Commercial Rotation Specialist, Marketing

Job Description

Role Overview 

Join our US Animal Health Commercial organization through an immersive, three-year rotational program designed to accelerate your career trajectory. You will complete three distinct one-year assignments across critical commercial functions—such as Marketing, Sales, and Business Operations—to gain broad exposure and critical experiences for career progression. This program is central to building our future leadership pipeline, broadening your internal network, and providing comprehensive cross-functional experiences early in your career. 

Responsibilities 

• Rotation execution: Actively engage in and successfully complete three 12-month assignments across the Commercial organization (e.g., Marketing, Sales, Business Operations) 

• Strategic contribution: Drive high-impact projects from conception to completion within each rotation, delivering measurable business results for the Animal Health division 

• Cross-functional collaboration: Partner closely with diverse teams to align commercial goals and understand how distinct functions interact to drive our overall mission 

• Network building: Actively engage with executive sponsors, mentors, managers, and program peers to cultivate a strong internal network across the enterprise 

• Continuous learning: Quickly adapt to new functions, teams, and business units every 12 months, applying learnings from previous rotations to new challenges 

• Performance and accountability: Meet or exceed specific performance objectives, KPIs, and project milestones defined for each unique rotational assignment  

Education 

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, Animal Science, Life Sciences, or a related discipline  

Experience 

Required 

• Demonstrated leadership through internships, academic projects, or extracurricular activities 

• Adaptability: High degree of flexibility and willingness to potentially relocate or travel as required by specific rotation assignments 

• Analytical skills: Comfort with data-driven decision making, basic project management, and performance analytics 

• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to present ideas and project results effectively to various stakeholders 

• Highly adaptable with a growth mindset and strong intellectual curiosity 

• Strategic thinker with hands-on execution capability 

• Results-oriented with a bias for action and accountability 

• Collaborative, team-first mindset 

• High integrity and commitment to compliance 

Preferred 

• Prior exposure to the pharmaceutical, healthcare, or animal health industry is a strong advantage 

Required Skills:

Brand Management, Brand Management, Business Administration, Business Management, Business Operations, Creative Campaign Development, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Data Analysis, Digital Marketing, Ecology, Healthcare Marketing, Interdepartmental Coordination, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Interpersonal Relationships, Market Analysis, Marketing, Marketing Management, Marketing Strategy Implementation, Market Research, Multidisciplinary Collaboration, Product Development, Product Management, Project Management, Project Planning, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) {+ 2 more}

Preferred Skills:

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The salary range for this role is

$87,300.00 - $137,400.00

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits.  Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.

You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.

San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

N/A

Job Posting End Date:

08/18/2026

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