Total 8 student affairs director job vacancies in Singapore

• Based in Singapore, the regional hub for Asia Pacific (AP) and top-ranked biopharmaceutical company on the Straits Times and Statista’s list of Best Employers in Singapore for two consecutive years (2020, 2021).
• Join the premier biopharmaceutical company that has been in Singapore for more than 25 years and in AP for over 60 years.

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Director, Global Security – Supply Chain Integrity, the Associate Director, Supply Chain Security is responsible for leading the China/Japan/Asia-PacificRegion implementation and execution of strategic and tactical operations intended to ensure the end-to-end efficient and secure movement of COMPANY products and materials, provide effective supply chain security risk management, and promote engagement and awareness of associated security matters.

The focus of this work is on protecting patient safety through securing the supply chain against illicit actions, product diversion, theft, terrorism, and unauthorized activities that threaten product integrity including compromises of confidential and proprietary supply chain information.

The position will be the primary regional liaison for internal and external interactions associated with supply chain security matters. The successful candidate must have a proven capability to excel in a collaborative, diverse, complex, resource-constrained environment and be able to drive decision-making processes that involve multiple constituencies and constraints.

Primary Responsibilities

Leading the Regional execution of COMPANY’s global Supply Chain Security Strategy, including tactical operations designed to protect COMPANY’s supply chain from threats and acts of theft, product diversion, tampering, terrorism, illicit activities, and unauthorized access via effective security measures, analysis, expert consultation, and investigations leading to meaningful root cause determinations, corrective actions, compliance, and law enforcement outcomes. Following are the areas of focus:

Security Risk Management

· Implement and manage regional execution of a proactive Supply Chain Security strategy focused on incident prevention through intelligence-based risk mitigation

· Manage regional execution of a security risk assessment regime to proactively and periodically monitor and measure internal operations and external business partner security performance against established criteria

· Manage regional execution of initiatives to identify and enhance protection of supply chain operations and products categorized as “high value”

· Measure and report supply chain security performance in collaboration with designated Regional Security leads

· Study and assess implementation of technology and innovative solutions to mitigate supply chain security risk

· Manage and/or support matrixed cross functional response to Supply Chain Security events

· Coordinate and/or support matrixed Regional Security personnel in investigations for supply chain security matters

· Manage and/or support matrixed supply chain risk intelligence gathering and monitor efforts of emerging threats to global supply chain security as well as related country/region specific regulations

· Manage the flow of communications related to Regional supply chain security and disseminate relevant information within Global Security and the Company

Policy and Standards

· Support the development and manage execution of supply chain security policies and minimum standards

· Manage regional execution and compliance with established government trade security programs such as CTPAT, AEO, PIP, and similar country-based initiatives in which COMPANY participates

· Develop and maintain regional proactive supply chain security guidance and subject matter material to communicate established policies, standards, and best practices

Engagement and Awareness

· Cultivate and maintain relationships that support internal and external engagement and awareness for supply chain security matters at COMPANY

· Serve as Regional point of contact for Global Security to the COMPANY Controlled Substance Compliance program, providing Security support to Compliance initiatives associated with the manufacturing and distribution of Scheduled Medicines and Controlled Substances.

· Foster and maintain internal cross-functional relationships in support of Procurement, Manufacturing, Distribution & Logistics, Transportation, Supply Chain Management, Finance, and Insurance & Risk, IT and other functions as needed

· Support the development and delivery of global Supply Chain Security training materials and proactive awareness information as needed

· Participate in and liaise with professional associations specializing in pharmaceutical crime, supply chain security, and security risk management

· Maintain a network of knowledgeable and influential persons in government, law enforcement, security, intelligence, and internal functions to serve as resources, collaborators and partners related to supply chain security matters

· Serve as the cross-functional single point of contact for matters related to Supply Chain Security within the Region and externally as needed

· Ensure communication and oversight of key milestones and deliverables to support supply chain security strategic efforts

People Management

· Develop and maintain oversight of contract business partner resources in support of the Supply Chain Security strategic and tactical needs

Financial Management

· Manage operational expenditures to align with Corporate and Regional business activities and requirements providing strong financial stewardship assuring spend is focused on supporting the mission and does not exceed approved authorized levels

