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MEMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA

Associate Director, Strategic Operations & Commercial Solutions(m/w/x)

Luzern
Full-timeOn-siteSenior
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Operationalizing access to medicines in low- and middle-income countries, managing VP priorities and executive briefings. 7+ years strategy and operations experience required. Hybrid work, focus on program management.

Requirements

  • 7+ years professional experience in strategy and operations
  • Experience in life sciences, healthcare, or technology preferred
  • Strategy-to-execution roles experience
  • Program management experience
  • New product launch experience
  • Commercial strategy experience in L&MIC markets
  • Experience supporting senior leaders
  • Chief of Staff-like responsibilities experience
  • Strategic planning capacity experience
  • Senior coordination capacity experience
  • Lead external partnership engagements
  • Align internal and external stakeholders
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Commercial opportunity assessments
  • Scenario analysis
  • Structured problem solving
  • Excellent written communication skills in English
  • Excellent verbal communication skills in English
  • Synthesize complex topics into executive-ready materials
  • High emotional intelligence
  • Political savvy
  • Discretion
  • Build relationships across levels and geographies
  • Comfortable working in ambiguity
  • Comfortable working in fast-evolving environments
  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • Build governance structures for new teams
  • Build performance dashboards for new teams
  • Build operating rhythms for new teams
  • Success launching products in frontier markets
  • Success launching products in high-growth markets
  • Success scaling partnerships in frontier markets
  • Success scaling partnerships in high-growth markets
  • Working knowledge of regulatory considerations in life sciences/healthcare
  • Working knowledge of commercial considerations in life sciences/healthcare
  • Flexibility to support meetings across time zones
  • Occasional travel to partner or market sites

Tasks

  • Manage VP’s priorities and prepare executive-ready briefings
  • Ensure follow-through on decisions and commitments
  • Plan and drive preparation for senior leader meetings
  • Create agendas, pre-reads, talking points, and action logs
  • Track and close follow-ups
  • Maintain forward-looking view of milestones, deadlines, and risks
  • Proactively surface issues and recommend actions
  • Represent VP in internal and external meetings
  • Escalate or make decisions as appropriate
  • Build and sustain team operating rhythms
  • Create and maintain meeting cadences, reporting templates, governance mechanisms
  • Improve team effectiveness by removing operational bottlenecks
  • Convert strategic intent into executable workplans
  • Recommend resource trade-offs to protect high-value work
  • Lead design and activation of commercial partnership models
  • Engage health systems, private-sector partners, NGOs, and financing bodies
  • Drive end-to-end project execution for new product launches
  • Scope, plan, and align cross-functional teams
  • Ensure launch readiness and conduct post-launch reviews
  • Negotiate and structure partnership agreements
  • Align incentives, clarify roles, and create pathways to scale
  • Build and maintain project tracking systems and KPIs
  • Provide real-time visibility into status, decisions, and risks
  • Conduct rigorous market and situational analyses
  • Synthesize commercial, epidemiological, financing, and competitive data
  • Prioritize opportunities and inform recommendations
  • Manage external partner relationships through project lifecycle
  • Maintain momentum, resolve escalations, and ensure alignment
  • Coach, mentor, and support team members
  • Identify capability gaps and shape hiring and onboarding
  • Coordinate cross-functional and cross-regional stakeholder engagement
  • Ensure organizational readiness and accountability
  • Serve as a thought partner on team strategy, reputation, and dynamics
  • Bring recommendations and options for key stakeholder conversations

Work Experience

  • 7 years

Education

  • Bachelor's degreeOR
  • Master's degree

Languages

  • English – Business Fluent

Benefits

Flexible Working

  • Hybrid work
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