Director, Digital Data & Process Analytics - Hybrid

Merck; Rahway (NJ); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Merck & Co., Rahway, NJ, seeks a Director, Digital Process & Data Analytics (DPDA) to lead the Operational Reporting & Insights function. The role shapes strategy, drives adoption of advanced reporting technologies, and develops talent across the organization.

The position requires setting standards for self-service analytics, owning the roadmap, and translating insights into portfolio priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Pharmacy, Nursing, Biological Sciences, or a health care–related discipline and minimum of 10 years experience in a relevant field with at least 3 years people management.
• Advanced Degree (Masters or Doctorate) in the same fields and minimum of 8 years experience in the relevant field with at least 3 years people management.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the clinical/operational reporting strategy across products, roles, and geographies; set standards and adoption plans for purpose built apps, self-service analytics, and other products.
• Lead the roadmap and governance for solution delivery—owning requirements, data readiness, development, testing, release, and maintenance—to ensure scalable, high value solutions with broad organizational adoption; aligns platform strategy with relevant cross functional partners.
• Establish mechanisms to surface portfolio level trends, risks, and opportunities; deliver executive ready narratives and visualizations that guide strategic decisions and resource allocation.
• Translate insights into portfolio level priorities and experiments; frame caveats and assumptions to align on acceptable risk and success criteria.
• Implement an intake and prioritization framework for ad hoc analytics aligned to strategic priorities; ensure timely, accurate responses and convert recurring asks into scalable self-service solutions.
• Direct the organization’s participation in industry benchmarking; synthesize insights into performance targets and investment decisions.

Skills

BI Reporting & Visualization

Data Literacy

Data Governance

SDLC & Product Dev

Executive Storytelling

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Statistics/Pharmacy/Biological Sciences or health care–related discipline

Advanced Degree (Masters/Doctorate) in relevant discipline

Tools

Qlik Sense

Power BI

ThoughtSpot

Tableau

Job description

Merck & Co., Rahway, NJ, seeks a Director, Digital Process & Data Analytics (DPDA) to lead the Operational Reporting & Insights function. The role shapes strategy, drives adoption of advanced reporting technologies, and develops talent across the organization.

The position requires setting standards for self-service analytics, owning the roadmap, and translating insights into portfolio priorities.