Director, US Vaccine Market Insights & Analytics

MSD Malaysia; North Wales (Montgomery County); Hybrid; USD 173,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Vacation

Job summary

Merck & Co. in Rahway, NJ / Upper Gwynedd, PA seeks a Director – US Market Engagement for Vaccines & Infectious Diseases to lead data-driven insights that drive brand growth.

You will manage a team of data scientists and analytics professionals, partnering with marketing leadership to translate complex questions into actionable analytics and storytelling. The role requires AI fluency, strong communication, and experience with healthcare data.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of analytics or data science experience in pharma/biotech/healthcare; vaccines experience preferred.
• Proven track record applying AI, ML, NLP to solve commercial business problems.
• Proficiency in Python, R, SAS, SQL for data extraction and model development.
• Strong experience with patient-level and healthcare data (claims, EMR/EHR, CDC, IQVIA).

Responsibilities

• Serve as analytics partner to vaccines marketing, aligning analyses to priorities.
• Translate questions into well-defined analytical use cases.
• Analyze multiple data sources to generate actionable insights.
• Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to deliver solutions.
• Synthesize findings into stories and visualizations for leadership.

Skills

Analytics leadership

Python

R

SQL

SAS

AI/ML

NLP

Data storytelling

Stakeholder management

Project management

Education

BS in Data Science / related field

MBA / MS / PhD preferred

Tools

Python

R Studio

SAS

SQL

Job description

Merck & Co. in Rahway, NJ / Upper Gwynedd, PA seeks a Director – US Market Engagement for Vaccines & Infectious Diseases to lead data-driven insights that drive brand growth.

You will manage a team of data scientists and analytics professionals, partnering with marketing leadership to translate complex questions into actionable analytics and storytelling. The role requires AI fluency, strong communication, and experience with healthcare data.