Specifically, this role will augment the community engagements our Company is already pursuing by investing in opportunities, including multi-year, that drive community improvements, bolstering the types of support provided to communities, including navigating care and increasing our presence at community-led events

• Reporting to the Director of Global Community Impact, this role will support grantmaking and collaborative partnerships at the local level in key communities who have been underserved (e.g. Appalachia)
• The candidate will work with internal and external partners to identify patient barriers and make social investments in community-based solutions
• Identifies high-impact social investments that support community partners working to improve health knowledge, pilot new models of care, strengthen the community health workforce, and build the capacity of health organizations and systems
• Takes a whole-person health approach, recognizing the full range of social and environmental factors that impact health and well-being
• Holds deep knowledge and broad networks in our Company's core therapeutic areas, with an emphasis on HIV and including oncology and cardiovascular diseases
• Emphasizes a community-first approach, designing grantmaking strategies to ensure our work has impact on access to health that is responsive to community needs
• External Engagement: Collaborate with Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and foundations to improve key health system strengthening outcomes for vulnerable groups
• Local Presence: Live and work in priority regions to build trust and relevance
• Strategic Social Investment: Identify opportunities and provide catalytic funding to initiatives like patient navigation and specialty care access programs
• Convening Power: Organize local events to foster collaboration among community stakeholders

Portfolio Oversight and Impact Monitoring and Measurement: Monitor and interpret community health data as well as manage, evaluate, and report on outputs and outcomes of a diverse set of community-based health initiatives that drive Access to Health goals

• Cross-Functional Alignment: Ensure efforts complement (not duplicate) work by Patient Innovation & Engagement (PI&E - our Research & Development division), and policy teams (HH and Corporate Affairs)
• Collaborative Leadership: Work closely with internal leaders and external partners to drive impact
• Reporting to: Director of Global Community Impact, Global Impact Investing and Giving, Social Impact and Sustainability
• Supervisory Responsibilities: No
• Effort: Full-time

This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely

• Catalytic Funding: Designed to unlock sustainable, scalable community health solutions
• 5+ years' experience working in community leadership or engagement role in health care systems or life sciences
• Strong competency in independently translating community input and qualitative findings into impactful program designs
• Capacity to synthesize community health epidemiology and social risk factors into practical recommendations for relevant evidence-based program strategies
• Expertise in monitoring and interpreting community health data, including surveillance trends, and social determinants of health, to identify priority needs and emerging issues
• Ability to work in a complex environment while driving systemic change through consensus-building, managing conflict, a deep understanding of the local context, and building trust with key stakeholders

Analytical ability, business acumen, decision-making ability, and problem-solving skills

• Required – BA/BS in Business, Marketing, Life Sciences, Public Health, Policy or related field
• Experience collaborating with non-profit community-based organizations as well as city, county, or state health departments in identifying critical needs, aligning on shared goals, and negotiating mutual outcomes

Building Consensus, Building Consensus, Business Acumen, Charitable Organizations, Collaborative Leadership, Communication, Communication Strategy Development, Community Connections, Community Health, Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), Environmental Social And Governance (ESG), ESG Analysis, Fundraising Management, Health Sciences, Impact Investing, Inventory Management, Life Science, Marketing, Media Communications, NGO Management, Policy Development, Program Implementation, Public Health, Public Health Research, Request for Proposals (RFP) Development {+ 5 more}

$126,500.00 - $199,100.00 An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs

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