Associate Director, Data & Analytics Strategy, Immunology
Merck
June 26, 2026
Remote friendly (Rahway, NJ)
United States
IT
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain understanding of the Human Health commercial data landscape (1st/2nd/3rd party) across HCP, consumer, payer, patient, accounts; know use cases and value.
- Understand the Immunology market and data leveraged across channels and third parties.
- Partner with third parties (e.g., specialty pharmacy, patient support hub) to onboard and enable data.
- Support specialty product launches.
- Scan for new valuable data assets and potential data partnerships.
- Conduct data needs assessments; identify gaps vs. ideal state and prioritize.
- Build and execute plans to fill gaps via new external assets, partner-created assets, or internal 1st-party initiatives.
- Ingest/review external data sources with internal teams for analytic use.
- Perform data innovation analytics (quality assessments, fit-for-purpose analyses, proof-of-concept tests).
- Partner with analytics and master data management to ensure implementation and value realization.
- Maintain productive partnerships with data providers.
- Build high-performance cross-functional teams.
Education Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Data Science/Mathematics/Economics/Computer Science/Statistics/Decision Science/Marketing/Engineering/Public Health (required).
- MBA/Master’s/PhD (plus).
Required Experience and Skills
- Strong business acumen for leveraging data to inform commercial decisions.
- Ability to assess commercial value of data assets.
- Understand marketing/sales/account/ops stakeholder needs.
- Collaborate effectively with internal/external stakeholders.
- Intellectual curiosity; identify innovative approaches.
- Excellent written/oral communication and presentation skills.
- Build “trusted advisor” relationships.
- Operate in dynamic/transforming environments.
Preferred Skills
- Hands-on healthcare data experience: EMR/EHR, claims data, and other data offerings.
Required Skills (as listed)
Account Management, Brand Strategy, Business Acumen, Business Analysis, Business Strategies, Data Management, Data Quality Assessments, Demand Management, Digital Analytics, Immunology, Immunotherapy, Innovation, Market Access, Prioritization, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Vendor Management.
- Maintain understanding of the Human Health commercial data landscape (1st/2nd/3rd party) across HCP, consumer, payer, patient, accounts; know use cases and value.
- Understand the Immunology market and data leveraged across channels and third parties.
- Partner with third parties (e.g., specialty pharmacy, patient support hub) to onboard and enable data.
- Support specialty product launches.
- Scan for new valuable data assets and potential data partnerships.
- Conduct data needs assessments; identify gaps vs. ideal state and prioritize.
- Build and execute plans to fill gaps via new external assets, partner-created assets, or internal 1st-party initiatives.
- Ingest/review external data sources with internal teams for analytic use.
- Perform data innovation analytics (quality assessments, fit-for-purpose analyses, proof-of-concept tests).
- Partner with analytics and master data management to ensure implementation and value realization.
- Maintain productive partnerships with data providers.
- Build high-performance cross-functional teams.
Education Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Data Science/Mathematics/Economics/Computer Science/Statistics/Decision Science/Marketing/Engineering/Public Health (required).
- MBA/Master’s/PhD (plus).
Required Experience and Skills
- Strong business acumen for leveraging data to inform commercial decisions.
- Ability to assess commercial value of data assets.
- Understand marketing/sales/account/ops stakeholder needs.
- Collaborate effectively with internal/external stakeholders.
- Intellectual curiosity; identify innovative approaches.
- Excellent written/oral communication and presentation skills.
- Build “trusted advisor” relationships.
- Operate in dynamic/transforming environments.
Preferred Skills
- Hands-on healthcare data experience: EMR/EHR, claims data, and other data offerings.
Required Skills (as listed)
Account Management, Brand Strategy, Business Acumen, Business Analysis, Business Strategies, Data Management, Data Quality Assessments, Demand Management, Digital Analytics, Immunology, Immunotherapy, Innovation, Market Access, Prioritization, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Vendor Management.