Director, Strategic Planning

Enterprise Strategy Office Role

The Enterprise Strategy Office (ESO) develops, implements, and drives enterprise strategy in support of our company, its customers, and other stakeholders. The scope of this group includes strategy development, strategy execution and value realization, enterprise strategic planning, risk management, and strategic venture investments in healthcare as part of our Global Health Innovation fund. Together, we identify business critical opportunities, frame and evaluate options, and ensure effective implementation and cross-functional engagement to realize impact. Oncology is a key area of focus for our company, and our portfolio is large, diverse and evolving rapidly. Within ESO, we provide deep strategic partnership in developing, assessing and shaping our strategy at the portfolio, indication and asset level, as well as the capabilities we need to continue delivering transformative therapies to patients.

Position Description

The person in this role will help develop and drive Oncology R&D strategy priorities, tackling complex and often ambiguous questions that have significant upside for our Company. They will work with senior leaders to identify and frame important topics, conduct rigorous assessments that can inform leadership decision-making; develop, refine and lead Oncology strategic initiatives across our Company; and help evolve and establish capabilities needed for our Company's Oncology Research & Development to be successful. This individual will collaborate cross-functionally with Oncology leaders across our Company and will be a critical partner across multiple teams. They will be charged with solving problems, driving value, and building a coalition of support that is needed for the creation and adoption of change. This individual will foster a psychologically safe, diverse, and inclusive environment by leading teams both directly and indirectly and mentoring special assignment partners.

Primary Responsibilities

• Partner with Oncology senior management and leaders to identify high-value strategic imperatives
• Lead the framing, assessment, and recommendation of key initiatives in collaboration with executive leaders across oncology
• Develop fact-bases using internal and external data sets to support leadership decision making
• Interrogate a deep and broad Research & Development portfolio to aid in resource allocation, prioritization and maximization of patient impact
• Bring to bear experience in oncology (across discovery, translational sciences, development and commercialization) to identify capability gaps and ways to evolve
• Lead internal and external teams to drive ideas from conception to implementation
• Partner with cross-functional teams to support implementation and deliver on key objectives
• Drive cultural engagement with diverse and inclusive teams

Position Qualifications

Education and Industry Experience Requirement :

Required Skills :

Location

Rahway, NJ preferred with the potential opportunity for placement in Boston

Required Skills

Business Strategy Consulting, Collaborating, Communication, Data-Driven Decision Making, Influencing Skills, Leadership, Management Consulting, Oncology, Prioritization, Risk Management, Strategic Thinking, Strategy Development, Strategy Execution, Teamwork Orientation

U.S. Hybrid Work Model

Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as "remote".

Salary and Benefits

The salary range for this role is $169,700.00 - $267,200.00 This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs. The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https : / / jobs.merck.com / us / en / compensation-and-benefits .