Merck & Co, Inc

Associate Director, Strategy Realization & Transformation Enablement

Merck & Co, Inc$142K — $224K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred.
  • 7+ years of professional experience required.
  • Proven expertise in Program and Project Management.
  • Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
  • Analytical mindset with ability to turn data into insights.
  • Experience with agile methodologies and fast-paced environments.
  • Demonstrated experience in leading cross-functional projects.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and coordinate complex transformation initiatives with clear objectives and outcomes.
  • Translate strategic priorities into actionable execution plans and governance materials.
  • Support transformation design by defining scope and stakeholder alignment.
  • Establish governance forums and accountability mechanisms.
  • Prepare executive-level summaries on progress and risks.
  • Integrate across workstreams to ensure alignment with broader goals.
  • Track and report progress against transformation objectives and KPIs.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Retirement benefits, including 401(k).
  • Paid holidays, vacation, and sick days.
  • Eligibility for annual bonuses and long-term incentives.
Full Job Description

Job Description

Associate Director, Strategy Realization & Transformation Enablement

The Associate Director, Strategy Realization & Transformation Enablement is responsible for supporting TMO governance of the overall transformation program, helping ensure strategic priorities are translated into actionable plans, integrated roadmaps, disciplined execution rhythms, and measurable business outcomes. Operating within the Transformation Management Office (TMO), this role helps turn strategic priorities into aligned transformation work, disciplined governance, clear leadership visibility, coordinated dependencies, tracked milestones and outcomes, and measurable value realization.

This role sits at the intersection of strategy, program management, operating model transformation, and executive enablement. The Associate Director will partner with senior leaders, capability owners, functional teams, project leads, and change partners to ensure transformation work is organized, governed, sequenced, communicated, and progressing against agreed objectives.

The role requires strong judgment, executive communication, cross-functional influence, and the ability to bring structure to ambiguity while helping the organization stay focused on outcomes, value realization, and sustained adoption of new ways of working.

Key Responsibilities

 Lead planning and coordination for complex transformation initiatives, ensuring workstreams are organized around clear objectives, milestones, timelines, dependencies, and outcomes.

 Translate strategic priorities into practical execution plans, integrated roadmaps, and governance-ready materials.

 Support transformation design and mobilization by helping define scope, ways of working, stakeholder alignment, meeting cadences, and operating rhythms.

 Establish and support governance forums, sponsor updates, leadership reviews, decision logs, escalation paths, and accountability mechanisms.

 Prepare executive-level materials that summarize progress, risks, decisions, tradeoffs, dependencies, and areas requiring leadership attention.

 Act as an integrator across workstreams, capabilities, functions, and programs to ensure transformation initiatives are connected, sequenced, and aligned to broader goals.

 Identify and manage cross-program dependencies, sequencing considerations, capacity constraints, risks, and prioritization needs.

 Maintain integrated plans, RAID logs, milestone trackers, dependency maps, status reports, and leadership dashboards.

 Define, track, and report progress against transformation objectives, milestones, KPIs, adoption measures, and expected business outcomes.

 Partner with change management teams to monitor readiness, stakeholder engagement, adoption risks, and organizational capacity to absorb change.

 Develop clear, concise, leadership-ready communications that connect transformation activity to strategy, outcomes, decisions, and value.

 Help mature the TMO from program coordination toward portfolio orchestration, strategy realization, value insight, and executive decision enablement.

Qualifications

Education Minimum Requirement

 Bachelor99s Degree required.

 Master99s Degree preferred.

Required Experience and Skills

  • 7+ years of professional work experience.

  • Proven professional knowledge and experience in Program Management and Project Management.

  • Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.

  • Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment to advance a common goal.

  • Experience with agile ways of working and test-and-learn approaches.

  • Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.

  • Analytical mindset with ability to translate data into actionable insights.

  • Demonstrated experience leading and managing complex, cross-functional projects.

Preferred Experience and Skills

 3+ years of commercial experience, ideally in marketing/promotions, commercial operations, or sales.

 Consulting or client services experience.

 Experience with digital, AI, or data-driven transformation preferred.

Required Skills:

Ability to Coordinate, Ability to Coordinate, Adaptability, Agile Project Management, Business Agility, Business Alignment, Business Consulting Services, Business Decisions, Change Management, Data-Driven Decision Making, Developing Proposals, Digital Transformation, Employee Performance Evaluations, Environmental Scanning, Executive Presence, Executive Reports, Feasibility Studies, Management Consulting, Managing Ambiguity, Market Research, Pharmaceutical Market, Portfolio Management, Progress Monitoring, Project Management, Resource Allocation {+ 9 more}

Preferred Skills:

Current Employees apply

Current Contingent Workers apply

The salary range for this role is

$142,400.00 - $224,100.00

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 employee99s 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 .

You can apply for this role through (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.

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:

09/9/2026

*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFOREthe 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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We understand that our employees are our greatest asset, which is why we offer competitive benefits designed to support the health and well-being of you and your family. From comprehensive health care coverage and retirement plans to flexible working conditions and wellness programs, our benefits package is designed to meet the diverse needs of our team members.

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Learn more about Merck & Co, Inc
Size
68,000 employees
Market Cap
$282.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$7 billion
Founded
1668
5 Year Trend
+4.1%
Revenue
$47.9 billion
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