Job Description

The Associate Director, Animal Health Ventures (AHV) Livestock role actively engages with and supports our existing investments in livestock oriented start ups, as well as looking for new investments and partnerships that are of strategic interest to our company's Animal Health.

By investing and partnering with new businesses seeking to solve animal health and welfare problems in new and innovative ways, the associate director will be helping these start ups create new value for their customers and in so doing bring new value to our company.

This position is a part of the Animal Health Ventures team and works extremely closely with our company's Animal Health Intelligence commercial and Technology Labs teams, as well as many teams across the wider business such as business development, the global marketing teams, finance, and local commercial teams. Frequent interactions with our technology and marketing colleagues in Israel, Europe and the US as well as local commercial colleagues around the world requires flexibility in work hours.

The initial focus will be on ruminant investments, however the role will also include other AHV activities and investments in other species as needed.

Our Animal Health Marketing team takes a customer centric perspective using customer feedback and market intelligence data. Using this data, we design, develop and deploy products, platforms, brands and marketing initiatives that ensure we can improve the health and well-being of animals everywhere.

Main responsibilities

• Understand, anticipate, and explore global trends impacting all elements of animal health and welfare, anticipating customers' unmet current and future needs.

• Development of business cases to support new investments

• Supporting the incubation of innovation that is in-house

• Helping achieve alignment regarding emerging strategy across the business, including commercial and R and D in both the vaccine / pharma business and our company's Animal Health Intelligence businesses.

• Key source of knowledge around the emerging and existing start up ecosystem.

• Board observer responsibilities as appropriate.

Minimum education required

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in animal science, veterinary science or agricultural engineering

Required experience

• Minimum 5 years experience, preferably some in animal health or similar

• Demonstrable ability to work across countries, cultures and functions

• Emerging capability in strategy development and strategic thinking

• Strong presentation and communication skills

• Emerging commercial acumen

• Critical thinker

Preferred experience

• Exposure / experience in the use of technologies in animal production or similar industry is a plus

• Background and expertise in ruminant or livestock health / production

Other

• Travel: can be expected at ~25%

• Location :Madison New Jersey is head office, location in Eastern USA or western Europe preferred

Our Animal Health Division is a trusted global leader in veterinary medicine, dedicated to preserving and improving health, well-being, and performance of animals and the people who care for them. We are a global team of professionals working together to make a positive difference in animal care and the world’s food supply and have a deep sense of responsibility towards our customers, consumers, animals, society, and our planet.

Through our commitment to The Science of Healthier Animals®, we offer veterinarians, farmers, pet owners and governments one of the widest ranges of veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines and health management solutions and services as well as an extensive suite of digitally connected identification, traceability and monitoring products. We invest in dynamic and comprehensive R&D resources and a modern, global supply chain. We are present in more than 50 countries, while our products are available in some 150 markets.

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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Requisition ID:R198756