Job Description

Senior Specialist, Market Research

Our Marketing teams are passionate about bringing our medicines and vaccines to our customers around the world. Through digital listening and patient analytics, we can understand our customers\xe2\x80\x99 needs and strive to provide solutions to meet them.

In alignment with our company strategy to leverage Digital, Data, and Analytics Human Health has launched the HH Digital, Data and Analytics (HHDDA) organization, in support of its aspiration to become the premier data-first commercial biopharma organization by 2023. This central organization is focused on the application of data, analytics, and insights across the end-to-end commercialization process, to drive data-driven decision making, on behalf of our patients and customers.

As HHDDA continues its transformation, to bring premier capabilities to Human Health, we are seeking a dynamic talent for the role of Senior Specialist, Market Research.

As a strategic partner to the business, the Senior Specialist, Market Research, is responsible for understanding business challenges and managing market research to guide commercial decisions. This position will be responsible for a broad range of research activities, supporting the assigned therapeutic or business area for US & Global markets. This individual is expected to be collaborative and a strong team player, interacting with multiple internal and external groups, to influence decision-making for the teams they support, while working closely with their Team Leader. This role requires understanding of primary market research methodologies, syndicated reports and secondary data that can be leveraged for actionable recommendations.

A successful Senior Specialist will have demonstrated an ability to work independently in a rapidly changing environment, while exhibiting a transformational mindset, managing competing priorities, and demonstrating resilience to effectively produce results.

Primary activities include but are not limited to the following:

In collaboration with the Team Leader, the Senior Specialists will manage all aspects of primary market research including:

• Framing business questions to support team strategy.
• Developing research/analysis plans.
• Drafting requests for proposals and articulation of the hypotheses to be tested.
• Selecting appropriate agency partners.
• Managing the research process to deliver an objective understanding of customers, competitors, products and market developments.
• Adhering to compliance requirements.
• Managing budgets and modifies plans/budgets as changing business needs warrant.

Education Minimum Requirement:

• Required: BA/BS
• Preferred: MBA/MS

Required Experience and Skills**:

• A total of 3 years of relevant work experience in functions including sales, marketing, marketing/sales support, analytics, or business analytics/finance.
• Well-developed analytical skills, strong problem-solving and demonstrated ability to think strategically and objectively.
• Can apply market research methods and models, is conversant with basic research techniques.
• Orientation toward collaboration/teamwork, ability to lead teams in execution of market research, interest in ongoing learning.
• Ability to work independently, communicate effectively and a strong desire to lead change.
• Must have a valid driver\xe2\x80\x99s license as travel between sites is expected.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Knowledge of Pharmaceutical Industry
• Knowledge of the US Healthcare Environment
• Experience in a large multi-national corporation

Our Human Health Division maintains a \xe2\x80\x9cpatient first, profits later\xe2\x80\x9d ideology. The organization is comprised of sales, marketing, market access, digital analytics and commercial professionals who are passionate about their role in bringing our medicines to our customers worldwide.

Who we are \xe2\x80\xa6

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world\'s most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for \xe2\x80\xa6

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us\xe2\x80\x94and start making your impact today.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another\xe2\x80\x99s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

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