Domestic and international travel is required

WHAT YOU MUST HAVE

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 5 years’ professional security experience preferably within the pharmaceutical industry
• General understanding of pharmaceutical operations and related supply chains including regulatory security requirements and security plans
• Understanding of supply chain operations, logistics, warehousing, distribution, all modes of transportation, and freight forwarding
• Experienced leading and conducting investigations including supporting and generating case reports for criminal and civil enforcement actions
• Knowledge of physical security principles and security risk assessment methodologies
• Working understanding of industry best and recommended supply chain security practices
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficient use of MS Office software and presentation tools
• Demonstrated experience interacting with and preparing briefing materials and reports for senior COMPANY management and government officials as necessary
• Must be innovative and work independently with an aggressive workload in a high performing environment
• Ability to work in a matrixed environment with exceptional levels of collaboration, clarity and honesty in dealing with peers, team members and all others in a flat and nimble organization
• Ability to champion new ideas or positions to meet key goals and initiatives
• Strong commitment to patient safety and compliance requirements
• Must possess and demonstrate strong leadership, communication and analytical skills.
• Understanding of risk intelligence and security risk management methodologies

Skills/Knowledge Preferred

• Professional security certification (i.e. CPP, CFE, etc.)

What we look for …

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

Sr. Spclst, Regulatory Affairs

• Based in Singapore, the regional hub for Asia Pacific (AP) and top-ranked biopharmaceutical company on the Straits Times and Statista’s list of Best Employers in Singapore for two consecutive years (2020, 2021).
• Join the premier biopharmaceutical company that has been in Singapore for more than 25 years and in AP for over 60 years.

The Sr. Spclst, Regulatory Affairs will work within the company’s Global Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Safety (GRACS) organization, in the Regulatory Affairs Operations International Asia Pacific department in Singapore, Asia.

The Sr. Spclst, Regulatory Affairs supports the regulatory submission creation and the registration tracking of the company regulatory submission targets from a regulatory operational perspective for the whole of the AP region.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

As a member of cross-functional team and for the assigned products, her/she will manage all operational aspects for submission planning and execution of Original Marketing Application (OMA) and post-approval regulatory changes.

This position requires a high-level expertise and knowledge of the regulatory landscape across the AP Region, its registration procedures and a thorough understanding of the technical requirements for dossiers (e.g. eCTD and other submission formats).

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Planning and managing regulatory operation projects from authorization through delivery to country regulatory affairs teams and/or Health Authorities.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining the regulatory submission plan for the assigned projects/products and maintaining the related project milestones.
• Lead or participate in cross-functional forums and meetings
• Work closely with the central planner based in the HQ (US) on assigned products/projects.
• Drive the submission assembly and delivery process with the Global and/or Regional Submission Publishing team to ensure timely assembly, publishing and archival of assigned products/submissions as per the agreed timelines.
• Responsible for accessing and maintaining the regulatory systems and databases to fulfil daily functions.
• Assist in identifying opportunities to continually improve the efficiency of the submission process and participate in small-scale process improvement projects.
• Maintain knowledge on the regional regulatory procedures on internal and external guidelines and standards.

WHAT YOU MUST HAVE

To be successful in this role, you will have:

· Bachelor’s degree in a Life Science related discipline.

• At least 3-4 years’ experience in the regulatory operations area, regulatory affairs will be an asset.
• Able to multitask with proven project management capabilities including managing dynamic timelines, interacting, and negotiating with others, collaboration skill and excellent follow-up ability
• Thorough knowledge of regulatory guidelines and procedures within the AP region is required. and knowledge of submissions in the wider region is preferable.
• Excellent communication skills to manage interactions with colleagues in a multicultural environment.
• Capability to keep overview in the complexity of planning, managing, tracking, assembling and delivering of regulatory content, to meet regulatory strategy, regulatory compliance and informational needs for internal and external customers.
• Ability to handle time pressure and the consequence of any delay in timely submissions.
• Affinity to work with complex IT systems.

What we look for…

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us — and start making your impact today.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

Our company is an innovative, global healthcare leader that is committed to improving health and well-being around the world with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. We continue to focus our research on conditions that affect millions of people around the world - diseases like Alzheimer's, diabetes and cancer - while expanding our strengths in areas like vaccines and biologics.

Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of an individual like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork. As part of our global team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.

We are seeking an energetic, collaborative and self-driven professional to join the Digital Supply Chain value team to play an active role in transformation journey to become the leading digital supply chain organization that leverages data, technology and processes to deliver end to end solutions enabling enterprise-wide collaboration, customer satisfaction, and seamless orchestration.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

The Value Team Architect works closely with Product Line Leads, Product Managers and all squad members to create a modular, scalable solution that addresses/incorporates future architectural changes and designs.

Responsibilities

In collaboration with the Value Team Lead, Product Line Leads, Product Managers and Lead Engineers you will work on the following:

• Understand
  supply chain domain business use cases, opportunities and challenges
  current industry technology trends and introduce best practices to Value Team
• Create
  architecture deliverables and artifacts relevant for accountable architecture domain(s)
• Drive
  the technology strategy for the Value Team that aligns with the business needs and enterprise architecture strategy
  the notion of reusable architecture assets & standards such as current-state business/technology capability maps as well as future state planning roadmaps for the Value Team.
  Tech Center strategy for Digital Supply Chain organization by boosting collaboration within Singapore and across all locations in Technology Center network
  Our workforce pipeline in Value Team by leveraging company programs to onboard, mentor and upskill the leaders of the future in Technology Centers
• Partner with
  product teams to use agile, value-centric, business outcomes-oriented, and total cost of ownership-based principles to guide decision making
  product line solution architects to develop a documented business, solution, information, and data architecture for supply chain
  architecture community and leaders across the Value and Enabling Teams in the division focusing on data and analytics, manufacturing and quality systems
  Enterprise Architecture team to drive the adoption of company architecture standards and blueprints
• Manage
  Architecture Governance within the Value Team
• Train and mentor
  technical delivery teams to understand, embrace, and successfully implement solutions following the architecture strategy

WHAT YOU MUST HAVE

Education

• B.A./B.S. or M.A./M.S. in a scientific or technical discipline (such as computer science, engineering, biology, chemistry, etc.)

Required Experience and Skills

• 10+ years of relevant work experience in the pharmaceutical/life sciences or similar industry, with demonstrated hands-on experience in solution architecture and information system designs
• 10+ years of experience in leading development squads/ teams in global environment
• Strong understanding of enterprise, solution and information architecture principles
• Domain knowledge of technology for supply chain management including data and analytics platforms, ERP solutions, supply chain planning, warehousing, distribution and logistics
• Experience in working closely with a range of business lines to identify business needs and opportunities
• Experience with Agile ways of working, leading or working as part of scrum teams
• Experience as a change agent of transformation to product model organization/ operating model
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to quickly establish productive working relationships with a variety of stakeholders
• Ability to perform under broad direction taking initiative and full responsibility for meeting allocated technical and/or project/supervisory objectives

Preferred Experience and Skills

• Demonstrated ability to solve problems with a sense of ownership, enthusiasm and innovation
• Knowledge of current cloud trends and offerings, and extensive hands-on experience and strong expertise in cloud engineering
• Certifications in AWS and/or modern data technologies

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

Our company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where our company has codified its 130-year legacy. Our success is backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

We know that our people are the key to our success, which is why our Human Resources (HR) team works to attract, develop, retain and inspire our people so that they can learn, grow and make a true impact on the world. Together we collaborate to create a culturally rich, diverse organization ensuring we remain innovative and agile.

The Director, Asia Pacific (AP) Learning & Development is a critical role that will shape the learning strategy and delivery across our AP commercial organization. Based in our AP regional headquarters in Singapore, you will work closely with market-based teams to enhance our commercial and leadership capabilities through effective learning interventions.

You will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and stakeholders in the region, driving learning & development outcomes for our commercial organization. Collaboration with cross-functional teams, including regional and market commercial and HR leaders, will be essential to execute strategies based on data-driven recommendations and insights.

We are seeking a strategic individual with a strong background in Sales and Marketing learning strategies, who has experience working in a market as well as a global or regional setting. Your expertise will be instrumental in advancing our learning initiatives and driving growth in the AP region.

