Job Description

Associate Director, Product Manager

The Opportunity

Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centres focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company’s IT operating model, Tech Centres are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Centre helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centres.

Role Overview

The Company's Manufacturing Division coordinates a complex network in the manufacture and distribution of our products. This role will be a key participant in Manufacturing Division’s objectives: highest quality, shortest lead time, lowest cost and will contribute to transformation of our Supply Chain capabilities.

As an Associate Director, Product Manager, you will work as a member of the Manufacturing Division IT team in our global IT hub in Hyderabad. You will be responsible for identifying, assessing and solving complex business problems related to manufacturing quality and supply chain. You will receive training to achieve this and you’ll be amazed at the diversity of opportunities to develop your potential and grow professionally.

What will you do in this role

Work with the business partners to perform business process analysis, scope definition, requirements elicitation and documentation, testing planning and coordination, and requirements coverage through traceability to requirementsWork closely with various stakeholders in Manufacturing Division, IT leadership and peers to understand the key business capabilities required, assess the current state, and align target state with the business strategyDefines the overall product vision and strategy, with a keen focus on value, business outcomes, and user experienceMakes product decisions and ensures decisions align with product strategyDevelops and regularly calibrates metrics for the productDrives continuous product discovery to understand user needs and translate those solutions and product backlogCreates, maintains, and continuously prioritizes the product backlog to maximize value delivery and long-term sustainabilitySets and communicates high-integrity roadmap commitments that have been assessed collaboratively with the delivery squad(s) in terms of value, feasibility, usability, and viabilityDrives and provides oversight for the implementation of features and capabilities in line with the product's roadmap and goalsDetermines, monitors, and reviews scope, costs, schedule, resources, interdependencies and risksLeverages technical knowledge of the product to operate in a digital environmentWorks closely with technical SMEs and value team product leads (if applicable) during the delivery cycleObtains help from Scrum Master to drive efficient and effective delivery process for the product within the operating model of DPP (including utilization of functional chapters) - the Scrum Master role card (to be added) will cover specifically what the Scrum Masters are responsible for

What should you have

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science or any Technology stream.At least 10-15 years’ experience working as an IT Business or Technical AnalystBachelor's degree in a technical or science field from an accredited university or equivalent experienceExperience with manufacturing, quality, and / or supply chain systemsExperience with product management and agile methodologyAbility to work both independently and collaboratively with a globally dispersed teamDemonstrated ability to solve problems with a sense of ownership, enthusiasm and innovationAbility to work in a global, multi-cultural, English-speaking environmentSelf-starter requiring minimal supervisionDemonstrated poise, confidence and professional maturity to interface with mid-level executivesKnowledge of SQL is an advantage

Our technology teams operate as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation.

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, 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.

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Employee Status:

Regular

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Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

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Required Skills:

Asset Management, Benefits Management, Management System Development, Product Management, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, System Designs

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Job Posting End Date:

05/11/2025

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Requisition ID:R343403