Head of NPI and Data Governance

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Your Role
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Head of New Product Introduction (NPI) and Data Governance to join our PMOps Team. In this pivotal role, you will lead a global team dedicated to driving successful product launches, minimizing time to market, and enabling sales growth. You will play a crucial role in defining, driving, and facilitating tactics to enhance the NPI processes across our organization.

• Lead and inspire a global team of new product introduction and data governance experts to achieve successful product launches, ensuring alignment with business objectives and minimizing time to market
• Define, drive, and facilitate tactics to improve the NPI processes across the business unit, with a focus on data integration and automation to drive efficiency and effectiveness
• Sets NPI performance targets, measure, review and report out to stakeholders
• Drive and support sector level initiatives around new product data introduction and data governance
• Acting as SLU (site lead user) and process owner for innovation and lifecycle management for selected sites
• Secure the fundamental data requirements and processes for the business unit by implementing data governance concepts and rules
• Influence related interfaces in favor of the business to enable flow of business today and in future
• Performance management for the team and support the development of employees  
• As a member of the PM Operations leadership team, you will provide vision, inspiration, direction and motivation to your team members; so they have purpose in their roles and understand how they contribute to the success of the company. 

Location: This will be a hybrid role (in office 3 days/week and work from home 2 days/week) and based out or either of our 2 major U.S. Chemistry product production sites in Milwaukee, WI or St. Louis, MO.

Who you are
Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s level of scientific or business qualification or similar
• 5+ years leadership experience
• 5+ years related experience in the laboratory supplies industry
• authentic, forward-looking, inspirational, “can do” mindset
• Business acumen in SLS Chemistry
• Ability to think and plan strategically and execute tactically
• Managing complexity and uncertainty, especially in a matrix environment
• Enthusiastic and passionate about data, digital and automation
• High level of emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills
• Outstanding relationship-building and partnering skills
• Perform, communicate, and work consistent w/ Merck values & High Impact Culture
• An agent for change, experienced in applying change management principles.
• Ability to travel globally (approximately 10%)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex cross-functional projects
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Experience with roles in multiple businesses sectors / functions preferrable

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Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!