Merck & Co, Inc

Assoc. Dir , D&A Strategy

Merck & Co, Inc • $156K — $247K *
Rahway, NJ 07065In-Person
Healthcare
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in data strategy or a related area
  • Strong understanding of oncology market dynamics
  • Proficient in commercial data sourcing and analysis
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Experience with oncology product launches preferred
  • BS in Data Science, Mathematics, or a related field required
  • MBA/MS/PhD is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain understanding of the healthcare commercial data landscape
  • Conduct data needs assessments to identify gaps and priorities
  • Build and execute plans to address data gaps
  • Collaborate with teams to review external data sources
  • Analyze commercial value of data assets for strategic decisions
  • Scan for valuable external data partnerships
  • Drive proactive data strategy to support business objectives.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and family
  • 401(k) retirement benefits
  • Paid holidays, vacation, and sick days
  • Comprehensive insurance benefits available
  • Opportunity for annual bonuses and long-term incentives.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Associate Director - Data Strategy, Oncology

This role will reside within theDigital Human Health (DHH) organization and specifically the Data Strategy, Products, Innovation (DSPI) team. The Data Strategy, Oncology team operates as part of the US commercial team, providing strategic thought-partnership to US commercial stakeholders and develops the data strategy to support the Oncology business strategy.

The Associate Director is responsible for ensuring an industry-leading strategy and approach to sourcing & creating commercial data assets to inform business critical decisions and actions. Under direction of the Data Strategy & Innovation Leader, this role will support Oncology Thoracic and Precision Medicine teams and collaborate with cross functional teams to drive data strategy to support current and pipeline products/indications. The role will have strong leadership skills, an ability to work objectively, and demonstrate strong partnership skills. The role will empower a growth mindset and inspire a culture of continual learning. This role will require interfacing and collaborating with many teams requiring strong communication skills.

Job Responsibilities:
  • Actively maintains an understanding of the HH commercial data landscape, including assigned 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.
  • Thorough understanding of the Oncology market and understanding of the data being leveraged across various channels and third party data.
  • Able to partner to enable proactive data strategy and standardizations to power Gen AI data solutions
  • Experience with oncology product launches.
  • Continually scans the external environment for new valuable data assets and potential data partnerships in the assigned area.
  • Conducts data needs assessments in assigned areas using input from key analytics and business stakeholders, identifies gaps in current data strategy versus ideal state & prioritizes identified gaps.
  • For assigned areas, builds and executes plans to fill prioritized gaps, including acquisition of new assets from external sources, or identifying partners to create needed assets, or enacting internal initiatives such as gathering new 1st party assets.
  • Partners with internal team to ingest/review external data sources for use by the analytic teams
  • Conducts assigned data innovation analytics including data quality assessments, fit-for-purpose analyses, and proof-of-concept use case tests.
  • Works in close collaboration with the analytics, master data management teams to ensure appropriate implementation and value realization.
  • Responsible for forming and maintaining productive working partnerships with assigned data providers.
  • Creates an environment of high-performance collaboration by building strong cross-functional teams


Education Requirements:
  • BS (or equivalent) in Data Science, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Statistics, Decision Science, Marketing, Engineering, or Public Health is required.
  • MBA, MS or PhD degree is a plus.


Required Experience and Skills:
  • Strong business acumen with a keen ability to understand how data (HCP, consumer, payer, patient, account, engagement, etc.) can be leveraged to inform critical commercial decisions and actions.
  • Proven ability to analyze and assess the commercial value of data assets.
  • Strong business acumen necessary to understand business stakeholders (marketing, sales, account management, operations, etc..) needs.
  • Proven potential 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 operate in dynamic, transforming environment.


Preferred Experience and Skills:

Preferred: Prior hands-on experience working with healthcare data especially in EMR/EHR, Claims Data and various data offerings

Required Skills:
Account Management, Business Acumen, Business Analysis, Business Decisions, Cross-Team Collaboration, Data Quality Assessments, Data Science, Data Strategies, Demand Management, Innovation, Master Data Management (MDM), Prioritization, Public Health, Requirements Management, Sourcing and Procurement, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, Strategic Thinking, Teamwork

Preferred Skills:

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The salary range for this role is
$156,900.00 - $247,000.00

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.

San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

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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:
Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:
No

Hazardous Material(s):
n/a

Job Posting End Date:
07/24/2026
*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.

About Merck & Co, Inc

Schering-Plough Corporation is a major U.S.-based manufacturer of pharmaceuticals. It operates in three segments: Prescription Pharmaceuticals, Animal Health, and Consumer Health Care. Schering-Plough develops products targeting on allergy, cancer, hepatitis, cardiovascular, central nervous system, respiratory system, and more.  It was founded in 1851 by Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering as Schering AG in Germany. Schering-Plough manufactured several pharmaceutical drugs, the most well-known of which were the allergy drugs Claritin and Clarinex, an anti-cholesterol drug Vytorin, and a brain tumor drug Temodar. It also developed drugs targeting on central nervous system and the respiratory system. Schering Plough also owned and operated the major foot care brand name Dr. Scholl's and the skin care line Coppertone. These also became a part of the new company. Schering-Plough was a full member of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), a membership which is also maintained by the new Merck.

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Size
68,000 employees
Market Cap
$282.6 billion
Industry
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Net Income
$7 billion
Founded
1668
5 Year Trend
+4.1%
Revenue
$47.9 billion
NASDAQ
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