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Director – US Market Engagement - Vaccines & ID (Pneumo)

Merck · Rahway, NJ · 1 mo ago
$173k–$273k/yrFull-time
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for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Keep substantive info. We need to parse the job description. Key sections: - About the role: description of role, team, purpose. Could be first paragraph(s) describing role resides within DHH US Market Engagement Team etc. Provide as

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  • . Now Requirements: Education Requirements and Required Experience & Skills. Possibly also "Required Skills" list? But we have Skills section separate. Let's define: - Requirements: Education + Required Experience & Skills (the bullet list). We'll combine into maybe two subsections? But we only allowed headings as per list; we can't add custom headings. So we need to fit into either Requirements or Qualifications. Could put education under Requirements, experience under Qualifications? Or we could put both under Requirements and leave Qualifications empty? But we must not emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. So if we put Qualifications heading but have no specific content, that's not allowed. So we should only include sections where we have real content. So we can decide to put education under Requirements, experience under Requirements as well (maybe separate paragraphs). Or we could put education under Requirements, experience under Qualifications (if we have content). We have content for both, so we can include both sections. Thus: Requirements: Education Requirements (BS required, MBA/MS/PhD preferred). Could be a

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                        . Now we must not include boilerplate like EEO, accommodation, etc. Also remove lines about "Current Employees apply HERE", etc. Also remove "Work location Upper Gwynedd, PA or Rahway, NJ (role will be hybrid and chosen candidate is expected to be in the office at least 3 days/week)." That's schedule. Also remove "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: 09/25/2026 ..." We'll keep travel 10% maybe in schedule. We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers. Now produce HTML fragment. Let's craft:

                        About the role

                        This role resides within the DHH (Digital Human Health) US Market Engagement Team for Vaccines & Infectious Diseases, operating in partnership with the US commercial organization. This team provides strategic thought-partnership to US commercial stakeholders by understanding brand strategy, managing analytics requests, and defining associated business requirements aligned to business priorities. The US Market Engagement team quarterbacks demand fulfillment and leads the activation of DHH products and services to enable data-driven decision making across the Vaccines & Infectious Disease portfolio. The Director – Business Insights & Analytics – Pneumo lead will be responsible for developing and communicating data-driven, actionable insights that drive deeper customer and market understanding and support in-line brand growth and commercial objectives. This role will require people management experience and will lead a team consisting of data scientists and analytics, turning insights into action through clear storytelling. The individual will function as a key business-facing analytics partner to marketing leadership supporting commercial insights, analytics and data science needs. The Pneumo BIA Director will scope, design and deliver well-defined use cases aligned to business objectives and key results. The preferred candidate will have an entrepreneurial and consultative mindset, strong understanding of the healthcare/pharma space and an AI fluency. They will be comfortable translating complex business questions into analytical problems that require scalable, innovative solutions and will bring forward new ideas and methodologies that enhance the organization’s analytic capabilities. The candidate will need to comprehend the nuances of different product lines, the competitive landscape and be versed in the Life Science commercial space. The individual who will thrive in this role will demonstrate strong leadership, intellectual curiosity and a growth mindset. Strong communication and storytelling skills are essential to effectively influence stakeholders and drive adoption of data-driven recommendations.

                        Responsibilities

                        • Serve as a key analytics partner to US vaccines marketing, aligning analyses and insights to brand and portfolio priorities.
                        • Work directly with business stakeholders to understand key questions, clarify objectives, and translate them into well-defined analytical use cases.
                        • Enable prioritization and scoping conversations by understanding business demand, requests,

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