Senior Manager, Content

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Bachelor's degree or higher in journalism, English, scientific communications, or a related field
• •A minimum of five years of experience working as an assigning editor or writer at a news outlet, magazine, or website, or in an editorial role at a nonprofit, college, university, or similar
• •SEO/LLM experience is a must
• •Excellent writing, editing, fact-checking, and proofreading skills
• •Thorough research and analytical skills
• •Extremely detail-oriented with project management skills and experience
• •Experience assigning content to writers, offering constructive feedback and edits, and seeing content through to the finish line
• •Ability to nimbly respond to breaking news and juggle multiple deadlines at one time
• •Ability to gracefully take feedback and edits from both editors and non-editors
• •Familiarity with AI-powered content, research, analytics, and SEO tools and an understanding of how generative AI is changing content discovery and search behavior
• •Ability to thoughtfully incorporate AI-enabled workflows while maintaining editorial quality, fact-checking rigor, and brand standards
• •This role may require travel 1-2 times per year to attend scientific conferences or BCRF events
• •This is a full-time exempt role
• •The salary range for this role is $80,000 – 90,000
• •Medical, dental and vision coverage from the first day of employment
• •401K, with up to a 5% match each pay period
• •Paid parental leave offering 18 weeks 100% paid leave for a birthing parent and 12 weeks 100% paid leave for non-birthing parent
• •Paid Time Off including 15 days of annual vacation time in first year of employment
• •7 days of annual paid sick time
• •Paid holidays along with BCRF wide half days and summer Fridays
• •Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full‐time basis without the need for employer support or sponsorship now or in the future

Desired Qualifications

• •A strong journalism background and a passion for turning complex scientific and medical information into clear, engaging, and trustworthy content
• •You bring a reporter's curiosity and an editor's precision to your work, combining strong news judgment with a deep respect for accuracy, sourcing, and audience needs
• •You thrive in an execution-focused role, where you can own content performance, particularly in organic search and website content
• •You are energized by digging into data, understanding how audiences find and engage with content, and using those insights to inform what gets written, updated, or optimized
• •You are comfortable managing day-to-day relationships with vendors and collaborators and translating broader strategy into concrete, high-quality outputs
• •You are collaborative and adaptable, able to work across teams and respond quickly to evolving priorities while maintaining high editorial standards
• •You enjoy balancing analytical thinking with hands-on writing and editing, and you take pride in producing content that is both discoverable and deeply credible
• •You are motivated by mission-driven storytelling and see your role as critical to ensuring that BCRF's research and impact reach the widest possible audience
• •Stay current on developments in generative AI, search behavior, and content discovery trends, identifying opportunities and risks relevant to BCRF's digital presence
• •Support Senior Social Media Manager as needed
• •Proofreads, edits, and fact-checks other content as needed