Associate Director, Content Capabilities Lead

MSD; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. is seeking an Associate Director, Content Capabilities Lead to drive adoption, governance, and business value realization of content capabilities across the organization.

You will partner with operations, technology, transformation, and content teams to define requirements and shape capability roadmaps. This hybrid role requires strong leadership, change management, and the ability to translate complex business needs into scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Information Systems, Digital, Communications, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in digital, marketing, content operations, or related fields, including large-scale capability implementations.
• Experience working in Agile or sprint-based marketing environments.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate business opportunities, challenges, and emerging needs to inform capability investments and enhancement priorities.
• Partner with technology teams to translate business requirements into scalable solutions and capability enhancements.
• Champion a vision for an integrated ecosystem that meets current business needs while enabling the future-state content operating model
• Partner with key stakeholders to prioritize business requirements, capability backlog, dependencies, and future-state enhancements in alignment with enterprise transformation objectives and the HH Transformation Management Office
• Lead business readiness activities, including stakeholder engagement, change management, training, user communications, and adoption support for internal teams and agency partners
• Build strong working relationships with capability leads, monitor issue resolution, and collaborate on business-facing documentation, governance, and implementation planning
• Monitor user feedback and implementation outcomes, and align with stakeholders on enhancement opportunities to drive continuous improvement and inform the forward roadmap
• Identify opportunities for standardization, simplification, transparency, traceability, and improved speed to market

Skills

Adaptability

Advertising Campaign Development

Agile Methodology

Building Capability

Business Alignment

Business Decisions

Business Informatics

Business Needs

Business Process Improvements

Business Requirements Analysis

Business Transformation

Business Workflow Analysis

Capability Mapping

Change Management

Creative Campaign Development

Decision Making

Digital Analytics

Marketing Budget Management

Marketing Strategy Implementation

Market Research

Operating Models

Pharmaceutical Industry

Pricing Strategies

Principles of Marketing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Information Systems, Digital, Communications, or a related field

Job description

Job Description

Position Overview

The Associate Director, Content Capabilities Lead serves as the business lead for content capabilities, driving their adoption, evolution, governance, and business value realization across the organization. The individual partners closely with operations, technology, and transformation stakeholders to define and prioritize business requirements, shape capability roadmaps, and ensure content capabilities evolve to meet business objectives, stakeholder needs, and future‑state operating model requirements. As a key connector across CEI, US Content Op Model, OMM, Content Accelerator, and DHH, this individual drives alignment across the content capabilities ecosystem. They balance current business needs with long‑term capability advancement while championing a culture of continuous improvement through stakeholder feedback, performance insights, and evolving business priorities. The role drives adoption, enhances user experience, and maximizes the business value delivered by content capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate business opportunities, challenges, and emerging needs to inform capability investments and enhancement priorities.


• Partner with technology teams to translate business requirements into scalable solutions and capability enhancements.


• Champion a vision for an integrated ecosystem that meets current business needs while enabling the future‑state content operating model


• Partner with key stakeholders to prioritize business requirements, capability backlog, dependencies, and future‑state enhancements in alignment with enterprise transformation objectives and the HH Transformation Management Office


• Lead business readiness activities, including stakeholder engagement, change management, training, user communications, and adoption support for internal teams and agency partners


• Build strong working relationships with capability leads, monitor issue resolution, and collaborate on business‑facing documentation, governance, and implementation planning


• Monitor user feedback and implementation outcomes, and align with stakeholders on enhancement opportunities to drive continuous improvement and inform the forward roadmap


• Identify opportunities for standardization, simplification, transparency, traceability, and improved speed to market

Position Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Information Systems, Digital, Communications, or a related field


• 8+ years of experience in digital, marketing, content operations, marketing governance, marketing technology, or related fields, including experience leading large‑scale capability implementation or transformation initiatives


• Experience working in Agile or sprint‑based marketing environments


• Demonstrated experience leading or supporting platform implementation, business process design, implementation planning, and adoption of technology‑enabled workflows in a complex organizational environment


• Strong understanding of marketing technology ecosystems, agile ways of working, content development workflows, and cross‑functional operating models


• Experience partnering effectively with technology teams, vendors, agencies, and cross‑functional business stakeholders to deliver integrated solutions


• Experience leading change management, capability training, stakeholder engagement, and user adoption strategies for new capabilities or platforms


• Ability to communicate technical concepts, tradeoffs, and value propositions clearly to senior leaders and non‑technical stakeholders


• Strong problem‑solving, prioritization, and execution skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and influence stakeholders in a matrixed environment


• Ability to work hybrid at least 3 days per week at our North Wales (Upper Gwynedd), Pennsylvania office

Required Skills

Adaptability, Adaptability, Advertising Campaign Development, Agile Methodology, Building Capability, Business Alignment, Business Decisions, Business Informatics, Business Needs, Business Process Improvements, Business Requirements Analysis, Business Transformation, Business Workflow Analysis, Capability Mapping, Change Management, Creative Campaign Development, Decision Making, Digital Analytics, Marketing Budget Management, Marketing Strategy Implementation, Market Research, Operating Models, Pharmaceutical Industry, Pricing Strategies, Principles of Marketing {+ 9 more}

Preferred Skills

US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:

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Salary

The salary range for this role is $142,400.00 - $224,100.00. 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.

Benefits

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 https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.

Application Procedure

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

Search Firm Representatives

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

Employee Status: Regular

Relocation

Relocation: Domestic

VISA Sponsorship

VISA Sponsorship: No

Travel Requirements

Travel Requirements: 10%

Flexible Work Arrangements

Flexible Work Arrangements: Hybrid

Shift

Shift: Not Indicated

Valid Driving License

Valid Driving License: No

Hazardous Material(s)

Hazardous Material(s): N/A

Job Posting End Date

Job Posting End Date: 10/9/2026*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.