Data Product Manager, Director, Data Science

Key Skills

Apache Hadoop, C Programming, C++, Data science techniques, Java Programming, Machine learning techniques, MapReduce, Python Programming, PyTorch, R Programming, Scala Programming, SQL, TensorFlow

Job Description

Job Description

New hires in office-based roles in the US & Puerto Rico will be required, subject to applicable law, to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or qualify for a medical or religious exemption to this vaccination requirement that can be accommodated without an undue burden to the operation. However, subject to applicable law, employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as employees in health services, customer facing commercial, or research based roles, will be required to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment.

Attention NJ Applicants: In April 2020, our Company announced plans to consolidate our New Jersey campuses into a single New Jersey headquarters location in Rahway, NJ by 2023. Therefore, the NJ work location for this role will be temporarily based and the exact timing of the departmental move to Rahway, NJ will be communicated at a future date.

At our Company we are leveraging analytics and technology, as we invent for lifeon behalf of patients around the world. We are seeking those who have a passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, that will allow us to tackle some of the world’s greatest health threats.

Within our commercial Insights, Analytics, and Data organization we are transforming to better power decision-making across our end-to-end commercialization process, from business development to late lifecycle management. As we endeavor, we are seeking a dynamic talent for the role of Data Product Manager.

As a Data Product Manager, you will be working with a team of Data Product Owners and Stewards, assigned to different data and product domains within the organization. Teams will be working within therapeutic areas (Oncology, Pharma, Vaccine) and you will become a subject matter expert on data assets/products within the assigned domain and therapeutic area. You will have the opportunity to work with Data Product Owners on data products that span across therapeutic areas. Also, in this role, you will leverage strategic thinking, technical skills, creativity, and knowledge of Biopharmaceutical data landscapes to shape the product vision and strategy. You will partner with architecture, data science, and IT teams, as well as global and regional stakeholders to assess needs, develop the product strategy and roadmap. You will have the opportunity to deliver impactful capabilities that enable data-driven decision making across our Company's commercial division and realize value for commercial and marketing teams

Primary Responsibilities:

• Translate problems, needs, and opportunities into the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the data platform supporting the HHIAD organization, aligned with business strategy and objectives
• Conduct product stakeholder meetings and engage with senior leadership to continuously shape and evolve product vision, data pipeline, and roadmap
• Develop and leverage the in-depth knowledge of biopharma marketing/ commercial analytics domains, data landscapes, and industry trends
• Partner with stakeholders across HHIAD and the broader Human Health organization to implement robust refinement practices and customer feedback loops to ensure features and services delivered are aligned with business/ user needs
• Partner with various business strategy and execution teams, internal data stewards, and 3rd party vendors to further develop and scale the company’s data assets
• Work closely with Data Product Owners/Managers, Scrum Masters, and technical leads to optimize team setup, delivery model and resolve impediments to enable efficient and high-quality software development
• Oversee and support Data Product Owners within specific data domains and therapeutic areas and provide them with guidance and leadership to deliver high-quality data products. Also, be available to support Data Product Owners across domain and therapeutic areas
• Work independently under minimal guidance, ensuring alignment with management teams

Education:

• S. in Engineering or related field, such as Computer Science, Data Science, Business, etc.

Required Experience and Skills:

• 10+ years of relevant work experience, with demonstrated Data Manager and Product Ownership experience developing data and analytics capabilities in an Agile framework
• Knowledge of data engineering capabilities and data science lifecycle
• Relevant experience in Product Development Frameworks, System Development Life Cycle
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to quickly establish credibility and trust with a variety of stakeholders
• Leadership skills, with demonstrated ability to set direction and lead/manage teams

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Relevant work experience with managing large portfolios of data products across domains
• Understanding of Global Commercial and Marketing Analytics domains and data landscape
• Prior experience in the pharmaceutical industry
• Agile Certifications
• AWS Cloud Certifications

Our Human Health Division maintains a “patient first, profits later” 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 …

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, 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 …

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—and start making your impact today.