Director, Data Strategy

Merck Director, Data Strategy in Indianapolis, Indiana

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:

1. Actively maintains an understanding of the HH commercial data landscape, including 1st, 2nd and 3rd party data assets, spanning HCP, Consumer, payer, patient, account. Maintains a working knowledge of the use cases and value associated with each data asset.
2. Continually scans the external environment for new valuable data assets and potential data partnerships.
3. Conducts data needs assessments using input from key analytics and business stakeholders, identifies gaps in current data strategy versus ideal state and prioritizes identified gaps.
4. 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.
5. Leads team in conducting data innovation analytics including data quality assessments, fit-for-purpose analyses, and proof-of-concept use case tests.
6. 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.
7. Responsible for forming and maintaining productive working partnerships with key data providers.

Qualifications:

1. Overall, proven ability to build a data asset strategy & innovation agenda and lead its execution.
2. 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.
3. Proven ability to lead a team in analyzing and assessing the commercial value of data assets.
4. Deep business acumen necessary to understand business stakeholders (marketing, sales, account management, operations) needs.
5. Proven ability to effectively collaborate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
6. Intellectual curiosity and ability to identify innovative approaches to addressing data needs.
7. 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.
8. Ability to attain “trusted advisor” status with key stakeholders and business clients.
9. Ability to lead and operate in dynamic, transforming environment.
10. Experience working with multiple pharmaceutical companies.
11. Prior consulting firm experience.

Knowledge & Education

Required:

1. BA / BS in Quantitative Business Analytics, Quantitative or Medical Sciences, Engineering or Operations Research.
2. Knowledge of commercial analytics space leveraging data to inform critical business choices.
3. Leading analytic teams.
4. Working with life sciences data.

Preferred:

• MS / PhD in Quantitative Business Analytics, Quantitative Sciences, Engineering, Operations Research or Life Sciences.

US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:

Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

U.S. Hybrid Work Model

Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday – Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.

The Company is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this job in certain states and cities within the United States. Final determinations with respect to salary will take into account a number of factors, which may include, but not be limited to the primary work location and the chosen candidate’s relevant skills, experience, and education.

Expected US salary range: $169,700.00 – $267,200.00

Available benefits include bonus eligibility, long term incentive if applicable, health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and sick days.

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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.

Employee Status: Regular

Relocation: No relocation

VISA Sponsorship: No

Travel Requirements: 10%

Flexible Work Arrangements: Remote

Shift: Not Indicated

Valid Driving License: No

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

Job Posting End Date: 03/18/2025

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