for external audiences
Driven to understand, simplify, and effectively communicate complex information
Demonstrated success achieving cross-functional influence and alignment on communications strategies and execution plans
Wisely prioritize and reprioritize work; Leverages strategic insight to meet evolving priorities and business needs
Ensures consistency across communications and channels; Demonstrates exceptional organizational skills and strong attention to detail
Supports development of platform-specific social strategies; Shapes optimal content approaches and targeting based on audience behavior and business objectives
Leads by example, mentoring team members to enhance performance and processes
Comfortable presenting to and advising company leadership and stakeholders; Prepares executive-ready communications, recommendations, and reports
Appetite for continuous learning and advancement, including surfacing and proposing new ideas to achieve goals. Ability to challenge status quo
Distills high-level directives into actionable, focused, and measurable plans
Preferred
Life Science background is strongly preferred
Public relations agency experience
Company
Waters Corporation
Waters Corporation creates business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations by delivering ultra performance liquid chromatography.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6MKey Investors
IDA Ireland
2022-10-07Grant· $6M
1995-11-24IPO
1994-08-01Private Equity
Leadership Team
Udit Batra
President and Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
2025-12-24
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