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Our Oncology and Commercial Engagement and Innovation teams are dedicated to delivering breakthrough innovations that extend and improve the lives of cancer patients worldwide. Our team of forward-thinking colleagues achieve this through an unwavering investment to support accessibility to medicine, providing new therapeutic solutions, and collaborating with governments and payers to ensure that people who need medicines have access to them. Our focus is on innovation and launch execution excellence; we translate breakthrough science into innovative medicines that help people with cancer across the globe.
The Associate Director, Delivery Excellence Partner supports Customer Agile Team(s) and/or Agile Digital Team(s) in their effort to develop and execute digital/omnichannel strategies across our portfolio of brands to drive greater customer experience, innovation, and business value. This role serves as a future-fit delivery and change-enablement capability for brand and business teams. The role brings together agile optimization, planning excellence, execution orchestration, change enablement, and team performance support.
The Delivery Excellence Partner is an embedded agile coach, strategic partner and change leader who drives execution impact today while building team readiness for the future. Partners with marketing teams to drive “bottoms-up” capability and transformation deployment and sharpen planning, prioritization and teaming through agile principles. This team member will lead adoption of operating model changes so every team member has the mindset, skillset and toolset to thrive in the future state.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive team-level planning and delivery outcomes through agile practices (backlog prioritization, release planning, OKR coaching, and TBR accountability) connecting day-to-day execution to broader team goals
- Lead day-to-day transformation pull-through at the team level, coaching teams through operating model changes and tailoring interventions to accelerate adoption across business and CEI functions
- Embed new capabilities into the team’s workflow and champion marketer upskilling to build the mindset, skillset and toolset each team member needs to thrive in the future operating model
- Monitor team-level adoption metrics with the transformation team, translating signals into actionable insights that inform coaching priorities and risk mitigation
- Coordinate cross-squad dependencies and track transformation adoption at the team level, proactively managing sequencing, hand-offs, and risks across the governance model
The Delivery Excellence Partner (DEP) will collaborate closely with Delivery Excellence Chapter Leads, Transformation Leads, Business Activation Leads, Marketing Product Owners (MPOs), Architects, and CDLs to drive delivery excellence, enable capability adoption, manage change, and support successful business outcomes.
EDUCATION MINIMUM REQUIREMENT:
- Bachelor's Degree required
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum of 5+ years of experience in agile delivery or transformation execution roles, ideally with exposure to marketing, brand, or commercial environments.
- Minimum of 5 years of Commercial sales, promotions or marketing experience.
- Demonstrated experience embedding in cross-functional squads and facilitating teams through delivery against outcome-based goals.
- Strong change orientation with hands-on understanding of how transformation lands at the team level and effective coaching through new ways of working.
- Must have the ability to interpret delivery metrics and team-health signals, and translating them into actionable coaching and escalation priorities.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to build trusted partnerships across marketing, transformation, and change stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to build team capability over time—not just deliver today’s work, but develop the practices and habits that sustain performance
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:
- Scrum certified and/or experience in a Scrum Master or Agile methodology (i.e., understanding of scrum principles, practices, and theory)
- Strong understanding or experience with change management
- Experience leading a large field or HQ change initiative
- Project Management experience and/or certifications
- Strong understanding of the end-to-end marketing process
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and support others through mentoring
- Understanding of compliance concepts and application
POSITION LOCATION: This role has a Hybrid working arrangement, with 3 days per week in the Upper Gwynedd office.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
Building Trust, Business Process Improvements, Business Transformation, Change Management, Customer-Focused, Delivery Management, Marketing Management, Marketing Operations, Marketing Strategy Implementation, Oncology Marketing
PREFERRED SKILLS:
Current Employees apply HERE
Current Contingent Workers apply HERE
US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:
Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.
As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:
EEOC Know Your Rights
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We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.
Learn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts
LOCATION
The primary location for this posting is:
USA - Pennsylvania - North Wales (Upper Gwynedd)
Where required by law, the compensation range for this role is provided below.
COMPENSATION
- The salary range for the primary location of this role is:
$142,400.00 - $224,100.00
This range reflects the Company's reasonable expectation of the base salary applicable to this role at the time of 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.
ADDITIONAL LOCATION(S): Please note the salary range above applies to the Primary Location of the position. Where a role has other listed locations, different compensation guidelines may apply. You may find the salary ranges for additional locations below. If the salary range is not listed for the location you are applying to, our Talent Acquisition team will provide further information to you relevant to your location.
