Job Description

The Opportunity

· Join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130+ year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

· Be part of an organization driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.

· Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our organization partners closely with our Company’s Research & Development (R&D) organization to provide innovative solutions that enable new products and capabilities within the Research & Development. We collaborate internationally to deliver the services and solutions that help everyone to be more productive and enable innovation.

To enable this, we are seeking an experienced Associate Director, Technical Product Management supporting the Clinical Data Management ecosystem to join our team. The product manager will partner with R&D and other organizations to define the roadmap, own and prioritize the backlog and be the central contact between the business and scum team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Clinical Data Collection applications serving as the main point of contact within the Clinical Development and Digital Solutions organization

• Apply Product Model principles to maximize business value through a strong business-IT partnership, based on a deep understanding of the clinical business domain.

• Maintain and prioritize a healthy backlog of well-formed epics, features, and user stories that align with the overall roadmap and serve as requirements for the delivery squads.

• Coordinate the work of squad members, including scrum masters, technical leads, and development teams, to manage high-quality product delivery using Agile SDLC methodology.

• Provide an escalation point for delivery issues or deconflicting dependencies that affect multiple teams across or within product lines.

• Capture, convey, and manage risks, impediments, assumptions, and dependencies for execution, focusing on reducing impact early and often.

• Partner with UX, Architecture, Cloud, and other enterprise teams, as well as Service Line and Migration/Sustainment teams, to define, implement, and extend required capabilities and services to address new business needs.

• Manage and lead a team of 2-3 internal employees and functionally lead 15-25 contractors.

• Establish, track, and monitor Value Realization metrics linked to Value Team Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).

• Measure and manage the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), including vendor negotiations, making informed decisions to optimize TCO, and leading prioritization discussions to meet financial targets.

Qualifications

Required

· Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science or any Technology stream.

· 8+ years of relevant work experience, with at least 2+ years of demonstrated Product Management experience using Agile methodologies

· Experience with product management and agile methodology

· Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with a globally dispersed team

· Demonstrated ability to solve problems with a sense of ownership, enthusiasm and innovation

• Proficiency in Requirements Management

· Strong Stakeholder Relationship Management skills

Preferred

· Experience with Clinical operational and clinical data collection processes and technologies such as

• Veeva Clinical Data Management Products (Veeva EDC and CDB)

• Randomization and Trial Supply Management RTSM / IRT

• Operational Data Model (ODM)

• Clinical Data Reporting

• Experience working in a GXP environment and familiar with 21 CFR Part 11, ICH-GCP guidelines

Required Skills:

Accountability, Accountability, Agile Environments, Agile Methodology, Animal Vaccination, Big Data Technologies, Business Partnerships, Clinical Data, Clinical Development, Cloud Computing, Communication, Computer Science, Construction Management, Cross-Cultural Awareness, Data Integration, DevOps, Digital Technology, Influence, IT Change Management, People Leadership, Server Management, Software Development, Software Product Management, Stakeholder Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management {+ 5 more}

Preferred Skills:

Current Employees apply HERE:

Current Contingent Workers apply HERE:

US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:

Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.

As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:

EEOC Know Your Rights:

EEOC GINA Supplement​

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.

Learn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts

U.S.

Hybrid Work Model:

• Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday
• Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.

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. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.

The salary range for this role is

$142,400.00 - $224,100.00

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. 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.

You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.

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

Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

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:

03/7/2026

A job posting is effective until 11: 59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.