Assoc. Dir, IT Technical Product Management

$135,500 - $213,400/Yr

Merck KGaA Darmstadt Germany - Topeka, KS

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite - Topeka, KS

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Associate Director of IT Technical Product Management at Merck plays a pivotal role in the Business of IT (BIT) program, focusing on developing and deploying Strategic Portfolio Management capabilities across the IT organization. This position is responsible for managing the Demand and Capacity Management product throughout its lifecycle, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, and driving value-driven outcomes in IT transformation.

Responsibilities

• Owns and manages the Demand and Capacity Management product throughout the duration of the product lifecycle
• Develop a comprehensive product vision, strategy and roadmap, aligned with the organization's goals and objectives
• Drives continuous product discovery to understand user needs and translate that to solutions and product backlog
• Creates, maintains, and continuously prioritizes the product backlog to maximize value delivery and long-term sustainability
• Deploy Demand and Capacity Management product across our IT organization
• Leads adoption and retention of the product
• Collaborate with stakeholders across IT areas to understand their requirements and translate them into actionable backlog items
• Assesses alignment between requirements, solutions and eventual outcomes
• Establish strong working relationship with relevant partners across IT
• Be accountable for the total cost of ownership of solutions and services in the product
• Make investment decisions based on the value generated for the users
• Lead product team consisting of scrum master, engineer, customer engagement lead, and external contractors to deliver high-quality solutions and services

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field
• A minimum of 7 years' experience directly related to portfolio management solutions enablement
• Experience with work and portfolio management tools like Jira, Apptio Targetprocess, and Microsoft Project
• A minimum of 2 years' experience in a leadership role
• Ability to recruit and nurture talent in the organization
• Proven experience working with stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into actionable backlog items
• Experience developing product strategies and roadmaps
• Familiarity with agile development methodologies and practices
• Strong leadership skills and ability to lead cross-functional teams effectively
• Demonstrated ability to clearly communicate technical and non-technical information verbally and in writing

Nice-to-haves

• High proficiency in delivering scalable and performant solutions for Strategic Portfolio Management capabilities
• Understanding of Organizational Change Management principles and their integration with product delivery
• Self-directed, self-motivated, focused professional who can drive expected results with little direction
• Expertise in User Experience Design
• Certification in program or project management methodologies (e.g., PMP, Agile, Scrum)

Benefits

• Bonus eligibility
• Long term incentive if applicable
• Health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
• Retirement benefits
• Paid holidays
• Vacation
• Sick days