2023 HH US Commercial MBA Senior Specialist

Job Description

Our Marketing teams 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. We believe it is our responsibility to deliver healthier tomorrows through our vaccines, medications and animal health products that can help patients and communities around the world.

Human Health (HH) is comprised of our company’s commercial and marketing organizations responsible for our HH prescription medicines and vaccines. Together, HH employees are focused on driving the company’s top-line growth and enhancing our ability to deliver on our mission to save and improve lives.

We are seeking Master in Business Administration (MBA) Candidates who have a commitment to improving health care and are interested in working at one of the world’s leading biopharmaceutical companies. The position of a senior specialist in Human Health, requires that you have outstanding proficiency in many different areas including project management, productive communication, execution excellence and cross functional collaboration.

We currently have Senior Specialist roles for graduating MBA candidates in brand marketing and market research within Oncology, Vaccines, Pharmaceutical Medicine and Global Pharmaceuticals, Analytics & Digital Marketing.

A Senior Specialist in our commercial organization should be able to execute various duties and responsibilities such as:

• Applying knowledge of internal/external challenges and market insights to improve product marketing offerings

• Solving complex problems in assigned area

• Supporting development and execution of digital strategies

• Interpreting customer needs and insights, assessing requirements, and identifying solutions

• Discover effective marketing and promotional channels

• Promoting teamwork and open discussion of issues

• Operational contributions to assigned area including strategic marketing, brand management, and communications management

• Financial planning and management activities such as budget management, forecasting, and business case development

• Collaborate with key team members to develop long range plans, brand strategic plans, and/or business performance reviews, to inform internal and external stakeholders and communications

• Working independently with minimal guidance

• Promoting teamwork and open discussion of issues

Required Education and Experience:

• Candidates must hold a Master in Business Administration degree prior to or by May 2023

• Candidates must have a marketing or healthcare concentration

• Candidates must have a minimum of 2 years of professional work/internship experience

• Candidates must show intellectual curiosity

• Candidates must have excellent presentation and interpersonal communications skills

• Candidates must have the ability to take initiative, responsibility and demonstrate results-oriented project management

• Candidates must have the ability to influence in the absence of organizational authority

• Candidates must be able to interpret information clearly and communicate results effectively

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Candidates should have digital or customer engagement experience

• Candidates should have prior business analytics experience

• Candidates should have experience in the pharmaceutical, biotech or other related regulated industries

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.

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For positions located in the United States and Puerto Rico – Subject to applicable law, all new hires (including internal transfers) must demonstrate that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or that they qualify for a medical or religious exemption to this vaccination requirement. New hires (including internal transfers) to a position that, as determined by the Company, requires routine collaboration with external stakeholders (such as roles in health services or customer-facing commercial or research-based roles) (“Customer-Facing Role”) who are not vaccinated must qualify for a medical or religious exemption and be in a position that the Company determines can accommodate unvaccinated employees without causing an undue burden to business operations. If, following dialog with the candidate as appropriate, it is determined that the candidate either a) does not qualify for a religious or medical exemption or, b) for candidates applying for Customer-Facing roles, it is determined that allowing the candidate to work without vaccination would cause an undue burden to the Company, the candidate will be ineligible for hire or transfer, or any offer of employment or transfer (if applicable) will be revoked. Please note that notwithstanding the approval of any reasonable accommodation, the Company reserves the right to monitor, modify, or revoke any such accommodation if it is determined, following dialog with the employee, that the accommodation is no longer effective or results in an undue burden to the Company.

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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.

Under New York City law, the Company is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this job. Final determinations with respect to salary will take into account a number of factors, which may include, but not be limited to the primary work location and the chosen candidate’s relevant skills, experience, and education.

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Requisition ID:R204481