Associate Director, Technical Product Management

Merck Gruppe - MSD Sharp & Dohme; Rahway (NJ); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global healthcare biopharma company as an Associate Director of Technical Product Management. This role involves defining product vision, managing cross-functional teams, and driving innovation through data and analytics. You will play a critical role in enhancing product delivery and stakeholder engagement, contributing to the mission of improving global health.

Qualifications

• 11+ years of experience in IT and/or project/product management role.
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams and vendor resources.
• Experience in a large, global corporation overseeing strategic product management.

Responsibilities

• Defines overall product vision and strategy, focusing on value and user experience.
• Develops product roadmap and maintains product backlog to maximize value delivery.
• Drives release and support planning and execution.

Skills

Asset Management

Benefits Management

Management System Development

Product Management

Requirements Management

Stakeholder Relationship Management

Strategic Planning

System Designs

Job description

Job Description

Associate Director, Technical Product Management

The Opportunity

• Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
• Be part of an organization driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
• Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company’s IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Centre helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

Role Overview

• Defines the overall product vision and strategy with a keen focus on value, business outcomes, and user experience and ensures decisions align with product strategy

• Develops product roadmap and creates, maintains, and continuously prioritizes the product backlog to maximize value delivery and long-term sustainability
• Drives release and support planning and execution
• Works closely with Product Line Leads and partners to implement enhancement initiatives to advance outcomes for stakeholders
• Engages with technical teams supporting resolution of IT solution issues and incidents
• Develops and regularly calibrates metrics for the product and leads adoption and retention efforts
• Clearly communicates product requirements to delivery squad(s) to maximize value for policy stakeholder
• Drives continuous product discovery to understand user needs and translate that to solutions and product backlog
• Creates, maintains, and continuously prioritizes the product backlog to maximize value delivery and long-term sustainability
• Drives release and support planning and execution (go to market)
• Connects delivery squad(s) with the customers as appropriate and facilitates direct communication
• Monitors and optimizes product's total cost of ownership (TCO)

What should you have

• 11+ years of experience IT and/or project/product management role
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams and vendor resources to optimize the delivery and performance of the Workiva Platform.
• Experience in a large, global corporation, overseeing strategic product management plans for the Workiva Platform to align with customer needs.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to drive initiatives to meet business objectives
• Ability to adapt quickly in a dynamic and complex environment
• Demonstrated ability working with Microsoft Office product suite
• Proven track record of communicating effectively across stakeholder groups
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, including the ability to support multiple projects and deadlines
• Must be a self-starter, quick learner and be able to deliver under deadlines

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.

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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Employee Status:

Regular

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Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Valid Driving License:

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Required Skills:

Asset Management, Benefits Management, Management System Development, Product Management, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, System Designs

Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

06/19/2025

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Requisition ID:R338024