Director, BU Engagement & Strategy

Merck; North Wales (Montgomery County); Hybrid; USD 191,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) retirement benefits

Paid holidays, vacation & sick days

Job summary

Merck is seeking a senior leader for Business Unit Engagement who will partner with CEI to synchronize BU and CEI planning, investment, and measurement. As BUED, you will coordinate brand objectives with CEI OKRs, scale transformation initiatives, and sit on the Executive Director’s leadership team.

You will drive cross-functional planning cadences, track milestones, and ensure capability adoption across Marketing Ops, Field Enablement, and Digital/Data functions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in biopharma commercial (marketing, field, market access), and/or commercial operations functions.
• Proven ability to lead without direct authority over execution teams.
• Comfort navigating competing priorities across brand leadership and operating leads.
• Experience socializing new capabilities and processes into brand teams.
• Ability to prepare executive-level readouts for BU Leadership forums.

Responsibilities

• Chair cross-functional planning sessions and align brand priorities with CEI.
• Track milestones and results across CEI and plan cadences.
• Coordinate capability adoption with ST&C and Brand Activation Leads.
• Prepare brand teams for new capability introductions.
• Partner with BIL to align on priorities and resource use.

Skills

Brand strategy

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic planning

Go-to-market

Education

BA/BS

Masters preferred

Tools

CEI capabilities

Brand activation

Job description

Merck is seeking a senior leader for Business Unit Engagement who will partner with CEI to synchronize BU and CEI planning, investment, and measurement. As BUED, you will coordinate brand objectives with CEI OKRs, scale transformation initiatives, and sit on the Executive Director’s leadership team.

You will drive cross-functional planning cadences, track milestones, and ensure capability adoption across Marketing Ops, Field Enablement, and Digital/Data functions.