Associate Director, Technology Partnership
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Associate Director Technology Partnership
Position Overview:
Reporting directly to Asia Pacific Human Health (HH) IT Lead and accountable to India Leadership Team you will ensure that technology digital & data solutions and services meet the strategic and operational goals of India HH activities. As the IT leader you will closely partner with senior market leadership to shape and influence local business strategy and develop/maintain an enabling IT execution plan including technology analytics and digital capabilities aligning with enterprise IT strategies and product roadmaps. Performance and achievement would be measured by business outcomes and impact.
What will you do:
As The IT India Leader you will drive the realization of technology value through:
A deep understanding of the business strategy with strong business acumen
Continuous translation into a corresponding integrated technology and DDA strategy.
Identification implementation and realization of appropriate and rightsized technology and data solutions for the local market using standard capabilities as priorities or implement solutions with enterprise value view.
Demonstrate and drive an enterprise mindset including maximized IT investment value realization through an optimized leveraging of technology standards and guardrails as defined by the IT value teams.
This leader will develop and manage the IT portfolio tied to and based on a continuous measurement of the business realization goals.
You will closely collaborate with regional capability leads and value team organizations to drive a global education of the market business dynamics and needs along with articulation of the optimal capability evolution in support of business strategy. You will model the One IT behavior and work closely with all partner IT organizations to meet both the business needs of the local market as well as enterprise standards. You will manage country IT teams and partner closely with regional market squad teams for in market deliveries as well as influencing priorities for Application Management IT Risk Management and Security and Infrastructure representatives (dotted line reports).
You will assure full and continuous compliancy with regulatory and company requirements.
Key Responsibilities Result Areas & Tasks
Provides facilitation for design and implementation of strategic aligned and compliant digital solutions to support business strategy
Supports and contributes to the business leadership vision strategy and policy for building a highperformance engagement model with business partners
Enforces value realization activities are followed with prioritization of initiatives that maximize investment to achieve business outcomes
Communicates IT strategy and portfolio to key business stakeholder and facilitate buyin across key stakeholders including all digital innovation initiatives
Builds a strong network within the divisional ITs and IT Technology center for sharing expertise and to the enterprise digital strategy
Acts as a credible change agent to align the IT portfolio and roadmaps with the overall business strategy
Brings together the right stakeholders to ensure compliance and sustainability of IT solutions
Position is the leading role in the realization of value through understanding of applicable business processes followed by identification implementation and realization of appropriate and rightsized IT solutions for the local market.
What you should have
Bachelors degree in Information Technology Engineering Science or Business is required
A demonstrated track record of success as a technology leader (minimum 510y experience) working with business leadership teams in pharmaceutical or other technology advanced industry with focus on driving technology and data strategy in a commercial environment. Demonstrated ability to prioritize align and simplify.
The candidate should understand gotomarket and customer engagement strategies and have a working experience of Agile methodologies (Agile marketing preferred)
Good understanding of the role of data and analytics in current business strategy along with understanding of key enabling data & analytics technologies.
Knowledge/experience of technology development and deployment of innovative solutions in any business domain from conceptualization through delivery. Knowledge/experience in Systems Development Life Cycles
The candidate must possess exceptionally welldeveloped interpersonal skills. Communication skills will be critical to this leaders ability to interact relationship negotiate and effectively influence the local leaders.
Demonstrated people leadership skills team building as well as skills that emphasize collaboration in a highly matrixed organization.
The ability to manage crossdivisional projects coordinate projects and services across boundaries and build effective crossfunctional teams is essential.
A team player who places great emphasis on collective achievement within her/his team.
Ability to thinking crossdivisionally and working across boundariesStrong personal and professional ethical values impeccable integrity and the energy level required to meet the demands of the position.
Who we are:
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 worlds 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 usand start making your impact today.
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Employee Status:
RegularRelocation:
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Travel Requirements:
Flexible Work Arrangements:
HybridShift:
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Required Skills:
Benefits Management Business Analysis Business Process Improvements Governance Management Program Management Stakeholder Relationship Management Strategic Planning Workforce PlanningPreferred Skills:
Job Posting End Date:
05/26/2025*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFOREthe listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
