Senior Director, Specialty Pharmacy Data Strategy

Merck & Co.; Upper Gwynedd Township (Montgomery County); Hybrid; USD 157,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck & Co. in Rahway, USA, seeks an Associate Director, Specialty Pharmacy Data Strategy, Contracting & Enablement to lead strategy, acquisition, contracting, and enablement of patient-level data assets for commercial operations, reporting, analytics, and decision-making.

This role partners with Sourcing/Contracting, Legal, Privacy, and Compliance to embed data requirements and delivery expectations into agreements, ensuring data quality and governance across SP programs.

Qualifications

• BA/BS with 10+ years, or MBA/MS with 7+ years in pharma/biotech data or related fields.
• Deep understanding of SP data ecosystem and related data assets.
• Experience translating business needs into data requirements and contractual deliverables.
• Experience developing and managing data agreements with external data partners.
• Cross-functional collaboration across Sourcing, Legal, Privacy, Compliance, Analytics, and Tech.

Responsibilities

• Define SP data strategy and roadmap, identifying data to support patient journeys, operations, reporting, and KPIs.
• Lead SP data contracting, translating needs into data requirements, data elements, rules, file specs, and SLAs.
• Partner with Legal, Privacy, Compliance to embed data requirements and rights into agreements, renewals, and amendments.
• Establish traceability from business needs to data delivery reporting and analytics, ensuring data fit for purpose.
• Oversee data aggregator engagements, including licensing, usage rights, SLAs, and vendor governance.
• Lead or support FMV evaluations for data and related services.

Skills

Advanced analytics

Business analysis

Data quality

HIPAA compliance

Stakeholder management

Sourcing & procurement

Education

BA/BS

MBA/MS

Tools

Databricks

SQL

Redshift

Job description

Merck & Co. in Rahway, USA, seeks an Associate Director, Specialty Pharmacy Data Strategy, Contracting & Enablement to lead strategy, acquisition, contracting, and enablement of patient-level data assets for commercial operations, reporting, analytics, and decision-making.

This role partners with Sourcing/Contracting, Legal, Privacy, and Compliance to embed data requirements and delivery expectations into agreements, ensuring data quality and governance across SP programs.