This role is based in Singapore

What will you do:

• Collaborate closely with senior-level business leaders and stakeholders to accelerate the development of critical capabilities needed to drive business success in the AP region.
• Partner with AP HR team to provide expertise in learning and development in support of the development and implementation of HR plans, programs, and tools intended to build and enhance organizational capabilities and foster a culture of continuous learning.
• Influence and guide business leaders in prioritizing learning investments, resource allocation, and anticipated business impact, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and driving measurable results.
• Champion the unique needs and priorities of the AP region, influencing global learning and development priorities, solutions, and ways of working to create a tailored and impactful learning experiences.
• Lead the implementation and sustainment of cutting-edge learning solutions, leveraging technology and interactive approaches to create engaging and transformative learning experiences.
• Monitor performance results, analyze data-driven insights, and recommend continuous improvement opportunities to enhance the effectiveness and impact of learning and development initiatives.
• Ensure learning program content and designs adhere to company policies and standards while pushing the boundaries of creativity and innovation to deliver exceptional learning experiences.
• Cultivate a strong and effective regional network among market learning and development colleagues, serving as a visionary leader and mentor to a team of passionate professionals, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing.

What should you have:

• Business Acumen: Engage with business leaders on strategy, goals, and outcomes, aligning people-related strategies and demonstrating exceptional judgment and decision-making skills to drive business success.
• Leadership: Apply visionary approaches, tools, and techniques to gain cooperation and support, leading by example and fostering a collaborative and inclusive learning culture.
• Influencing: Partner, collaborate, and impact decisions at all levels, leveraging your ability to influence stakeholders will be instrumental in success of this role.
• Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Your strategic thinking and analytical skills will enable you to identify learning needs, prioritize initiatives, and drive measurable results.
• Learning Needs Analysis: Assess competency gaps and identify learning needs. You will analyze and understand the learning needs of the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant discipline with 12+ years of leadership and business experience, with a focus on commercial learning and development.
• 5+ years of people management experience.
• 3+ years of pharmaceutical sales & marketing experience preferred.
• Fluency in English required; working knowledge of Asian language(s) beyond English preferred.

Who we are:

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for:

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

Associate Director, Quality Control, Site Microbiology SME

The position of Associate Director in Quality Operation will play a key role in supporting sitewide on the microbiology expertise, not limited to, Quality Microbiology Laboratory, Manufacturing and Utilities. The role will ensure and maintain high standards of quality and compliance within our organization.

In this role, you will be responsible for all or subset of the key responsibilities below:

• Ensure inspection readiness of the area with respect to all self-inspections, internal and external audits. When required, provide responses and timely follow-up on relevant corrective actions and commitments made because of the inspections.
• Strategize and lead key Microbiology initiatives such as implementation of contamination reduction, sample optimization, etc.
• Manage escalations and senior stakeholders for the microbiology matters, including financial targets and related efficiency and productivity KPIs.
• Drive collaboration and transformational culture change.
• Ensure consistent execution of related safety programs to maintain a safe working environment.
• Technical support for microbiology deviations, including escalation and above site contact and review.
• Provide guidance, review, and approve as business owner for Quality topics relating to microbiology, environmental monitoring risk-based design Quality Risk Analyses and Contamination control strategy & plan.
• Technical reviewer for new qualifications, new methodologies, or facilities with major changes.
• Technical oversight of New Product Introduction, Technology Transfer, Method Development/Qualification.
• Provide advice and guidance in a consultancy capacity to stakeholders for sitewide microbiological issues.
• Point of contact with above site on microbiology matters.
• Support/lead MPS and continuous improvement initiatives regarding to microbiology.

What are we looking for?

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Science/ Life Science, Pharmaceutical Science, Engineering or proven relevant experience.
• Minimum 10 years of applied professional work experience in microbiology in pharmaceutical or sterile manufacturing.
• Demonstrated experience in change and project management with ability to communicate across sites.
• Experience and expert knowledge of regulatory standards, compliance procedures and quality systems especially for Singapore, EU or US markets.

Personal Qualities

• Demonstrated ability to influence/collaborate with stakeholders at senior levels.
• Customer focus with strong business acumen and continuous improvement mindset.
• Strategic and critical thinking mindset with a collaborative and problem-solving attitude.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Passionate in coaching and mentoring with a focus on creating an inclusive culture.