ADDITIONAL LOCATION(S) COMPENSATION INFORMATION:
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
Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.
EMPLOYEE STATUS:
Regular
RELOCATION:
VISA SPONSORSHIP:
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:
FLEXIBLE WORK ARRANGEMENTS:
Hybrid
SHIFT:
VALID DRIVING LICENSE:
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL(S):
JOB POSTING END DATE:
11/24/2026*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
REQUISITION ID: R419450
INTRODUCTION
Our Oncology and Commercial Engagement and Innovation teams are dedicated to delivering breakthrough innovations that extend and improve the lives of cancer patients worldwide. Our team of forward-thinking colleagues achieve this through an unwavering investment to support accessibility to medicine, providing new therapeutic solutions, and collaborating with governments and payers to ensure that people who need medicines have access to them. Our focus is on innovation and launch execution excellence; we translate breakthrough science into innovative medicines that help people with cancer across the globe.
The Associate Director, Delivery Excellence Partner supports Customer Agile Team(s) and/or Agile Digital Team(s) in their effort to develop and execute digital/omnichannel strategies across our portfolio of brands to drive greater customer experience, innovation, and business value. This role serves as a future-fit delivery and change-enablement capability for brand and business teams. The role brings together agile optimization, planning excellence, execution orchestration, change enablement, and team performance support.
The Delivery Excellence Partner is an embedded agile coach, strategic partner and change leader who drives execution impact today while building team readiness for the future. Partners with marketing teams to drive “bottoms-up” capability and transformation deployment and sharpen planning, prioritization and teaming through agile principles. This team member will lead adoption of operating model changes so every team member has the mindset, skillset and toolset to thrive in the future state.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive team-level planning and delivery outcomes through agile practices (backlog prioritization, release planning, OKR coaching, and TBR accountability) connecting day-to-day execution to broader team goals
- Lead day-to-day transformation pull-through at the team level, coaching teams through operating model changes and tailoring interventions to accelerate adoption across business and CEI functions
- Embed new capabilities into the team’s workflow and champion marketer upskilling to build the mindset, skillset and toolset each team member needs to thrive in the future operating model
- Monitor team-level adoption metrics with the transformation team, translating signals into actionable insights that inform coaching priorities and risk mitigation
- Coordinate cross-squad dependencies and track transformation adoption at the team level, proactively managing sequencing, hand-offs, and risks across the governance model
The Delivery Excellence Partner (DEP) will collaborate closely with Delivery Excellence Chapter Leads, Transformation Leads, Business Activation Leads, Marketing Product Owners (MPOs), Architects, and CDLs to drive delivery excellence, enable capability adoption, manage change, and support successful business outcomes.
EDUCATION MINIMUM REQUIREMENT:
- Bachelor's Degree required
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum of 5+ years of experience in agile delivery or transformation execution roles, ideally with exposure to marketing, brand, or commercial environments.
- Minimum of 5 years of Commercial sales, promotions or marketing experience.
- Demonstrated experience embedding in cross-functional squads and facilitating teams through delivery against outcome-based goals.
- Strong change orientation with hands-on understanding of how transformation lands at the team level and effective coaching through new ways of working.
- Must have the ability to interpret delivery metrics and team-health signals, and translating them into actionable coaching and escalation priorities.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to build trusted partnerships across marketing, transformation, and change stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to build team capability over time—not just deliver today’s work, but develop the practices and habits that sustain performance
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:
- Scrum certified and/or experience in a Scrum Master or Agile methodology (i.e., understanding of scrum principles, practices, and theory)
- Strong understanding or experience with change management
- Experience leading a large field or HQ change initiative
- Project Management experience and/or certifications
- Strong understanding of the end-to-end marketing process
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and support others through mentoring
- Understanding of compliance concepts and application
POSITION LOCATION: This role has a Hybrid working arrangement, with 3 days per week in the Upper Gwynedd office.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
Building Trust, Business Process Improvements, Business Transformation, Change Management, Customer-Focused, Delivery Management, Marketing Management, Marketing Operations, Marketing Strategy Implementation, Oncology Marketing
PREFERRED SKILLS:
Current Employees apply HERE
Current Contingent Workers apply HERE
US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:
Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.
