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Director, Strategic Planning

at Merck

MerckUSA - Pennsylvania - North Wales (Upper Gwynedd)
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Job DescriptionThe Human Health Division (HH) has been on a significant transformation journey, focused on positioning our company for long-term growth by strengthening the commercial capabilities needed to compete today and win in the future.As market dynamics continue to evolve and digital, data, and AI reshape how commercial organizations create value, HH is accelerating its focus on Commercial Model Innovation. This work centers on designing, scaling, and realizing the capabilities, ways of working, and integrated solutions that will enable a more agile, responsive, and growth-oriented future.
This role is designed to accelerate our Human Health transformation as we work to create an AI-enabled, agile, and integrated commercial model. The Transformation, Director will lead a team responsible for shaping a future where strategy and execution operate as a unified system, transformation is delivered at scale with speed, and new capabilities such as AI and automation redefine how work is done. In this team leader role, the individual will provide direction, coaching, and prioritization across a portfolio of strategic initiatives while ensuring strong execution, talent development, and enterprise impact.Key ResponsibilitiesLead and manage a team of Associate Directors, providing direction, prioritization, and coaching to drive high performance and consistent delivery across transformation initiativesOwn a portfolio of transformation initiatives aligned to enterprise strategic priorities, ensuring end-to-end delivery from strategy through deployment and value realizationTranslate enterprise strategy into a coherent transformation roadmap, aligning initiatives to business outcomes and sequencing for maximum impactOversee pilot design, execution, and scaling, ensuring insights are codified into repeatable playbooks for enterprise adoptionEnsure effective deployment of capabilities across brands and business units, driving adoption, change integration, and measurable value realizationEstablish governance, tracking, and reporting to monitor progress, risks, and value delivery across the transformation portfolioPartner with senior leaders across Marketing, Review, Data, Market Access, and Global teams to align on priorities, resolve trade-offs, and enable executionShape future-state operating models, including AI-enabled workflows, embedded compliance, and ecosystem-based delivery modelsDrive evolution of roles, ways of working, and organizational capabilities to support future-state transformationAct as a senior thought partner to executive stakeholders, framing decisions, risks, and trade-offsChampion agile ways of working, fostering a test-and-learn culture that accelerates delivery speed and improves outcomesEnsure integration across initiatives, avoiding fragmentation and driving a cohesive Strategy Realization approach.QualificationsEducation Minimum Requirement:Bachelor’s Degree, requiredMaster’s Degree, preferredRequired Experience and Skills:Minimum of 10+ years of related Industry ExperienceMinimum 5+ years Transformation or Strategic Planning ExperienceExperience leading cross-functional teams and initiativesEstablished People Manager with ability to lead across a matrixed organizationDemonstrable Change Management experience or a combination of professional certification(s)Demonstrable experience executing comprehensive transformational change plans across a broad group of stakeholders/functions (HQ, field, COEs, strategic partners, executive sponsors, etc.) to work collaboratively and achieve success Comfortable working in white space and managing multiple workstreams simultaneouslyExperience working with external vendors to execute on transformational projectsStrong executive presence and communication skillsStrong understanding of compliance-related concepts and application in all job-related functionsPreferred Experience and Skills:Direct customer experience (i.e. Sales, Marketing)Established business owner (i.e. P&L, Financial trade-offs)Knowledgeable in systems thinking, design thinking and organizational behaviorExperience with digital, AI, or data-driven transformation preferredRequired Skills: Acquisitions Divestitures, Acquisitions Divestitures, Agile Leadership, Coaching, Consumer Relations, Customer Experience (CX), Direct-To-Consumer (DTC), Employee Performance Evaluations, Environmental Scanning, Feasibility Studies, Financial Analysis, Forecasting Models, Growth Mindset, Market Access, Marketing, Operations Analysis, Organizational Capability, People Leadership, Performance Coaching, Prioritization, Resource Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Initiative, Strategic Planning {+ 2 more}Preferred Skills: Current Employees apply HERECurrent Contingent Workers apply HEREUS 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.As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.  As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.  For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:EEOC Know Your RightsEEOC GINA Supplement​We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an i
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