Oncology Therapy Operations & Process Integration Lead

Merck; Trenton (NJ); On-site; USD 157,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck in the United States is seeking a senior operations leader to design, govern, and optimize the end-to-end Intisimeran treatment journey. You will align cross-functional teams across sites, laboratories, and manufacturers to deliver a scalable operating model for a potential U.S. launch.

The role emphasizes governance, stakeholder management, and continuous improvement to ensure seamless therapy delivery and future scalability within a dynamic launch environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare industries.
• Experience designing and optimizing complex cross-functional operating models that coordinate across internal functions and external partners.
• Experience developing process architectures, workflow designs, governance frameworks, escalation pathways, and operational controls.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence cross-functional stakeholders and external partner organizations.
• Strong process improvement and problem-solving capabilities with ability to identify bottlenecks and implement corrective actions.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, balance competing priorities, and drive execution in dynamic launch or transformation environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, govern, and continuously improve the end-to-end treatment journey process architecture across workflows, stakeholders, handoffs, controls, and governance.
• Serve as the commercial business owner for treatment journey workflows and operational requirements.
• Drive process integration across the operational ecosystem, coordinating treatment sites, laboratories, sequencing providers, manufacturing partners, and distributors.
• Establish governance, escalation pathways, and issue resolution processes across the ecosystem.
• Collaborate with Treatment Site Strategy, Operations, IT to optimize site experiences and digital solutions.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives, identify bottlenecks, conduct root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with Digital and IT to evolve orchestration platform capabilities.

Skills

Process design

Cross-functional collaboration

Governance & escalation

Stakeholder management

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (BA/BS)

MBA or equivalent preferred

Job description

Merck in the United States is seeking a senior operations leader to design, govern, and optimize the end-to-end Intisimeran treatment journey. You will align cross-functional teams across sites, laboratories, and manufacturers to deliver a scalable operating model for a potential U.S. launch.

The role emphasizes governance, stakeholder management, and continuous improvement to ensure seamless therapy delivery and future scalability within a dynamic launch environment.