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

Associate Director, Regional Regulatory Planning Lead

• Based in Singapore, the regional hub for Asia Pacific (AP) and top-ranked biopharmaceutical company on the Straits Times and Statista’s list of Best Employers in Singapore for two consecutive years (2020, 2021).
• Join the premier biopharmaceutical company that has been in Singapore for more than 25 years and in AP for over 60 years

The Lead manages the regulatory planning of the company regulatory submission targets from a regulatory operational perspective for the whole of the Asia Pacific region.

As a member of cross-functional team and for the assigned portfolios, he/she will work with his/her team to manage all operational aspects for submission planning and execution of Original Marketing Application (OMA) and post-approval regulatory changes. The core capabilities of Regional Planning Lead includes submissions planning as well as the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of business processes related to this area.

The Lead should drive the continued advancement and maturity of regional planning capabilities as well as the continuous improvement of business process and technology to meet stakeholder needs while adapting to a fast-paced regulatory environment

This position requires a high-level expertise and knowledge of the regulatory landscape across the Asia Pacific Region its registration procedures and a thorough understanding of the technical requirements for dossiers.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Primary Activities include but are not limited to:

· Provide strong, cross-functional team leadership for regulatory submissions within the region and manage senior leader interactions and collaborations.

· Maintain a broad and deep knowledge of all the submission planning activities taking place in his/her assigned portfolio.

· Contribute to the development of regulatory program strategies within the Asia Pacific markets to ensure effective submissions planning & execution.

· Organize and facilitate interactions among submission planners and publishers and Regulatory Liaison roles to align on urgent issues and ensure balanced workload across the region

· Manage regulatory projects from authorization through delivery to country regulatory affairs teams and/or Health Authorities, with a regulatory operations perspective.

· Responsible for developing and maintaining the regulatory submission plan for the assigned key projects/products and maintaining the related project milestones.

· Lead or participate in cross-functional forums and meetings

· Work closely with the central planner based in the HQ (US) on assigned products/projects.

· Drive continuous improvement of business process and technology within the Regional Planning, Regional Publishing and regulatory system teams

· Ensure robust functional area oversight of sourced activities to ensure quality, compliance and delivery against key performance criteria.

People Manager for the Regional Planning, team:

· Manage the staff in the Regional Reg Ops Group providing oversight to FTEs, contractors and sourced planning, resources as per business needs.

· Mentor and coach individuals within the department on the concepts, methods and nuances of project management, publishing, and company processes relating to high performing teams, drug development, and regulatory practices.

WHAT YOU MUST HAVE

To be successful in this role, you will have:

· Bachelors degree in a Life Science related discipline.

· Min of 6-8 years’ experience in Regulatory Affairs with at least 3 years in Regulatory Operations (submissions planning, publishing, etc)

· Leadership:

o Strong people and interpersonal skills to manage effectively across all levels.

o Navigates unfamiliar territory quickly and embraces ambiguity to chart a clear course for the team

o Effective at mentoring and coaching within a team setting

o Demonstrated situational leadership and creative problem solving within organizations and teams

· Partnership:

o Demonstrated strong partnering skills in influencing and negotiating across functions

o Service delivery mindset driven by continual innovation and process improvements

o Demonstrated ability to collaborate, communicate, supervise, and coach across cultures, organizational levels, and disciplines.

o Ability to lead by influence and work effectively in matrix organizational structures

o Excellent communication skills to manage interactions with colleagues in a multicultural environment.

· Regulatory Knowledge & Experience

o Deep understanding of evolvingregulatory submission standards, submission procedures and drug development landscape across the Region

o Proven experience in working in and leading cross functional teams to ensure high quality, on-time submissions

o Able to multitask with proven project management capabilities including managing dynamic timelines, interacting, and negotiating with others, collaboration skill and excellent follow-up ability

o Capability to keep overview in the complexity of planning, managing, tracking, assembling and delivering of regulatory content, to meet regulatory strategy, regulatory compliance and informational needs for internal and external customers.

o Thorough knowledge of regulatory guidelines and procedures within the AP region is required and knowledge of submissions in the wider region (China and Japan) is an advantage

o Affinity to work with complex IT systems, automation

o Ability to handle time pressure and the consequence of any delay in timely submissions.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

· Learning curve and a diverse opportunity

· Fulfilling role, exposure to various Asia Pacific markets, cutting-edge therapeutic areas in Oncology and precision medicines

