Dir , D&A Strategy

Job Description

The leader is responsible for ensuring Human Health (HH) has an industry-leading strategy and approach to sourcing and creating commercial data assets to inform business critical decisions and actions.  The leader will be responsible for creating, owning and implementing the HH data asset strategy and innovation agenda for select new and pipeline products.

Job Responsibilities:

• Actively maintains an understanding of the HH commercial data landscape, including 1st, 2nd and 3rd party data assets, spanning HCP, Consumer, Payer, Patient, Account, etc; maintains a working knowledge of the use cases and value associated with each data asset.

• Partners closely with internal stakeholders and Business unit leaders to ensure Data Strategy supports the BU goals and objectives inclusive of key initiatives and addresses key business questions.

• Manages the team’s Budget and reporting to ensure accurate and transparent stewardshipServes as Data Subject Matter Expert and represents Data Strategy on cross functional teams

• Partners proactively with Market Engagement Teams, Product Teams and other DHH stakeholders to gain and maintain a deep understanding of select disease states/therapeutic areas, marketing strategies & brand priorities to ensure the data strategy adapts effectively with a dynamic portfolio and evolving BU priorities

• Partners proactively with Commercial Data Solutions teams, Governance, Risk & Compliance teams, Strategy & Ops team, Knowledge Management teams and Central Data & Analytics teams to ensure proactive demand planning, effective execution and delivery excellence.

• Continually scans the external environment for new valuable data assets and potential data partnerships.  Builds and executes plans to fill prioritized gaps which may include leading Request for Proposals (RFP), acquiring new assets from external sources, identifying partners to create needed assets, or enacting internal initiatives.

• Leads team in conducting analytics including data quality assessments, fit-for-purpose analyses, and proof-of-concept use case tests.

• Works in close collaboration with cross-functional teams such as Account Management, Business Insights and Analytics, Brand, Payer, and RWE to achieve value realization from data investments.

• Responsible for forming and maintaining productive working partnerships with key data providers.

• Ensures data suppliers are providing meta data to enable AI-ready foundation, supports the enablement of solutions that systematize business insights proactively and is trained to be the trainer for the broader DHH and Marketing organization for these solutions.

• The leader in this role is responsible for not just data that we purchase from external partners but also to shape the strategy for data we create internally (be it content related or activity related).

Qualifications:

• Overall, proven ability to build a data asset strategy & innovation agenda and lead its execution.

• Strong business acumen with a keen ability to understand how data (HCP, consumer, payer, patient, account, engagement) can be leveraged to inform critical commercial decisions and actions.

• Proven ability to lead a team in analyzing and assessing the commercial value of data assets.

• Deep business acumen necessary to understand business stakeholders (marketing, sales, account management, operations) needs.

• Proven ability to effectively collaborate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.Intellectual curiosity and ability to identify innovative approaches to addressing data needs.

• Excellent presentation, analytics and communication skills, both written and oral, are required to synthesize key issues and communicate/persuade constituencies towards specific actions and initiatives.

• Ability to attain “trusted advisor” status with key stakeholders and business clients.

• Ability to lead and operate in dynamic, transforming environment.Experience working with multiple pharmaceutical companiesPrior consulting firm experience.

Experience & Education Required:

• BA/BS in Quantitative Business Analytics, Quantitative Sciences, Engineering or Operations Research.

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in commercial analytics space leveraging data to inform critical business choices.

• Experience leading analytic teams.Experience working with life sciences data.

Preferred:MS / PhD in Quantitative Business Analytics, Quantitative Sciences, Engineering or Operations Research.

Required Skills:Business Analysis, Data Science, Demand Management, Innovation, Requirements Management, Sourcing and Procurement, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning

Required Skills:

Account Management, Brand Marketing, Business Acumen, Business Analysis, Commercial Analytics, Data Quality, Data Quality Assessments, Data Science, Delivery Excellence, Demand Management, Innovation, Marketing, Request for Proposals (RFP), Requirements Management, Requisition Management, Sourcing and Procurement, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Management, Strategic Planning, Strategic Procurement

Preferred Skills:

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The salary range for this role is

$173,200.00 - $272,600.00

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits.  Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.

You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

06/26/2026

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