Marketing Standards and Business Support Associate Director

Job Description

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 Marketing Standards and Business Support leader will be accountable for creating a best-in-class operation across the commercial organization. This role will be a liaison with the US Human Health organization to ensure alignment with marketing promotional programs and sales force initiatives. This position will oversight for the following business areas: Promotional Materials, Marketing Campaigns, Promotion Standards, Marketing Services, Training and will be part of the Puerto Rico leadership team reporting directly to the Managing Director.

Main responsibilities:

• Builds and maintains business relationship with US Human Health Team & partners effectively with Product Review teams, Marketing and Sales;
• Promotes the marketing organization and operational results by managing and facilitating the implementation of promotional programs based on product-specific marketing strategies within established budget, policies, procedures, and compliance;
• Partners cross-functionally to study, review, and gain internal support for promotional opportunities.
• Coaches, develops and motivates direct reports as well as promotes a culture of learning, smart risk-taking and experimentation;
• Organizes and monitors Marketing Standards work processes;
• Sets department and individual performance goals and deadlines;
• Receives and tracks employee and stakeholders' complaints, and resolves problems;

Education Minimum Requirement:

• Bachelor’s Degree (Bachelor of Arts or Science)

Required Experience and Skills:

• Previous people management experience;
• Fluent in English and Spanish, both oral and written;
• Previous experience in regulated market public policies (food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, banking, finance, etc.);
• Comprehends sales business models, processes, needs, and can translate business requirements into practical solutions;
• Demonstrated success executing complex programs with diverse technical teams, and stakeholder management of globally dispersed businesses;
• Excellent organizational, project/time management skills and proven success managing effectively multiple projects/priorities;
• Skilled at building organizational networks;
• Excellent data and analytical skills;
• Oriented to Innovation: develop strategies through consumer and client insights;
• Strategic vision: interprets findings quickly and frequently anticipate the issues;
• Ability to manage complexity and ambiguity within a compliance framework;

​Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Postgraduate extension/MBA in Marketing and Sales Management, Business Management, or other related areas is preferred.

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.

Who we are …

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, 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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New hires working in our US & Puerto Rico locations will be required to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or qualify for a medical or religious exemption or accommodation to this vaccination requirement, subject to applicable law.

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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.

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Requisition ID:R162431