Stability Coordinator

Merck Gruppe - MSD Sharp & Dohme; Carlow; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Merck Gruppe - MSD Sharp & Dohme in Carlow, Ireland, is seeking a Stability Coordinator to drive the stability program. The role involves coordinating daily, weekly, and monthly stability activities and leading the stability team to ensure quality, compliance, and operational excellence.

You will partner with internal departments and external labs, maintain capacity plans, support investigations, and contribute to the Lab Transformation programme, with a commitment to continuous improvement and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in the pharma industry.
• Demonstrated Team Lead experience.
• Stability Coordination experience is essential.
• Excellent communication skills to build strong cross functional relationships.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily, weekly and monthly stability activities with internal departments and external stakeholders.
• Lead daily workflows, assigning and distributing tasks to the team to improve efficiency.
• Maintain capacity plans for resourcing and chamber management related to Stability activities.
• Support stability-related investigations ensuring regulatory requirements, notifications, and timelines are met.
• Support data entry and analytics of Stability test results from internal and external labs.
• Maintain and report metrics for the Stability Program at key forums like Quality Council and laboratory leadership meetings.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures and regulatory requirements; conduct activities safely.
• Support effective stakeholder communications to achieve stability objectives using operational excellence tools.
• Ensure testing requirements meet timelines with internal and external laboratories.
• Play a role in Lab Transformation programme to optimise, standardise, and digitise processes within the Stability team.
• Champion continuous improvement via standardised work, digitisation, and knowledge management.

Skills

cGMP Compliance

Collaboration

Continuous Improvement

Internal Stakeholders

Planning

Sample Management

Task Allocation

Team Leadership

Team Training

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science

Job description

Job Description

Our Carlow site, which broke ground in 2008, is a strategic manufacturing facility supporting the launch and commercial supply of vaccines, biologics, and small molecule drug products.

Since its establishment, the site has benefited from significant investment and is home to state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, laboratories, and temperature-controlled warehousing. As a major employer in the Southeast region, the Carlow site attracts high-performing talent through strong collaborations with local universities and colleges.

We have a great opportunity for a Stability Coordinator to join our Carlow site and be the driving force behind the success of our Stability team.

As the Stability Coordinator role, your energy, knowledge and innovation will play a key role in delivering high standards of quality, compliance, and operational excellence.

Bring energy, knowledge, and innovation to carry out the following:

• Coordinate daily, weekly and monthly stability activities for the stability program. This includes working closely with other internal departments and external stakeholders
• Lead daily workflows, assigning and distributing task to the team to improve efficiency
• Maintaining capacity plans for resourcing and chamber management in relation to Stability activities.
• Support stability-related investigations, ensuring all regulatory requirements, notifications, and timelines are met.
• Supporting the data entry and analytics of Stability test results from internal and external laboratories and partners.
• Maintaining and reporting metrics for overall site Stability Program at key forums like Quality Council and laboratory leadership meetings.
• Ensuring compliancewith company policies, procedures, guidelines, and all relevant regulatory requirements. You will ensure all Stability activities are conducted safely, accurately, and in line with current internal and external standards.
• Support effective stakeholder communicationto ensure stability objectives are achieved, using operational excellence tools such as daily management and leader standard work.
• Ensure strong customer focus, working closely with internal stakeholders and external laboratories to ensure testing requirements are met and timelines are achieved.
• Play a role in the Lab Transformation programme, helping to optimise, standardise, and digitise business processes within the Stability team.
• Champion continuous improvement, driving lean initiatives such as standardised work, digitisation, and knowledge management.

What Skills You Will Need

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in the pharma industry.
• Demonstrated Team Lead experience
• Stability Coordination experience is essential
• Excellent communication skills to build strong cross functional relationships

We keep patients at the heart of everything we do and are committed to addressing some of the world's most challenging healthcare needs through scientific innovation and operational excellence.

As an equal opportunity employer, we value diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where talented and committed people can thrive and contribute their best work.

Should you require support during the recruitment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition Advisor assigned to this role.

We are committed to flexible working wherever possible and have introduced a hybrid working model for eligible office-based employees. We encourage candidates to discuss any flexibility requirements during the recruitment process.

Required Skills:

• cGMP Compliance
• Collaboration
• Continuous Improvement
• Internal Stakeholders
• Planning
• Sample Management
• Task Allocation
• Team Leadership
• Team Training

Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

Valid Driving License:

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Job Posting End Date:

10/22/2026

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Requisition ID:R420170