Associate Director, Strategic Insights

Job Description

The Integrated Account Management (IAM) Strategic Insights team is responsible for shaping our Company account management strategy as the U.S. health care market continues to evolve and for advancing our capabilities to be the preeminent account management organization.   We do this by furthering our Payor Engagement, Account Management and Customer Collaboration strategies and competencies. With the strength of our existing portfolio and pipeline, this is an exciting time to join the IAM Strategic Insights team.

Specifically, the Associate Director, Strategic Insights will support timely resource development and approvals in support of the Strategic Insights team.  This role will combine your proven project management skills with opportunity for strategic input in helping to shape go to market resources for our Account Executives.  

The position will report to the IAM Director, Portfolio Engagement.  It is a hybrid position, based in Upper Gwynedd, PA, though other remote arrangements may be considered.  

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage PromoMats submissions for the Policy & Strategic Insights team

• Prepare all materials, including source and reference documents, for submission and review in PromoMats

• Ensure all anchors for primary resource are properly completed and validated

• Steward asset through appropriate review tiers (in-person and offline)

• Schedule all in-person reviews

• Coordinate with Director, Portfolio Management and the Patient Health Innovation team on all above brand resources directed towards IAM customers and Account Execs

• Provide strategic input on resource development

• Ensure appropriate approvals for additional materials specific to IAM

• Develop communications specific for IAM Account Executives

• Organize Health EQ handoff for resources specific to IAM

• Manage all ongoing customizable resources for above brand resources that are utilized by IAM customers and Account Executives and partner with Director, Portfolio Engagement on related activities (HealthEQ handoff, resource codebook management)

• Support IAM Strategic Pillars process & related reporting activities

• Gather, synthesize, and prepare quarterly updates from IAM Strategic Pillar workstream leads for senior leadership review

• Coordinate with workstream sponsors and leads to ensure timely and accurate reporting on key initiatives

• Budget management for Strategic Insights & Policy

• PO management and tracking

• Invoice approvals

Qualifications:

Education:

• Required: BA/BS Degree
• Preferred: MBA or other advanced degree

Required Experience and Skills:

• Minimum of five (5) years combined marketing, marketing/sales support.
• Superior project management, and demonstrated experience and ability to manage across multiple stakeholders
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proactive leadership skills, ability to collaborate across the organization and to influence without authority

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Experience with PromoMats, SAP and other vendor management tools.
• Experience with approval process for promotional and field guidance tools.
• Works well with customers and customer-facing teams with a mindset of improving our overall account management approach.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to changes

Required Skills:

Account Management, Account Management, Adaptability, Agile Principles, Brand Marketing, Budget Management, Commercial Account Management, Creativity, Customer Insights, Financial Analysis, Market Access, Market Research, Pricing Strategies, Product Management, Project Management, Promotions Management, Sales Support, SAP Procurement, SAP Vendor Invoice Management, Stakeholder Influence, Strategic Initiative, Strategic Insights, Strategic Planning, Strategic Thinking, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Software {+ 2 more}

Preferred Skills:

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The salary range for this role is

$142,400.00 - $224,100.00

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.

You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.

San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

08/22/2026

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