· Will be involved in driving process improvement projects through process simplification and automation through artificial intelligence, robotic automation

· Leadership opportunity:

What we look for…

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us — and start making your impact today.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace

Associate Director, Regional Marketing

Position Overview:

This role will play a critical role in supporting the AP markets in executing launch planning efforts, competitive readiness activities, and the commercial implementation of the global brand strategy for our pneumococcal portfolio, across in-line and Pipeline products viz VAXNEUVANCE, CAPVAXIVE, and RSV. The primary focus will be on driving the launch acceleration and excellence of PCV vaccines across the AP countries and ensuring state-of-the-art launch execution in each key market with a particular focus on the awareness of healthcare providers and consumers.

The Opportunity:

Our Human Health Division maintains a “patient first, profits later” ideology. The organization is comprised of sales, marketing, market access, digital analytics and commercial professionals who are passionate about their role in bringing our medicines to our customers worldwide.

Working in the AP Vaccines team you will be responsible for supporting the AP markets in framing business needs and executing strategies that contribute to the success of our PCV & RSV vaccine franchise. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact by driving launch readiness and supporting the commercial implementation of the global brand strategy.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

This role is a critical member of the PCV team which is focusing on launch execution of Vaxneuvance Capvaxive, and RSV and the translation of global strategy into action together with markets and regions.

Market Engagement:

• Collaborate closely with local teams in priority markets as well as regional teams to ensure alignment with the global brand strategy.
• Prepare markets for anticipated competition by participating in competitive simulation workshops and implementing commercial strategies to defend against competition.

Support Launch Readiness and Execution:

• Work with the team to drive standardization of launch plans across key Company markets and regions.
• Provide support to the market/regions in the development of launch plans and go-to-market strategy.
• Foster strong alignment across regional and local cross-functional teams, driving uptake of our pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in partnership with key stakeholders.
• Collaborate with key markets and regions to ensure all commercial activities necessary for the successful launch and full potential of the vaccine are in place and well tracked.
• Contribute to the development of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to track commercial activities and progress towards business aspirations.

Leadership Excellence:

• Forge deep relationships across the enterprise and become a well-respected partner within the vaccines and commercial organization, collaborating closely with the HHI PCV team, global teams, Company stakeholders, and key markets.
• Embrace new ways of working, including Agile methodologies and collaboration technologies, while integrating analytics into decision making.
• Exemplify a positive mindset and behavior, serving as a champion for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Qualifications:

Education Minimum Requirement:

• Required: Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS).
• Preferred: Master's Degree (MA/MS/MBA).

Required Experience and Skills:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in local, regional, and/or global commercial functions, including marketing, product management, or market access (or equivalent roles).
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills, collaborating effectively with diverse stakeholders, even without a direct reporting relationship.
• Strategic and innovative thinker with a strong learning orientation and a drive for personal excellence.
• Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to deliver compelling presentations.
• Proficient in processing, integrating, and succinctly communicating large amounts of information, including comfort with data analytics and data-driven decision making.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with a proven ability to drive results while upholding the highest standards of ethics and integrity.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Strong organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated collaboration and critical thinking skills, including the ability to work effectively cross-functionally and cross-divisionally.
• Expertise in launching new vaccines and experience in using analytics to measure and optimize launch excellence.
• Creative thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivated with a hands-on approach to work.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies, with a bias towards speed and agility.

Our Marketing team are passionate about bringing our medicines and vaccines to our customers around the world. Through digital listening and patient analytics, we are able to understand our customers’ needs and strive to provide solutions to meet them.

The User Experience Product Line Lead is a core and leadership position in Digital Services, our Digital Manufacuring Division responsible for leading the definition and implementation of User Experience strategy in our Digital Manufacuring Division. The Product Line Lead drives priorities setting and holistic value delivery of the UX capabilities across squads and products in Digital Services. The Product Lead collaborates and partners closely across product teams, our company value and enabling teams, our Manufacturing Operations, and IT CTO with product line UX professionals, UX researchers, UX/UI Designers, product managers, and business stakeholders at all levels to define, implement, maintain, and make innovative improvements to deliver user-centric and outcome-driven products and solutions.

