Associate Director, Content Capabilities Workstream Lead (Hybrid - Upper Gwynedd

Job Description
Associate Director, Content Capabilities Workstream Lead is responsible for leading the business‑side implementation and business readiness of current and emerging content development tools, including Adobe Workfront, Digital Asset Management (DAM), and an embedded Design System across US agile teams. This role will help translate capability investments into business processes, stakeholder adoption, and integrated ways of working that advance a more connected, consistent, transparent, and future‑ready content delivery ecosystem.

In close partnership with the US Foundations capability leads, this role will work across CEI, US Content Op Model, OMM, Content Accelerator, and DHH/IT stakeholders to enable, optimize, govern, and scale the content capabilities ecosystem. This individual will serve as a key connector across agile teams to ensure capabilities are implemented effectively and adopted successfully.

What Success Looks Like

Capabilities are implemented with clear business readiness, strong stakeholder alignment, and successful adoption across teams and partners

Content workflows become more connected, transparent, and scalable, with reduced fragmentation and improved speed to market

Business, process, and technology teams remain aligned on priorities, risks, and dependencies that support long‑term content operating model transformation.

Key Responsibilities

50% allocation focus on successful implementation, business readiness, and adoption of US Workfront Content Management capability, working closely with the US Workfront Capability Owner

Serve as the connective lead across US Foundations content capabilities, identifying interdependencies, risks, and aligned business requirements

Identify opportunities for standardization, simplification, transparency, traceability, and improved speed to market

Support a continuous learning approach that enables capability leads to gather feedback, iterate, and apply insights over time

Champion a vision for an integrated ecosystem that meets current business needs while enabling the future‑state content operating model

Partner with key stakeholders to prioritize business requirements, capability backlog, dependencies, and future‑state enhancements in alignment with enterprise transformation objectives and the HH Transformation Management Office

Lead business readiness activities, including stakeholder engagement, change management, training, user communications, and adoption support for internal teams and agency partners

Build strong working relationships with capability leads, monitor issue resolution, and collaborate on business‑facing documentation, governance, and implementation planning

Monitor user feedback and implementation outcomes, and align with stakeholders on enhancement opportunities to drive continuous improvement and inform the forward roadmap

Qualifications

Minimum of 8 years of experience in digital, marketing, content operations, marketing governance, marketing technology, or related fields, including experience leading large‑scale capability implementation or transformation initiatives.

Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business, Information Systems, Digital, Communications, or a related field.

Experience working in Agile or sprint‑based marketing environments

Demonstrated experience leading or supporting platform implementation, business process design, implementation planning, and adoption of technology‑enabled workflows in a complex organizational environment

Strong understanding of marketing technology ecosystems, agile ways of working, content development workflows, and cross‑functional operating models

Experience partnering effectively with technology teams, vendors, agencies, and cross‑functional business stakeholders to deliver integrated solutions

Experience leading change management, capability training, stakeholder engagement, and user adoption strategies for new capabilities or platforms

Ability to communicate technical concepts, tradeoffs, and value propositions clearly to senior leaders and non‑technical stakeholders

Strong problem‑solving, prioritization, and execution skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and influence diverse stakeholders in a matrixed environment

Location and Work Model

Hybrid ability to work at the North Wales (Upper Gwynedd), Pennsylvania office at least 3 days per week

Travel: approximately 10% for internal workshops, stakeholder meetings, integration sessions, and training

Required Skills

Advertising Campaign Development

Business Documentation

Business Processes

Business Process Management (BPM)

Business Process Modeling

Content Development

Creative Campaign Development

Digital Analytics

Digital Asset Management (DAM)

Marketing

Marketing Budget Management

Marketing Management

Marketing Strategy Implementation

Market Research

US and Puerto Rico Residents Only
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Salary
The salary range for this role is $142,400.00 - $224,100.00.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long‑term incentive, if applicable.

Benefits
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.

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.

Employee Status
Regular

Relocation
No relocation

Visa Sponsorship
No

Travel Requirements
10%

Flexible Work Arrangements
Hybrid

Shift
Not Indicated

Valid Driving License
No

Hazardous Material(s)
N/A

Job Posting End Date
07/8/2026

Requisition ID
R403788

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