Director, Strategy Execution

Merck

Rahway, NJ

Job Description
Director, Strategy Execution
The Enterprise Strategy Office (ESO) develops, implements, and drives enterprise strategy in support of our company, its customers, and shareholders. The scope of this group includes strategic program management, enterprise strategic planning, risk management, as well as strategic venture investments in healthcare as part of our Global Health Innovation fund. Together, we identify business critical challenges, create and evaluate options, and ensure effective implementation and cross-functional engagement.
Position Description
The Director of Strategy Execution plays a crucial role in translating organizational strategy into successful implementation. This involves executing strategic initiatives across the company, collaborating with senior leaders (e.g., Executive Team, ET-1, ET-2) and initiative leads. This role will be responsible for driving the execution of enterprise and cross-divisional projects, solving complex problems, ensuring effective stakeholder engagement, value creation and adoption of change.
The successful candidate will be a driven, strategic thinker with a focus on executional excellence, adept at navigating complex environments, and experienced in driving large-scale organizational change.
Primary Responsibilities
Ensure executional excellence of key enterprise initiatives.
Lead the execution of ongoing and future key enterprise initiatives in collaboration with operational leaders with a focus on enhancing execution and value delivery.
Drive internal and external teams to progress critical enterprise initiatives with timely and effective execution.
Identify and address critical gaps in team performance, in coordination with transformation leaders.
Manage directly and indirectly internal and external associates dedicated to our programs.
Lead special projects and assignments as needed.
Create thriving and psychologically safe engagements to provide new and novel strategic perspectives.
Position Qualifications
Education:
B.S. degree or equivalent required, MBA or PhD preferred
Required Skills/Experience
A minimum of 10 years of professional experience across diverse roles including pharmaceutical industry, enterprise strategy, R&D, manufacturing, business and/or management consulting experience from a top-tier firm with strong focus on innovation and enterprise business transformations.
Minimum 5 years of enterprise program management and strategy execution.
Experience leading large organizational change and providing oversight to transformation.
Experience managing teams as well as external vendors preferably in a consulting or corporate transformation context.
Thrives in ambiguity, excels at problem-solving, and makes rapid, disciplined decisions focused on value delivery.
Effective problem-solving and analytical skills, successfully navigating matrixed organizations, building consensus and influencing decision-making.
Strong communication skills to effectively engage with senior management and across all levels of the business.
Excellent business acumen, including subject matter expertise in areas such as Marketing, Commercial, IT, R&D, Manufacturing, Access, Policy, and/or Obs. Research.
Strong leadership qualities to empower and inspire teams, with an emphasis on empathy, active listening, and enabling colleagues' success.
Collaborative nature, with the ability to work with diverse personalities and collaborate effectively with various functions and stakeholders.
Possesses emotional intelligence, growth mindset, curiosity, drive, teamwork, organization, and coachability.
Preferred
MBA, PhD, consulting firm, and/or multi-industry experience.
Deep and diverse understanding of the pharmaceutical industry.
Management consulting experience from a top-tier firm.
Ability to attract talent and build/lead a highly functioning team over time.
Potential for taking on greater responsibilities within the organization over time.
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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”.
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
You can apply for this role through (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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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.
Employee Status
Regular
Relocation:
No relocation
VISA Sponsorship
No
Travel Requirements
10%
Flexible Work Arrangements
Not Applicable
Shift
1st - Day
Valid Driving License
No
Hazardous Material(s)
N/a
Required Skills
Acquisitions Divestitures, Acquisitions Divestitures, Adaptability, Analytical Tools, Business, Business Management, Business Operations, Business Transformation, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Data-Driven Decision Making, Developing Proposals, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Environmental Scanning, Influencing Skills, Management Consulting, Management Process, Market Access, Market Research, Oncology Marketing, Organizational Strategy, Pharmaceutical Industry, Results-Oriented, Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement {+ 5 more}
Preferred Skills
Job Posting End Date:
06/27/2025
A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
Requisition ID: R353801

Posted 2025-08-06

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