Merck & Co, Inc

Director, PM&OE Operations & Integration

Merck & Co, Inc$173K — $272K *
Healthcare
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years in operational leadership or strategic implementation roles
  • Experience in healthcare or regulated environments
  • Education: Advanced degree in Business Administration, Information Science, Computer Science, or related field
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Proficiency in enterprise IT systems and digital enablement platforms
  • Demonstrated people leadership skills within cross-functional teams
  • Background in management consulting or strategic operations preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Act as an operational partner to DHH senior leadership, aligning priorities with operational standards
  • Design and evolve PM&OE’s operating model for effective decision-making and execution
  • Lead resolution of operational challenges using structured problem-solving methods
  • Oversee sensitive cross-functional initiatives requiring coordination across multiple teams
  • Monitor team capacity and adjust resources to meet operational deadlines
  • Drive quality assurance for critical deliverables with a consulting perspective
  • Collaborate with leaders to share best practices and improve PM&OE operational frameworks.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision healthcare benefits for employees and families
  • Retirement benefits with 401(k) plan
  • Paid holidays and vacation days
  • Compassionate and sick leave days
  • Comprehensive package of insurance benefits
Full Job Description

Job Description

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly operational and technically fluent Director to serve as the Operational Integrator for the Portfolio Management and Operational Enablement (PM&OE) Team. Reporting to the Associate Vice President, PM&OE, this individual will act as the central operational 7connective tissue8 across all verticals, bringing a strategic operations or consulting mindset to provide rigorous quality control and delivery oversight across critical outputs. The individual in this role will also have accountability to the DHH senior leadership team and will be required to interface across Value Teams in DHH to ensure operational connectivity and outcomes. The role requires deep proficiency in the 7Business of IT8 ways of working, systems, and tooling. The core mandate is to pressure-test deliverables across the Finance, Strategy/OKRs, Architecture, and ensure DHH7s operational machinery runs with precision, affording leadership the capacity to focus on strategic imperatives. Success will be measured by improved team effectiveness, stronger operational rigor, faster decision-making, and seamless cross-functional execution.

Key Responsibilities

Cross-Team Alignment & Operating Rhythm

  • DHH SLT Partnership & Operational Alignment: Serve as a trusted operational partner to the PM&OE Leader, connecting team priorities with broader DHH operational standards and cross-functional outcomes to strengthen operational excellence, accelerate execution, and improve consistency across DHH.

  • Team Integration & Operating Cadence: Partner across PM&OE to drive seamless delivery, cross-functional alignment, and clear communication across all pillars. Design and continuously evolve PM&OE7s operating model and leadership cadence so forums reinforce accountability, informed decision-making, transparency, and execution against the highest priorities.

  • Cross-Functional Bottleneck Resolution: Lead the triage and resolution of operational hurdles, applying critical thinking and structured problem-solving to quickly unpack complex IT and operational challenges, clarify ownership, and facilitate resolution.

  • Special Cross-Pillar Initiatives: Direct sensitive, high-priority, or cross-functional operational initiatives requiring coordinated execution across multiple PM&OE groups.

  • Capacity & Delivery Planning: Maintain visibility into team bandwidth and delivery risk, dynamically shifting resources and priorities to meet critical operational deadlines without compromising quality.

Executive Readiness & Synthesis

  • Deliverable Review & Quality Assurance: Drive quality assurance for critical deliverables, presentations, and reports, applying a rigorous consulting lens to data accuracy, affordability, narrative clarity, and alignment with overarching DHH strategic programs.

  • Scale DHH Best Practices: Partner with leadership to identify, package, and share PM&OE operational best practices, frameworks, and success stories with the broader DHH community, other technology divisions and global IT leadership, scaling proven approaches across the broader organization.

  • Represent PM&OE Operations: Serve as an operational delegate for PM&OE in cross-functional meetings and technical forums, as requested by leadership, ensuring consistent communication and accurate representation of PM&OE priorities to internal and external audiences.

Operational Improvement Adoption & Activation

  • Drive Cross-Team Adoption: Partner closely with operational improvement functions to implement and embed new workflows, tools, operating standards, and AI-enabled or agentic capabilities across DHH.

  • Track Outcomes & Results: Monitor execution and measure the real-world impact of operational improvement initiatives, ensuring they deliver intended efficiency, quality, and time-saving outcomes.

  • Gather Operational Feedback: Collect ongoing feedback across PM&OE teams during rollouts to identify adoption hurdles, refine handoffs, and ensure process changes reduce administrative drag in practice.

Preferred Experience and Skills

  • Background in management consulting or deep experience in strategic operations is highly preferred, demonstrating an ability to apply analytical rigor and structured problem-solving to complex business challenges.

  • Advanced degree in Business Administration, Information Science, Computer Science, or a related field.

  • 10 years experience in operational leadership, integration, or strategic implementation roles within a complex, matrixed IT or Digital Health organization.

  • Deep understanding of the 7Business of IT,8 with proven capability in overseeing financial planning, budget implementation, and operational metrics.

  • Highly technically proficient across enterprise IT systems, tooling, and digital enablement platforms.

  • Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to critically review and pressure-test complex financial models, technical strategy documents, and executive presentations.

  • Strong people leadership and lateral management skills, capable of holding senior finance and strategy directors accountable for quality and delivery.

  • Extensive experience in healthcare, life sciences, or other regulated environments requiring strict adherence to privacy, compliance, and governance by design.

  • Demonstrate ability to partner effectively across a highly matrixed organization and large, cross-functional teams, consistently fostering a One Team mindset.

  • Enable interconnected problem-solving with other DHH functional colleagues and business colleagues around targeted business questions.

  • Be a thought leader and strategic partner across the DHH community via the establishment of close, trust-based relationships.

  • Lead cross-functional communication, alignment, and change management activities supporting strategic initiatives.

  • Develop executive-ready materials, summaries, and recommendations to support leadership decision-making.

  • Travel may be required (<20%).

Required Skills:

Acquisitions Divestitures, Acquisitions Divestitures, Adaptability, Analytical Tools, Business Alignment, Business Operations, Cost Efficiency, Cross-Functional Project Management, Data-Driven Decision Making, Delivery Management, Developing Proposals, Efficiency Improvements, Environmental Scanning, Influencing Skills, Management Consulting, Market Access, Market Research, Oncology Marketing, Operational Efficiency, Operations Management, Organizational Leadership, Overcome Obstacles, Performance Improvements, Pharmaceutical Industry, Problem Analysis {+ 8 more}

Preferred Skills:

Current Employees apply

Current Contingent Workers apply

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 employee7s 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:

10/1/2026

*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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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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