Assoc. Dir , Information Architecture
Merck & Co.
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Job summary
Merck & Co. in the United States is seeking a Senior Information Architect to lead the design, organization, and standardization of scientific data across biopharma discovery and manufacturing.
You will partner with R&D scientists, process engineers, and IT to create ontologies and data models, advance data quality, and drive adoption of industry-standard tools in a hybrid work environment. This role emphasizes data governance, semantic web technologies, and knowledge graphs to support
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience as an Information Architect or similar in Biopharma/Life Sciences.
- Experience with ontologies, semantic web tech (RDF/OWL/SPARQL) and knowledge graphs.
- Ability to translate data needs into reusable data products for diverse requirements.
Responsibilities
- Understand stakeholder outcomes and insights from data to support outcomes.
- Embed in product teams to define ontologies and data models for data capture.
- Define standards and controls for data and metadata at capture to improve quality.
- Lead adoption of industry-standard ontologies (BAO) to contextualize datasets and parameters.
- Develop best practices for capturing current state of information and data context.
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Job description
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Information Architect to lead the design, organization, and standardization of scientific data spanning across pre-clinical discovery and manufacturing process and method development. In this critical role, you will be responsible for working with scientists and scientific leaders to understand information needs of biopharma innovation and help define information architectural constructs (Ontologies and data models), controls and processes to improve quality and context of data in support of innovation. You will partner closely with R&D scientists, process engineers, and IT teams to harmonize complex biological, chemical, and operational data—from raw scientific outputs to GxP-compliant manufacturing data lakes.
- Work with stakeholders to understand their key outcome needs and Insights from data that can support these outcomes
- Embed in product teams enabling capture and consumption of scientific data, to help define/adopt ontologies and data models that support capture and consumption of data in service of these research outcomes
- Working as a part of data capture product team, be a voice of activation for, and help define standards and controls for data and metadata to improve quality and context of data at capture
- Lead the adoption and integration of industry-standard ontologies (such as BioAssay Ontology (BAO) and others) to contextualize scientific datasets (e.g., Raman spectra raw data, assay results) and manufacturing process parameters.
- Develop and maintain best practices for capturing current state of information capture and consumption for entities relavent to research processes to help improve investment in data
- Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Life Sciences, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Information Science, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience as an Information Architect or similar role within the Biopharmaceutical or Life Sciences industry.
- Proven, hands‑on experience working with industry-standard scientific ontologies, semantic web technologies (RDF, OWL, SPARQL), and knowledge graphs.
- Hands on experience working with stakeholders to understand data needs in support of insights and defining data models to deliver reusable data products for a spectrum of needs
- Domain Knowledge:
- Deep understanding of pre‑clinical discovery workflows and manufacturing process/method development.
- Strong familiarity with dominant lab data capture solutions (LIMS, ELN, CDS, and lab endpoint software).
- Experience with industrial time‑series data and contextualization tools (e.g., OSIsoft PI).
- Technical Skills:
- Hands on experience with data modeling tools
- Hands on experience with ontology management tools such as CENTree
- Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills, with the ability to bridge the gap between scientific stakeholders and technical engineering teams.
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package (including top‑tier savings and pension plans).
- Opportunities to work on cutting‑edge data architecture and AI‑driven initiatives in biopharma.
- A collaborative environment dedicated to accelerating life‑saving therapies.
Business Enterprise Architecture (BEA), Business Process Modeling, Data Management, Data Modeling, Data Science, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, System Designs, Technical Advice
Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities.
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.
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 .
We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
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
Regular
Domestic
No
10%
Hybrid
Not Indicated
No
n/a
09/11/2026
*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE -the listed job posting end date.
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