Remote: Associate Director, Oncology Therapy Ops & Integration

Merck; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 157,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck is seeking a Senior Operations Leader for the U.S. Oncology segment to design and optimize the end-to-end operational journey for the Intismeran treatment path.

You will align cross-functional teams, external partners, and internal IT resources to deliver scalable, reliable workflows across sites, labs, and distributors. The role requires 5+ years in pharma/biotech ops, strong process design skills, and the ability to lead initiatives in dynamic launch settings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required for the role.
• MBA or equivalent preferred for leadership track.

Responsibilities

• Design, govern, and continuously improve end-to-end treatment journey process architecture.
• Serve as commercial owner for treatment journey workflows and requirements.
• Drive process integration across the operational ecosystem, coordinating sites, labs, sequencing, manufacturing, logistics, distributors, and partners.
• Establish governance, escalation pathways, and issue resolution across vendors, manufacturing, logistics, sequencing, and sites.
• Partner with IT and Digital teams to optimize user experiences and platform capabilities.
• Lead continuous improvement to remove bottlenecks and improve efficiency and completion rates.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of workflows and business rules.

Skills

Adaptability

Business Process Creation

Campaign Management

Channel Management

Channel Partners

Commercial Operations Management

Customer Acquisition Strategy

Customer Insights

Customer Marketing

Data Analysis

Digital Marketing

Direct Marketing

Exploratory Analysis

External Partners

Market Development

Marketing Channels

Marketing Program Management

Market Research

Media Strategies

Operating Models

Operational Architecture

Operations Management

People Leadership

Performance Evaluation Management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (BA/BS)

MBA or equivalent preferred

Job description

Merck is seeking a Senior Operations Leader for the U.S. Oncology segment to design and optimize the end-to-end operational journey for the Intismeran treatment path.

You will align cross-functional teams, external partners, and internal IT resources to deliver scalable, reliable workflows across sites, labs, and distributors. The role requires 5+ years in pharma/biotech ops, strong process design skills, and the ability to lead initiatives in dynamic launch settings.