Hybrid Marketing Strategy & PM Co-op

Merck; Rahway (NJ); Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 111,000; Part time

Job summary

Merck’s Future Talent Program offers a 4-6 month Co-op in our Animal Health Division, aligning marketing strategy with cross-functional project management. You’ll lead key initiatives impacting companion animal or livestock portfolios and collaborate with marketing directors to complete departmental tasks.

The role emphasizes hands-on experience in strategic marketing, campaign execution, and market research within a collaborative, matrixed environment.

Qualifications

• Project Management Proficiency: Strong organizational skills to handle multiple moving parts.
• Analytical Capabilities: Strong working knowledge of Excel (data manipulation, basic pivot tables) and PowerPoint for drafting high-level strategic decks.
• Collaborative Mindset: Ability to operate effectively within complex matrix organizations, communicate across levels of leadership.
• Industry Interest: A genuine interest in veterinary medicine, companion animal health, livestock production, or overall animal well-being is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Marketing Strategy & Execution
• Campaign Operational Support: Assist in the end-to-end execution of product launch strategies, seasonal promotional campaigns, and brand awareness programs.
• Market Intelligence & Competitive Research: Gather and synthesize competitor commercial data, pricing models, and market trend reports to identify strategic whitespace for our products. Support market research and outcomes research projects.
• Customer Insights: Support customer segmentation analysis and survey management to gather feedback from veterinarians, pet owners, or producers. Create or enhance legacy data models to drive strategic decision making.
• Cross-Functional Project Management
• Project Tracking & Timeline Management: Serve as the central PM lead for marketing workstreams; maintain detailed project plans, tracking sheets, milestones, and deliverables. Develop and launch new project management tools, templates, and support in-flight projects with tracking and reporting.
• Meeting Facilitation: Help coordinate, schedule, and document multi-departmental alignment syncs; distribute clear action items to project team members.
• Vendor & Agency Management: Assist in managing deliverables and timelines with external creative and production agencies.

Skills

Project management

Analytical capabilities

Collaborative mindset

Industry interest

Education

Undergraduate (Junior or Senior) or Graduate Student (MBA, MS, or Master’s in a related field)

Job description

Merck’s Future Talent Program offers a 4-6 month Co-op in our Animal Health Division, aligning marketing strategy with cross-functional project management. You’ll lead key initiatives impacting companion animal or livestock portfolios and collaborate with marketing directors to complete departmental tasks.

The role emphasizes hands-on experience in strategic marketing, campaign execution, and market research within a collaborative, matrixed environment.