Platform Strategy & Launch Enablement Program Lead

Merck & Co.; East Hanover (NJ); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck & Co. in East Hanover, NJ seeks a Program Manager to coordinate platform strategy and launch enablement for high-priority product launches. The role integrates technology and data efforts across CRM, analytics, and reporting to align with business timelines.

The successful candidate will connect initiatives across teams, identify dependencies and risks, and provide leadership with visibility into progress, readiness, and strategic investments for scalable commercial platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years of experience in program management, PMO, business operations, platform operations, or related roles.
• Experience coordinating complex technology and data initiatives across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to manage integrated plans, milestones, dependencies, and risks.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to influence and drive alignment in a matrixed environment.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead program management activities across technology and data initiatives supporting designated launch brands.
• Maintain integrated plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and key decisions across participating teams.
• Coordinate activities across CRM, data, analytics, reporting, and platform workstreams.
• Monitor progress against delivery commitments and proactively identify risks to launch timelines.
• Facilitate cross-functional planning, status reviews, and readiness discussions.
• Track delivery of launch-critical technology and data capabilities.
• Coordinate readiness activities across participating teams.
• Maintain visibility into capability readiness, deployment plans, and key launch milestones.
• Identify and upscale issues that may impact launch support capabilities.
• Help ensure technology and data teams are aligned around launch objectives and critical delivery dates.
• Prepare executive dashboards, status reports, presentations, and leadership updates.
• Consolidate workstream updates into a single integrated view of progress and readiness.
• Facilitate governance forums and leadership reviews.

Skills

Program management

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Organizational skills

Analytical problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Merck & Co. in East Hanover, NJ seeks a Program Manager to coordinate platform strategy and launch enablement for high-priority product launches. The role integrates technology and data efforts across CRM, analytics, and reporting to align with business timelines.

The successful candidate will connect initiatives across teams, identify dependencies and risks, and provide leadership with visibility into progress, readiness, and strategic investments for scalable commercial platforms.