Job Description

Position Overview

We seek a strategic, product-minded leader to drive excellence and adoption of data and AI products across Commercial Data Ops, Commercial Data Analytics, and Advanced Data Analytics. The role owns end-to-end product management (problem framing, requirements analysis, roadmap planning, backlog prioritization, delivery management, value realization) and leads cross-functional change to ensure solutions are adopted and deliver measurable business impact.

Core Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Define vision, value, and success metrics across data/AI products; translate business needs into use cases and user stories
• Build multi-quarter roadmaps; prioritize backlog by impact, feasibility, and risk; ensure iterative delivery and value realization

Delivery Governance

• Manage design-to-launch delivery with stable quality
• Collaborate with engineering/platform on release, monitoring, and incident response

Change Management & Adoption

• Execute change strategies (stakeholder mapping, communications, training, reinforcement)
• Engage end users via pilots and feedback; clarify roles and decision rights; measure adoption and impact for continuous improvement

People Leadership

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of product managers and change managers; set goals, coach, and foster a culture of customer-centricity, professional excellence, and impact
• Build a community of practice within the COE; drive standards, templates, and best practices in data product management and change enablement

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above; MBA/advanced degree preferred
• 8+ years in data product management or commercial data analytics; proven delivery of data/AI product with hands-on experience preferred
• Strong product skills (discovery, requirements, roadmap, backlog, iterative delivery) and solid understanding of data engineering/analytics
• Change management experience for digital/data/AI solutions; stakeholder engagement, communications, training, adoption measurement
• Excellent analytical problem-solving; strong collaboration and influence across Sales, Marketing, Commercial Ops, Finance, IT/Data, Legal/Compliance, leadership
• Strong written and verbal English; integrity, resilience, adaptability, and disciplined delivery under pressure
• Experience of CRM/Event would be a plus

Required Skills

• Business Intelligence (BI)
• Commercial Analytics
• Computer Science
• Data Analysis
• Database Design
• Data Classification
• Data Engineering
• Data Modeling
• Data Science
• Data Visualization
• Machine Learning (ML)
• Statistics
• Waterfall Model

Preferred Skills

• Current Employees apply HERE
• Current Contingent Workers apply HERE

Success Measures

• Adoption and user satisfaction
• Time-to-value and business impact
• Data quality and model stability
• Team development and COE standards adoption

Employment Information

• Employee Status: Regular
• Location: Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA / Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA
• Relocation: No relocation
• VISA Sponsorship: No
• Travel Requirements: No Travel Required
• Flexible Work Arrangements: Not Applicable
• Shift: Not Indicated
• Valid Driving License: No
• Hazardous Material(s): n/a
• Job Posting End Date: 03/31/2026

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About Our Company

Our company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where we have codified our legacy for over a century. Our success is backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.