Project Manager

MSD Malaysia; France; Hybride; EUR 60 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Merck & Co., Inc. seeks a Technical Project Manager to lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of small technical projects within a dynamic business environment.

You will apply project management principles to ensure scope, schedule, quality, and budget alignment while coordinating with cross-functional teams. The role emphasizes disciplined execution, proactive risk management, and clear communication with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting or managing technical projects from initiation to delivery.
• Knowledge of scope definition, scheduling, risk management, stakeholder communication, and progress tracking.
• Ability to prepare realistic project plans and monitor activities, resources, costs, timelines, and quality against agreed expectations.
• Experience maintaining project documentation, status reports, risk logs, action trackers, and related project files.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to coordinate with stakeholders, technical subject matter experts, and project teams.
• Ability to identify issues, support resolution planning, capture lessons learned, and communicate corrective actions clearly.
• Comfort working in a digital or technical environment and collaborating with technical teams.

Responsabilités

• Define, document, and execute small projects or sub-projects, working independently or as part of a small cross-functional team.
• Develop and maintain project plans covering scope, schedule, quality, risk, resources, and communications.
• Track project activities against approved schedules and budgets, escalating or taking corrective action when tolerances are at risk.
• Apply appropriate project management methods, tools, and governance practices to support consistent delivery.
• Identify, assess, monitor, and manage project risks, threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigation actions.
• Support the preparation of portfolio, program, and project reports using actual and forecast data.
• Maintain accurate project documentation, files, status updates, and performance measures.
• Implement stakeholder engagement and communication plans, ensuring timely information sharing and issue resolution.
• Collect and use customer and stakeholder feedback to improve communication, engagement, and project effectiveness.
• Generate routine measurement reports, analyze data, and identify improvements to data collection and reporting methods.

Connaissances

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Planning & scheduling

Progress tracking

Communication

Documentation

Problem solving

Description du poste

## Project ManagerApply: Hybrid: FRA - Brittany - Vitre: CZE - Central Bohemian - Prague (Five): Full time: Posted 3 Days Ago: End Date: October 19, 2026 (26 days left to apply): R418241Job Description**Role Overview**The Technical Project Manager will lead and support the successful delivery of small projects or sub-projects within a technical environment. This role is responsible for defining project scope, developing realistic plans, coordinating resources, managing risks, tracking progress, and ensuring effective stakeholder communication throughout the project lifecycle. The successful candidate will apply structured project management methods and tools to deliver outcomes aligned with business priorities, quality expectations, timelines, and budget commitments.**Key Responsibilities*** Define, document, and execute small projects or sub-projects, working independently or as part of a small cross-functional team.* Develop and maintain project plans covering scope, schedule, quality, risk, resources, and communications.* Track project activities against approved schedules and budgets, escalating or taking corrective action when tolerances are at risk.* Apply appropriate project management methods, tools, and governance practices to support consistent delivery.* Identify, assess, monitor, and manage project risks, threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigation actions.* Support the preparation of portfolio, program, and project reports using actual and forecast data.* Maintain accurate project documentation, files, status updates, and performance measures.* Implement stakeholder engagement and communication plans, ensuring timely information sharing and issue resolution.* Collect and use customer and stakeholder feedback to improve communication, engagement, and project effectiveness.* Generate routine measurement reports, analyze data, and identify improvements to data collection and reporting methods.**Required Qualifications*** Experience supporting or managing technical projects, sub-projects, or workstreams from initiation through delivery.* Working knowledge of project management principles, including scope definition, scheduling, risk management, stakeholder communication, and progress tracking.* Ability to prepare realistic project plans and monitor activities, resources, costs, timelines, and quality against agreed expectations.* Experience maintaining project documentation, status reports, risk logs, action trackers, and related project files.* Strong communication skills with the ability to coordinate with stakeholders, technical subject matter experts, and project teams.* Ability to identify issues, support resolution planning, capture lessons learned, and communicate corrective actions clearly.* Comfort working in a digital or technical environment and collaborating with technical teams.* Preferred Qualifications.* Experience working with technical, IT, engineering, or digital delivery teams.* Familiarity with project management tools, reporting dashboards, or portfolio/program reporting processes.* Exposure to structured delivery methodologies, project governance practices, or continuous improvement approaches.* Experience supporting stakeholder engagement plans and customer feedback processes.**Core Skills and Competencies*** Project Management* Portfolio, Program, and Project Support* Stakeholder Relationship Management* Risk Management* Measurement, Reporting, and Analysis* Planning, Organization, and Follow-through* Problem Solving and Issue Resolution* Clear Written and Verbal Communication**Summary** We are seeking a Technical Project Manager to support the planning, coordination, and delivery of technical projects in a dynamic business environment. The successful candidate will bring strong project management fundamentals, disciplined execution, stakeholder communication, risk management, and reporting capabilities. This role is well suited for someone who enjoys organizing complex work, collaborating with technical teams, and helping projects stay aligned to scope, schedule, quality, and business objectives.**Required Skills:**Asset Management, Benefits Management, Management System Development, Product Management, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, System Designs**Preferred Skills:**Current Employees apply HERECurrent Contingent Workers apply HERE**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:****VISA Sponsorship:****Travel Requirements:****Flexible Work Arrangements:**Hybrid**Shift:****Valid Driving License:****Hazardous Material(s):****Job Posting End Date:**10/19/2026**\\*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.**Our company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where we have codified our legacy for over a century. Our success is backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.