Job Description
Subject to applicable law, all prospective hires will be required to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or intend to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by November 1, 2021, or qualify for a medical or religious accommodation to this vaccination requirement. Hired candidates who are not vaccinated by November 1, 2021, and who have not been approved for a legally-required medical or religious accommodation will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment, in accordance with applicable law.
Our IT team operates as a business partner proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver the services and solutions that help everyone to be more productive and enable innovation.
Human Health IT (HHIT) is on a journey to transform our technology, ecosystem, culture and support how we engage our customers and patients.
We are shifting from projects and large programs to products and agile delivery teams. We have 3 primary goals in this transformation:
Increase commercial efficiency by complementing and augmenting impact of promotional activities and field forces thru digital capabilities.
Increase customer engagement by delivering data-driven experiences that are relevant, personalized and intuitive.
Build highly flexible, rapid and scaled agile teams who can pivot on priorities and customer needs.
The Digital Marketing & Content Strategy team plays a key role in defining and promoting foundational capabilities that enable our company to
effectively engage with our customers through the creation, management, and distribution of promotional material.
We are looking for an experienced product owner who will manage value delivery of content management capabilities through product increments.
Help define requirements, set technical direction and understand potential constraints in order to drive the way features are implemented
efficiently and collaborate with the product team to meet business needs and outcomes.
As the Product Owner of our Content management capabilities, you will:
Partner with our business to define the vision, strategy and objectives for our content management capabilities.
Execute on the product vision and roadmap; work with stakeholders and manage expectations so that you meet the business needs.
Drive the outcomes and benefits realization of the content management capabilities.
Align the capability roadmap towards yearly business objectives and multi-year strategies.
Develop broad knowledge about current and future product features and vendor roadmaps.
Identify potential opportunities to provide a seamless user experience.
Materialize business requirements into an actual working product that fulfills business needs and enables users.
Close the product learning loop by actively gathering customer feedback, usage, and needs and adding them to a prioritized product backlog so
that the product/platform delivers the highest business value possible.
Ensure features and user stories are properly vetted, prepared, executed, and delivered.
Plan and manage product-market engagement, rollout, and adoption strategies.
Work with the team in required agile ceremonies.
Manage cross-project escalations, issues, risks, and dependencies.
Manage project budget, schedule, reports, and product KPI's and adoption metrics.
Contribute to the transformation of project-centric culture into product-oriented.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology or related field.
Qualifications:
3+ years of working exp with:
- Product road-mapping, backlog and lifecycle.
- Product Increment cycles.
- Product strategy, market research and marketing.
- Business modeling & financials.

• Experience from working in agile environment - understanding of MVP and build measure learn concept and principles.
• Ability to balance business and user needs while taking into account technical limitations.
• Deep understanding of value driven development of solutions and services.
• Proven record of delivering highly adopted and successful global solutions.
• Ability to operate in a multi-faceted role often consisting of elements of Solution Architecture, Product Management, Business Analysis and

stakeholder management.

• Able to easily adapt to change and effectively manage priorities.
• Excellent business and technical acumen in marketing, content tagging, data analytics, insights, and digital asset management.

Preferred Skills:
3+ years of experience in digital marketing or 3+ years of experience with Veeva Vault, SFMC (Sales Force Marketing Cloud), Social Media Platforms
and digital asset management solutions.
Proven success in delivering and supporting user facing products, services and integrations.
Strong analytical thinker and problem solving skills.
Proven team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
Ample Agile (Scrum) experience, other methodologies and practices a plus.
Familiarity with laws, rules and regulations applicable to Pharma industry is desirable.
Superior written, listening, communication and influencing skills.
Experience to advocating new ideas and technology.
Our Support Functions deliver services and make recommendations about ways to enhance our workplace and the culture of our organization. Our Support Functions include HR, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Procurement, Administration, Facilities and Security.
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.
NOTICE FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS
In accordance with Managers' Policy - Job Posting and Employee Placement, all employees subject to this policy are required to have a minimum of twelve (12) months of service in current position prior to applying for open positions.
If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.
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Employee Status:
Regular
Relocation:
No relocation
VISA Sponsorship:
No
Travel Requirements:
10%
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Telecommuting
Shift:
Valid Driving License:
Hazardous Material(s):
Number of Openings:
1