Associate Director, Clinical Data & Resource Strategy

MSD; West Point (PA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. in USA – Pennsylvania – West Point seeks an Associate Director, Portfolio & Resource Operations to lead data-driven portfolio and resource analytics.

You will maintain capacity, workload, and utilization metrics, building dashboards and standardizing reporting in partnership with GDMS and Finance. The role covers forecasting, capacity planning, and governance, using Power BI/Tableau for dashboards and Excel for advanced modeling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required with minimum 8 years of experience; advanced degree with at least 4 years."
• Proven experience in data analysis, forecasting, and capacity planning in a clinical data/operational setting.
• Strong ability to develop dashboards and standardize reporting across functions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain headcount, workload, and demand models for the functional area.
• Build and maintain operational dashboards and validate portfolio data.
• Coordinate forecasting, capacity planning, and invoicing with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Support governance, metrics definitions, and enterprise cadence templates.
• Lead through influence; manage cross-functional and virtual teams without direct authority.

Skills

Data analysis

Power BI

Tableau

Excel

Forecasting

Capacity planning

Data integrity

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced Degree

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Excel

Job description

Merck & Co., Inc. in USA – Pennsylvania – West Point seeks an Associate Director, Portfolio & Resource Operations to lead data-driven portfolio and resource analytics.

You will maintain capacity, workload, and utilization metrics, building dashboards and standardizing reporting in partnership with GDMS and Finance. The role covers forecasting, capacity planning, and governance, using Power BI/Tableau for dashboards and Excel for advanced modeling.