Associate Director, Digital Operations — Data Engineer & AI

Msd Ireland; West Point (PA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement benefits

Paid holidays & vacation

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. in USA (Pennsylvania - West Point) seeks an Associate Director, Digital Operations to shift from traditional BI to a modern data foundation.

The role focuses on data engineering, building custom web apps, and deploying agentic AI models across the end-to-end clinical and commercial supply chain. The candidate will design scalable data pipelines, translate business needs into technical specs, and collaborate across global stakeholders.

Qualifications

• M.S. in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Research, or related quantitative field with at least 5 years of industrial data engineering experience.
• BS in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Research, MIS or related field with at least 7 years of industrial data engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Data Engineering & Foundations: design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines and architectures.
• Requirements Translation: translate stakeholder needs into technical specifications.
• Agentic Modeling & AI: design, test, and implement agentic AI workflows and ML models.
• Web Application Development: develop and deploy custom WebApps for operations and data interaction.
• Development & Code Management: use VS Code, AI coding assistants, and GitHub for version control and CI/CD.

Skills

Agent Based Modeling

Automation

CAPA Management

Clinical Supply Chain Management

Databricks Unified Data Analytics

Data Engineering

Data Modeling

Data Pipelines

Data Science

MES/LIMS knowledge

Manufacturing Execution Systems

POC (Proof of Concept)

Proof of Concept (POC)

SQL

Python

Streamlit/React

SAP ERP data

Education

M.S. in Computer Science or related field

Data Science/Engineering/Operations Research focus

Tools

Databricks

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Streamlit

React

SAP MM/PP/QM/SD

MES/LIMS

VS Code

GitHub

Job description

Merck & Co., Inc. in USA (Pennsylvania - West Point) seeks an Associate Director, Digital Operations to shift from traditional BI to a modern data foundation.

The role focuses on data engineering, building custom web apps, and deploying agentic AI models across the end-to-end clinical and commercial supply chain. The candidate will design scalable data pipelines, translate business needs into technical specs, and collaborate across global stakeholders.