Director, Transformation Squad Lead

MSD; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 173,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. seeks a Director, Transformation Squad Lead to accelerate a healthcare transformation program in a hybrid role based in North Wales, PA.

You will shape a unified strategy, coach leaders, and drive end-to-end delivery across a portfolio of initiatives using agile methods and AI-enabled workflows. You will partner with senior teams to align priorities, manage change, and deliver measurable business impact while advancing enterprise capabilities and operating models for a more

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or higher in a related field.
• 10+ years of industry experience with transformation or strategic planning.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and matrixed organizations.
• Change management experience or professional certifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Associate Directors across transformation initiatives.
• Translate enterprise strategy into a coherent transformation roadmap with prioritized initiatives.
• Oversee pilot design, execution, and scaling into repeatable playbooks for enterprise adoption.
• Drive adoption, change integration, and measurable value realization across brands and units.
• Establish governance, tracking, and reporting for progress, risks, and value delivery.

Skills

Acquisitions Divestitures

Agile Leadership

Business Alignment

Cross-Functional Project Management

Executive Presence

Financial Analysis

Forecasting Models

Leading Project Teams

Matrix Management

Operating Models

Organizational Leadership

People Leadership

People Management

Risk Management

Stakeholder Management

Stakeholder Negotiations

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Job description

## Director, Transformation Squad LeadApply: Hybrid: USA - Pennsylvania - North Wales (Upper Gwynedd): Full time: Posted Today: End Date: October 20, 2026 (7 days left to apply): R419542**Job Description**This role is designed to accelerate our Human Health transformation as we work to create an AI-enabled, agile, and integrated commercial model. The Transformation, Director will lead a team responsible for shaping a future where strategy and execution operate as a unified system, transformation is delivered at scale with speed, and new capabilities such as AI and automation redefine how work is done. In this team leader role, the individual will provide direction, coaching, and prioritization across a portfolio of strategic initiatives while ensuring strong execution, talent development, and enterprise impact. As market dynamics continue to evolve and digital, data, and AI reshape how commercial organizations create value, HH is accelerating its focus on Commercial Model Innovation. This work centers on designing, scaling, and realizing the capabilities, ways of working, and integrated solutions that will enable a more agile, responsive, and growth-oriented future. **Key Responsibilities:** * Lead and manage a team of Associate Directors, providing direction, prioritization, and coaching to drive high performance and consistent delivery across transformation initiatives* Own a portfolio of transformation initiatives aligned to enterprise strategic priorities, ensuring end-to-end delivery from strategy through deployment and value realization* Translate enterprise strategy into a coherent transformation roadmap, aligning initiatives to business outcomes and sequencing for maximum impact* Oversee pilot design, execution, and scaling, ensuring insights are codified into repeatable playbooks for enterprise adoption* Ensure effective deployment of capabilities across brands and business units, driving adoption, change integration, and measurable value realization* Establish governance, tracking, and reporting to monitor progress, risks, and value delivery across the transformation portfolio* Partner with senior leaders across Marketing, Review, Data, Market Access, and Global teams to align on priorities, resolve trade-offs, and enable execution* Shape future-state operating models, including AI-enabled workflows, embedded compliance, and ecosystem-based delivery models* Drive evolution of roles, ways of working, and organizational capabilities to support future-state transformation* Act as a senior thought partner to executive stakeholders, framing decisions, risks, and trade-offs* Champion agile ways of working, fostering a test-and-learn culture that accelerates delivery speed and improves outcomes* Ensure integration across initiatives, avoiding fragmentation and driving a cohesive Strategy Realization approach. **Qualifications:** **Education Minimum Requirement:** * Bachelor’s Degree, required* Master’s Degree, preferred **Required Experience and Skills:** * Minimum of 10+ years of related Industry Experience* Minimum 5+ years Transformation or Strategic Planning Experience* Experience leading cross-functional teams and initiatives* Established People Manager with ability to lead a across a matrixed organization Demonstrable Change Management experience or a combination of professional certification(s)* Demonstrable experience executing comprehensive transformational change plans across a broad group of stakeholders/functions (HQ, field, COEs, strategic partners, executive sponsors, etc.) to work collaboratively and achieve success* Comfortable working in white space and managing multiple workstreams simultaneously* Experience working with external vendors to execute on transformational projects* Strong executive presence and communication skills* Strong understanding of compliance-related concepts and application in all job-related functions **Preferred Experience and Skills:** * Direct customer experience (i.e. Sales, Marketing)* Established business owner (i.e. P&L, Financial trade-offs)* Knowledgeable in systems thinking, design thinking and organizational behavior* Experience with digital, AI, or data-driven transformation preferred**Required Skills:**Acquisitions Divestitures, Acquisitions Divestitures, Agile Leadership, Business Alignment, Competency Management, Cross-Functional Project Management, Employee Performance Evaluations, Environmental Scanning, Executive Presence, Feasibility Studies, Financial Analysis, Forecasting Models, Growth Mindset, Leading Project Teams, Matrix Management, Operating Models, Operations Analysis, Organizational Leadership, People Leadership, People Management, Project Management Leadership, Resource Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Stakeholder Negotiations {+ 8 more}**Preferred Skills:**Current Employees apply HERECurrent Contingent Workers apply HERE**US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:**Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:EEOC Know Your RightsEEOC GINA SupplementWe are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.Learn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts The primary location for this posting is:USA - Pennsylvania - North Wales (Upper Gwynedd) Where required by law, the compensation range for this role is provided below. The salary range for the primary location of this role is:$173,200.00 - $272,600.00 This range reflects the Company's reasonable expectation of the base salary applicable to this role at the time of 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. 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. **Additional location(s):** Please note the salary range above applies to the Primary Location of the position. Where a role has other listed locations, different compensation guidelines may apply. You may find the salary ranges for additional locations below. If the salary range is not listed for the location you are applying to, our Talent Acquisition team will provide further information to you relevant to your location. **Additional location(s) Compensation Information:****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 Please Read Carefully** 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:**Regular**Relocation:**No relocation**VISA Sponsorship:**No**Travel Requirements:**10%**Flexible Work Arrangements:**Hybrid**Shift:**Not Indicated**Valid Driving License:**No**Hazardous Material(s):**n/a**Job Posting End Date:**10/20/2026**\\*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.**Our company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where we have codified our legacy for over a century. Our success is backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.