Associate Director, US Strategy & Planning
Merck
August 06, 2026
Remote friendly (North Wales, PA)
United States
Corporate Functions
Primary Responsibilities:
- Support development of a long-term Commercial Strategy to guide the US market’s commercial transformation.
- Lead end-to-end strategy support: define opportunity spaces, structure approaches, conduct analyses, translate insights into Commercial Strategy, align stakeholders through workshops, and deliver executive-ready presentations.
- Translate strategic opportunity spaces into now/near/next strategic blueprints with realization owners.
- Partner on high-priority strategic initiatives driving transformational impact for future success.
- Resource prioritization & optimization: develop frameworks/models for data-driven resource allocation across products/functions; identify critical assumptions and model logic.
- Generate strategic insights from data and apply them to opportunity spaces.
- Partner with corporate & global strategy to ensure tight integration with the US market.
- Build effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure a forward-looking, well-rounded strategy represented in the appropriate healthcare context.
Position Qualifications:
Education: BA/BS (Required); MBA or MPH (Preferred).
Experience & Skills (Required):
- 5+ years in Strategy Development, Marketing, Sales, Access/Policy, Commercial Operations, and/or organizational transformation.
- Strong executive presence; advanced written/verbal communication.
- Ability to analyze external/industry trends and deliver recommendations.
- Understanding of US/global healthcare ecosystem.
- Thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
- Ability to inspire change; translate data into business implications; drive transformation and operating model evolution.
- Advanced MS Office (PPT, Excel, Word).
- Inspires impact through collaboration; can lead without direct influence; high ethics/integrity.
Preferred Skills:
- (Not specified; removed.)
Application Instructions:
- Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (application deadline listed on posting).
- Support development of a long-term Commercial Strategy to guide the US market’s commercial transformation.
- Lead end-to-end strategy support: define opportunity spaces, structure approaches, conduct analyses, translate insights into Commercial Strategy, align stakeholders through workshops, and deliver executive-ready presentations.
- Translate strategic opportunity spaces into now/near/next strategic blueprints with realization owners.
- Partner on high-priority strategic initiatives driving transformational impact for future success.
- Resource prioritization & optimization: develop frameworks/models for data-driven resource allocation across products/functions; identify critical assumptions and model logic.
- Generate strategic insights from data and apply them to opportunity spaces.
- Partner with corporate & global strategy to ensure tight integration with the US market.
- Build effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure a forward-looking, well-rounded strategy represented in the appropriate healthcare context.
Position Qualifications:
Education: BA/BS (Required); MBA or MPH (Preferred).
Experience & Skills (Required):
- 5+ years in Strategy Development, Marketing, Sales, Access/Policy, Commercial Operations, and/or organizational transformation.
- Strong executive presence; advanced written/verbal communication.
- Ability to analyze external/industry trends and deliver recommendations.
- Understanding of US/global healthcare ecosystem.
- Thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
- Ability to inspire change; translate data into business implications; drive transformation and operating model evolution.
- Advanced MS Office (PPT, Excel, Word).
- Inspires impact through collaboration; can lead without direct influence; high ethics/integrity.
Preferred Skills:
- (Not specified; removed.)
Application Instructions:
- Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (application deadline listed on posting).