GMRA Team Leader Job Job in Whitehouse, New Jersey US

GMRA Team Leader Job

GMRA Team Leader-MAR004164 Description Merck is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and consumer health products, as well as animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company - one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us. Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of people like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork. As part of our global team, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career. Team Leader * Leads (effectively manages, coaches and mentors) a team of market researchers * Proactively communicates and facilitates discussion with Marketing/Commercial Teams to ensure that insights are considered in decision-making and planning; provides consultative guidance to Marketing/Commercial Team(s) * Understands marketing/ business needs at both a strategic and tactical level, encompassing local as well as global issues and cross portfolio issues. * Has a solid understanding of the customer area, relevant therapeutic areas, market research methods and their appropriate application, and varied data sources * Challenges business partners, your team and yourself about the business issues * Understand the broader issues with the US Market, across Customer Areas, across Merck entire portfolio and applies knowledge to that to the Customer Strategy business * Drive transformational changes and supports team during the transformation * Has ability to manage through ambiguity and to provide clarity to the team on how to manage through ambiguity Qualifications Education: * Required: Bachelor's degree * Preferred: Master's degree (MBA) Required: * Minimum 8 years work experience (especially in pharmaceutical industry, consumer package goods or in market research agency) * Minimum 4 years market research experience * Excellent command of written and spoken English * Knowledgeable of Brand Marketing - knowledgeable of multiple therapeutic areas, applies knowledge of the healthcare environment, leads strategic choices for brands/portfolio * Master of functional market research skills - frames business decisions, provides business insights, synthesizes findings and delivers a story * Innovative and strategic thinking * Strong analytical and statistical skills and able to create databases * Excellent communication skills * Strong leadership and negotiation skills * Comfort in collaborating with Senior Mgmt * Fosters collaboration, embraces and drives new ideas * Ability and comfort in leading in a complex and ambiguous environment of a global matrixed organization * 30% Travel is required for this position Preferred: * Extensive knowledge of hospital, neurology or ophthalmology market Our employees are the key to our company's success. We demonstrate our commitment to our employees by offering a competitive and valuable rewards program. Merck's benefits are designed to support the wide range of goals, needs and lifestyles of our employees, and many of the people that matter the most in their lives. merck.com/careers to create a profile and your resume for requisition # MAR004164. Merck is an equal opportunity employer, M/F/D/V - proudly embracing diversity in all of its manifestations. Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully: Merck is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Merck via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Merck. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Merck as a result of the referral or through other means. Primary Location: US-NJ-Whitehouse Station Other Locations: US-PA-Upper Gwynedd Employee Status: Regular Travel : Yes, 25% of the time Number of Openings: 1 *This job post was placed on PharmaDiversity Job Board with permission of this employer. If viewing this post anywhere else, the "apply" click should lead you to PharmaDiversity Job Board for authentic job post view with direct employer application. For application attention if web source is requested please use "PharmaDiversity" or "PharmaDiversity Job Board". Merck prefers that you apply to this job directly on their site