As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:
EEOC Know Your Rights
EEOC GINA Supplement
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.
Learn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts
LOCATION
The primary location for this posting is:
USA - Pennsylvania - North Wales (Upper Gwynedd)
Where required by law, the compensation range for this role is provided below.
COMPENSATION
- The salary range for the primary location of this role is:
$142,400.00 - $224,100.00
This range reflects the Company's reasonable expectation of the base salary applicable to this role at the time of 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.
ADDITIONAL LOCATION(S): Please note the salary range above applies to the Primary Location of the position. Where a role has other listed locations, different compensation guidelines may apply. You may find the salary ranges for additional locations below. If the salary range is not listed for the location you are applying to, our Talent Acquisition team will provide further information to you relevant to your location.
ADDITIONAL LOCATION(S) COMPENSATION INFORMATION:
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
Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.
EMPLOYEE STATUS:
Regular
RELOCATION:
VISA SPONSORSHIP:
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:
FLEXIBLE WORK ARRANGEMENTS:
Hybrid
SHIFT:
VALID DRIVING LICENSE:
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL(S):
JOB POSTING END DATE:
11/24/2026*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
REQUISITION ID: R419450
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Verify your degree aligns with the role
USCIS evaluates whether your bachelor's or advanced degree directly relates to Associate Partner duties. Pull the O*NET occupation profile for your specific track, consulting, finance, or strategy, and confirm your field of study maps to those core functions before applying.
Search LCA-verified employers on Migrate Mate
Target firms that have already filed certified Labor Condition Applications for Associate Partner or senior consulting roles. Migrate Mate shows employers with verified H-1B sponsorship history, letting you focus outreach on organizations that have cleared DOL's prevailing-wage process before.
Check prevailing wage before salary negotiations
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your SOC code and worksite location. Run your role and metro area through the OFLC Wage Search before any offer conversation so you understand the floor they're legally required to meet.
Clarify multi-office travel before your LCA is filed
Associate Partners routinely work across client sites and regional offices. Each worksite requires its own certified LCA. Raise this with your employer's immigration counsel before the petition is filed, not after, to avoid compliance gaps that could jeopardize your status.
Time your offer around H-1B cap selection
The cap selection rules have changed recently, so confirm the current process directly with USCIS. Firms that sponsor senior hires often use cap-exempt institutions or prior H-1B transfers to sidestep registration entirely, so ask your prospective employer which pathway applies to your situation.
Request premium processing for faster USCIS adjudication
Partner-track offers frequently have hard start dates tied to client engagements. Premium processing accelerates USCIS adjudication to 15 business days. Confirm in writing whether your employer covers this cost or whether it comes out of your relocation package before you sign.
H-1B Visa Associate Partner: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Associate Partner role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes. Associate Partner positions at consulting, professional services, and financial advisory firms typically require at least a bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, law, or a directly related field. USCIS evaluates whether the specific duties demand that theoretical and practical application of a body of specialized knowledge, and senior advisory roles consistently meet that standard when the employer documents degree requirements in the LCA and petition.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor H-1B visas for Associate Partner roles?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified H-1B Labor Condition Application filing history, searchable by role and location. Focusing on firms that have already navigated the DOL certification process for senior positions saves significant time and signals that their HR and legal teams are experienced with the sponsorship workflow an Associate Partner hire requires.
What happens to my H-1B status if I move to a new office or client site?
Each new worksite requires a separately certified LCA filed with DOL before you begin working there. Associate Partners who travel across metro areas or operate from client offices need their employer's immigration counsel to track these locations proactively. Working at an unlisted site, even temporarily, is a compliance violation that can affect your status and future renewal petitions.
Can I switch firms while on H-1B sponsorship at the Associate Partner level?
Yes, through H-1B portability. If you've had an approved or pending petition for more than 180 days and move to a same-or-similar role at a new employer, your status carries over while the new I-129 is pending. At the Associate Partner level, documenting role similarity is straightforward when both positions involve the same professional discipline and degree requirements.
How long does H-1B status last for an Associate Partner position?
USCIS grants H-1B status in increments of up to three years, with one extension available for a six-year total. After six years, continuing to work in H-1B status requires either an approved I-140 immigrant petition or meeting specific milestones under the American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act. Many Associate Partners at sponsoring firms begin the green card process during their initial three-year period to preserve options.