Senior Manager, Group Portfolio Execution

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany; Burlington (MA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off (PTO)

Retirement contributions

Other perquisites

Job summary

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany is seeking a Senior Manager, Group Portfolio Execution in Burlington, MA. You will drive post-deal integrations and carve-outs across our healthcare, life science, and electronics initiatives, coordinating with program leads and senior leaders.

You will build playbooks, governance frameworks, and KPI dashboards, while guiding cross-functional teams through complex transitions and ensuring timely, data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics or Finance.
• Minimum 4 years of experience with global, matrixed organizations.
• Minimum 4 years as a consultant coordinating different stakeholders and functions.
• Solid understanding of post-merger integrations and/or carve-outs.
• Knowledge of Life Science / Healthcare and/or Electronics industries.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational and agile working abilities.
• Ability to manage global stakeholders and senior leaders.
• Data-driven decision making and change management capability.

Responsibilities

• Drive post-deal execution for integrations and carve-outs across business sectors.
• Develop transaction plans with timelines, resources, and roadmaps.
• Lead workstreams and coordinate cross-functional teams.
• Establish governance with SteerCo cadence and escalation paths.
• Identify and resolve risks and issues; ensure timely resolution.
• Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Build relationships with senior leaders across units and functions.
• Translate lessons learned into improved execution playbooks.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performance team environment.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Change management

Strategic & operational balance

Education

Master's degree in Business Administration / Economics / Finance

Job description

Work Your Magic with us! Start your next chapter and join EMD Serono. Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.

Your Role

As Senior Manager, Group Portfolio Execution, you will drive post-deal execution for Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany’s strategic integrations and carve-outs across our three business sectors. Working closely with program leads, you'll own complex deal work while building expertise across both disciplines. Reporting to the Vice President, Head of Portfolio Execution, you will join a highly energetic, mission-driven team of experienced integration and carve-out experts.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of integration and carve-out strategies, including operating model considerations, aligned with business objectives.
• Contribute to comprehensive transaction plans covering timelines, resource allocation, and roadmaps to drive alignment and transparency across stakeholders.
• Lead selected workstreams and coordinate cross-functional activities, ensuring all teams remain aligned on priorities throughout post-deal execution.
• Establish governance frameworks, including decision-making responsibilities, escalation paths, mechanisms for collecting feedback, and cadence for SteerCo and team meetings.
• Proactively identify and resolve risks and issues, escalating where necessary to ensure timely resolution.
• Ensure compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements throughout the transaction lifecycle.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior leaders and key decision-makers across business units and functions to gather requirements, provide updates, and address concerns.
• Ensure the needs of the acquired or carved-out business are considered and effectively communicated to relevant stakeholders to secure timely decisions and actions.
• Track and report progress against established KPIs, maintaining transparency with senior management.
• Develop and maintain internal integration / carve-out execution playbooks with templates, tools, governance frameworks, and standardized KPIs to drive consistency across transactions.
• Capture lessons learned, benchmark against industry standards, and translate insights into continuous improvements to execution methodologies.
• Build organizational capability through training, coaching, and playbook walkthroughs for business unit and functional leaders.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance team environment.

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree, e.g., in Business Administration, Economics, Finance or related fields.
• Minimum 4 years of experience with global, matrixed organizations.
• Minimum 4 years of experience as a consultant or similar position, coordinating different stakeholders and functions.
• Solid understanding of operational post-merger integrations and / or carve-outs.
• Knowledge of the industries (Life Science / Healthcare and / or Electronics) in which the company operates – with curiosity about the technologies shaping the company’s future.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
• Good balance of strategic and operational strength.
• Exceptional organizational skills, with ability to work in an agile manner and change course as required; able to systematically work through ambiguity.
• Skilled at managing external and internal stakeholders – from working teams to senior management.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of business processes / operating models.
• Continuous learning orientation and ability to quickly acquire new skills and domain knowledge in evolving business contexts.
• Thriving in fast-paced, complex and high-pressure environments.
• Ability to work under pressure, showing resilience and adaptability.
• Proven ability to make sound, data-driven decisions with appropriate escalation where needed.
• Cross-culturally and politically savvy, with knowledge in change management.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA degree.
• Experience in post-merger integrations and / or carve-outs, particularly in chemistry industry, manufacturing environments, or healthcare is a plus.
• Multi-year experience in strategy, business development, portfolio management, investment banking, or related field.
• Financial literacy and experience in financial due diligence, valuation, and M&A lifecycle.
• Strong AI literacy – including critical thinking and hands‑on experience with AI tools, concepts and prompt engineering to accelerate project execution and knowledge management.

Location: Burlington, MA (3 days per week)

Travel: <10% travel; International and Domestic

Pay range for this position: $123,500.00 - $185,300,00

The offer range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base pay compensation for this position. The actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level of experience, education, skills, and other job‑related factors. Position may be eligible for sales or performance‑based bonuses.

• health insurance
• paid time off (PTO)
• retirement contributions
• other perquisites

What we offer

We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!