Director Structured Content Authoring- Regulatory Affairs

Merck Gruppe - MSD Sharp & Dohme; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck Gruppe - MSD Sharp & Dohme in London seeks a Director of Structured Content Authoring to drive a data-driven, component-based operating model for regulatory content and data.

You will connect regulatory content with master data, establish governance, and align senior stakeholders across Regulatory Affairs, Data Management and Manufacturing to enable high-quality, reusable information assets that support global compliance and digital health initiatives.

Qualifications

• Substantial life sciences experience and proven regulatory data governance track record.
• Experience with IDMP, RIM platforms, and master data management.
• Strong understanding of global regulatory standards (ISO IDMP, XEVMPD, EMA SPOR).
• Familiarity with Veeva Vault RIM and structured content platforms is advantageous.
• Ability to establish governance frameworks and data standards across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Establish governance structures, ownership models, decision rights, quality standards and stewardship.
• Oversee reusable content components and data assets across labelling, CMC, clinical and submission content.
• Provide strategic leadership for IDMP governance covering product, substance, organisation and data.
• Shape future-state architecture connecting RIM platforms, structured content, master data and terminology services.
• Ensure automation and AI are grounded in trusted, governed content and data.

Skills

Collaborative Leadership

Detail-Oriented

Operations Support

Process Improvements

Regulatory Compliance

Regulatory Experience

Regulatory Processes

Job description

Job Description

The Director, Structured Content Authoring is a transformational leadership role responsible for accelerating the organisation's evolution from document-centric regulatory operations to a modern, data-driven and component-based operating model. This leader will establish the vision, strategy and governance framework that connects structured regulatory content, medicinal product master data and enterprise data governance to create authoritative, reusable and traceable information assets that support global regulatory compliance, operational excellence and future digital health requirements.

The role will lead the development of an integrated enterprise capability spanning Structured Content Authoring, IDMP data governance, regulatory master data, controlled terminology, metadata management and information architecture.

Working across Regulatory Affairs, Regulatory Data Management, Labelling, CMC, Clinical, Safety, Quality, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Technology and Data organisations, you will align senior stakeholders around a common strategy, operating model and investment roadmap that enables consistent, interoperable and high-quality regulatory content and data.

What you will do:

• A key area of responsibility will be establishing governance structures, ownership models, decision rights, quality standards and stewardship practices across regulatory content and data domains.
• Oversee reusable content components and data assets covering labelling, CMC, clinical and submission content, ensuring information can be efficiently created, approved, maintained, reused and traced throughout the product lifecycle.
• Provide strategic leadership for IDMP governance, including product, substance, organisation, referential, registration, manufacturing and packaging data, ensuring alignment with global regulatory standards and evolving agency requirements.
• In partnership with Regulatory Technology, enterprise architecture and data engineering teams, you will shape the future-state architecture connecting RIM platforms, structured content solutions, master data management, terminology services, publishing platforms, analytics and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Ensure that automation, AI and advanced regulatory technologies are grounded in trusted, governed and traceable content and data.

What you will need:

• The ideal candidate will bring substantial experienceof relevant life sciences experience and a proven track record of regulatory data governance, IDMP, RIM platforms, master data management, information architecture and digital transformation.
• A strong understanding of global regulatory standards, including ISO IDMP, XEVMPD/Article 57 and EMA SPOR, is highly desirable.
• Experience with Veeva Vault RIM, Structured Content Authoring platforms, data catalogues, knowledge graphs, FHIR, automation technologies and participation in industry standards forums would be advantageous.
• Experience inestablishing governance frameworks, operating models, ownership structures and data standards that support regulatory compliance, data quality, content reuse and operational excellence.
• Strong strategic leadership, executive communication and stakeholder management capabilities, with the ability to influence across organisational boundaries and build alignment within complex, cross-functional environments.

Required Skills:

Collaborative Leadership, Detail-Oriented, Operations Support, Process Improvements, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Experience, Regulatory Processes

Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

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Job Posting End Date:

10/12/2026

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Requisition ID:R419027