Associate Director, Technical Product Manager for Cross-Divisional Marketplace Program

$135,500 - $213,400/Yr

Merck KGaA Darmstadt Germany - West Point, PA

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite - West Point, PA

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Associate Director - Technical Product Manager for the Cross-Divisional Marketplace Program will lead enterprise-wide data marketplace initiatives within a global pharmaceutical organization. This role focuses on driving the design and implementation of innovative data solutions, ensuring alignment with user needs and strategic objectives. The position requires collaboration with diverse stakeholders and managing high-impact teams to capture value realization from data marketplace technology.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact for cross-divisional stakeholders, representing product capabilities, strategy, and vision.
• Serve as the 'voice of the customer' for the Cross-Divisional Marketplace Program, ensuring alignment with user needs.
• Develop and refine product strategies, ensuring alignment with divisional and enterprise objectives.
• Drive initiatives from concept through implementation, focusing on value realization for data marketplace technology.
• Conduct and lead workshops with business and technology stakeholders to gather insights and define product roadmaps.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate AI and cloud technologies into marketplace products.
• Work closely with architects, data scientists, and divisional IT teams to align data and analytics strategies.
• Monitor industry trends to identify opportunities for innovative capabilities in the marketplace ecosystem.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to measure, document, and report on the value generated by data products.
• Represent CDNA technologies in strategy forums with divisional stakeholders.

Requirements

• 8 years in product management with a focus on enterprise data, analytics, or cloud platforms, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Proven ability to design, implement, and manage AI or cloud technologies at scale.
• Experience leading workshops and managing stakeholder engagement.
• Cross-domain experience within pharmaceutical sectors, including commercial, manufacturing, and compliance functions.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of data governance frameworks, data mesh, and self-service analytics.
• Familiarity with marketplace technologies, including data sharing, MDM, and data fabric.
• Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS or Azure) and familiarity with advanced analytics tools such as Databricks, Collibra, and QlikView.

Benefits

• Bonus eligibility
• Long term incentive if applicable
• Health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
• Retirement benefits
• Paid holidays
• Vacation
• Sick days