Merck · 1 day ago
Director, Payer Research and Analytics
USA - Pennsylvania - North Wales (Upper Gwynedd)
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$170K/yr - $267K/yr
8+ years expMerck is a leading pharmaceutical company seeking a Director for Payer Research and Analytics. This role involves developing integrated research plans to support market access strategies, providing actionable insights, and leading cross-functional teams in the respiratory market access environment.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical
No H1B
Responsibilities
Engage with respiratory market access leaders in the US market to understand their strategic business questions and develop primary and secondary research plans to provide key insights and recommendations
Be a thought leader and strategic partner for our business partners. Establish and manage close relationships with partners and stakeholders
The candidate should have the ability to lead agile working teams and pods, comprised of cross-functional stakeholder groups to solve Market Access questions to define, inform and enable access strategy
Work with respiratory market access leadership to prioritize the work that needs to be done considering the capacity availability within DHH
Travel may be required (<20%)
Qualification
Required
Undergraduate degree in related discipline required
Minimum of 8+ years of relevant delivery of complex market access projects in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry using market research and/or large patient or physician databases
Experience could be from a similar role at a pharmaceuticals firm or at a management consulting firm
Strong understanding the pharma landscape and commercial analytics capabilities (market research, forecasting, data driven analytics, advanced analytics)
Experience leading diverse groups of work colleagues and positively manage ambiguity
Ability to lead cross functional pods
Self-motivated, proactive, ability to work independently and collaborate seamlessly
Professional experience in market research, applied data science and analytics, familiarity with visualization, data story telling is required
Ability to understand business process and break down business questions into specific, tangible hypotheses and requirements to guide analysis
Excellent problem-solving skills with an appreciation for data oriented analytical methods
Ability to operate in an unstructured environment and have strong organizational skills to create structure and clarity
Excellent organizational skills, with ability to navigate a complex matrix environment and organize/prioritize work efficiently and effectively
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Preferred
MBA or Master's degree in Engineering, Public Health, Pharmacy, Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science preferred
Must have previous experience in Commercial analytics (market research, data analytics, business intelligence and/or forecasting)
The candidate should have experience building/leading successful, high performing cross functional teams
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
Retirement benefits, including 401(k)
Paid holidays
Vacation
Compassionate and sick days
Company
Merck
Merck is a biopharmaceutical company that offers medicines and vaccines for various diseases.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.59MKey Investors
Private Capital AdvisorsGavi, the Vaccine Alliance
2018-11-25Post Ipo Equity· $0.59M
2016-01-21Series Unknown· $5M
1980-12-19IPO
Leadership Team
Betty Larson
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Dean Li
Executive Vice President and President, Merck Research Laboratories
Recent News
2026-01-06
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