Associate Director, Strategy Realization & Transformation Enablement

Key Responsibilities:
- Lead planning and coordination for complex transformation initiatives; organize workstreams around objectives, milestones, timelines, dependencies, and outcomes.
- Translate strategic priorities into execution plans, integrated roadmaps, and governance-ready materials.
- Support transformation design/mobilization (scope, ways of working, stakeholder alignment, meeting cadences, operating rhythms).
- Establish governance forums (sponsor updates, leadership reviews, decision logs, escalation paths, accountability).
- Prepare executive materials on progress, risks, decisions, tradeoffs, dependencies.
- Integrate across workstreams/programs; manage cross-program dependencies, sequencing, capacity, risks, and prioritization.
- Maintain integrated plans (RAID logs, milestone trackers, dependency maps, status reports, leadership dashboards).
- Define/track/report progress vs objectives, milestones, KPIs, adoption measures, and business outcomes.
- Partner with change management to monitor readiness and adoption risks.

Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred.
- 7+ years professional experience.
- Proven Program/Project Management; strong stakeholder management and executive communication.
- Experience in agile/test-and-learn; ability to operate in ambiguity.

Preferred:
- 3+ years commercial experience (marketing/promotions, commercial ops, or sales); consulting/client services.
- Digital, AI, or data-driven transformation experience.

Application:
- Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or Workday Jobs Hub).