The UX Product Line Lead sets the vision for best-in-class products, anticipating future business capabilities, emerging technologies, designs and best practices, ensuring that vision is realized through implementation and value delivery. This role will lead a product line team to create, scale and maintain our Digital Manufacuring Division UX solutions and capabilities to support digital transformations.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Accountable for Product roadmap (e.g., key capabilities delivered to the business) for designing, building, delivering, and maintaining UX products and technological capability enhancements
• Optimize team setup and delivery models across all functional areas, working with functional leads, while removing roadblocks and impediments, enabling efficient and effective product team delivery
• Translate business goals and end user needs into UX strategy, communicate product priorities to the development team, other matrixed teams, and vendor partners
• Oversee delivery of applications in the products and the on-going operations of cohesive & integrated applications
• Design, develop, and deliver a consistent product line vision, strategy, and roadmap for several products related to Experience Design, UX/UI, User Research, and Technical Product Management relevant to our company user environment.
• Partner with Product teams across our Digital Manufacuring Division and IT to develop, test, and deliver high quality, scalable, and reusable data and digital products
• Oversee Agile Scrum processes for product teams to define and prioritize backlog, create user stories, drive sprint planning and execution, standups, product demos, track velocity, burndown, and deliver retrospectives
• Demonstrated experience in leading strategic design and user-centric research and usability studies, and applying change management approaches to understand user needs and deliver results
• Manage, monitor and calibrate relevant metrics on UX effectiveness
• Demonstrated experience in leading UX designs using a variety of techniques, tools, and best practices to improve product usability, accessibility and desirability
• Lead, develop, upskill, and grow a high-performing and diverse User Experience team
• Set strategy for resource management within systems development, accountable for the allocation of resources for systems development programs, and maintain an overview of the contribution of such program to organizational success. Manage the quality and appropriateness of the work performed and delivers measurable business benefits
• Engage and partner with cross-functional stakeholders (value teams, domain leads, business partners, product owners, etc.) to build project plans and business cases that drive our Manufacuring Division business outcome and value realization while maintaining scalability of UX capabilities
• Ensure senior leaders and business stakeholders are consistently well informed about product strategy, capabilities, priorities, timelines, releases, issues, and risks
• Drive and reinforce highest standards and best practices in technical and operational excellence relevant for user experience
• Accountable for the management and optimization of the product line’s total cost of ownership (TCO)

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Graphics Design, or related field.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in a delivery lead, team lead, product owner, or product line lead capacity.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in leading the development and delivery of User Experience, Experience Design, UX Strategy.
• Demonstrated experience in software development lifecycle, agile methodologies e.g. Scrum, and relevant tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing or similar area, building, managing, and leading high-performing, diverse, collaborative and geographically distributed digital product teams
• Solid knowledge and experience in UX capabilities, methodology, and tools to enable User Research, UX/UI Design, and Digital Product capabilities in Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain domains.
• Strong leadership and team building skills and must be able to collaborate effectively with a group of high performing individuals in a fast-paced, agile, dynamic operational environment
• Experience in product and people management with Experience Design, Graphics Design, User Experience, and Data & Digital products knowledge, roadmap, and implementation (e.g., in an organizational unit with 10+ team members)​
• Demonstrated experience owning and delivering digital products​ throughout their entire lifecycle
• Proven ability to facilitate and break down complex product requirements into actionable strategy, implementation plan, and user stories
• Strong leadership skills and the proven ability to drive organizational change​ and alignment, and communicate technical information to senior executives
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills – able to effectively communicate complex concepts in simple ways​
• Active coach and mentor whose goals are to grow, upskill, and maximize the squads’ potential​
• Strong understanding of modern architecture patterns​
• Demonstrated ability to partner with business stakeholders and navigate across conflicting priorities to balance critical tactical and strategic needs ​to achieve business goals and OKRs
• Strategic leader, with demonstrated ability to work in a global, broad, and diverse environment with a fair amount of ambiguity
• Growth and global mindset and ownership mentality with a passion to challenge status quo to find new solutions and drive out of the box ideas

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• MBA or Master’s degree in a relevant field
• Previous experience working in a global environment and transformational change
• Experience with manufacturing shopfloor or lab environments and digital culture is a plus
• Experience with P&L responsibility is a plus

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.