Associate Director, Global Standards & Execution

Merck & Co.; North Wales (Montgomery County); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck & Co. in the United States seeks an Associate Director, Standards & Execution to lead planning, execution, and implementation of strategic initiatives that strengthen the GRACS Quality Management System (QMS) across privacy, data security, and records management.

You will collaborate with IT, Finance, Legal, Privacy, and Corporate Security to assess needs, define requirements, and develop execution strategies that promote transparency and compliance in a global, highly regulated

Qualifications

• 15+ years' experience in project management, systems management and/or regulatory related experience.
• Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 8 years of project management, systems management and/or regulatory related experience.
• An advanced degree with a minimum of 4 years of project management and/or regulatory related experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, coordination, and successful execution of assigned strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with program objectives, sponsor expectations, and organizational priorities.
• Partner with project leaders to develop and manage project plans, governance structures, implementation activities, milestones, risks, and deliverables
• Establish and lead the GRACS records management and document retention program, including development of associated standards, governance, processes, tools, and controls.
• Support the execution of the GRACS Data Security Program (DSP), including monitoring, reporting, documentation, and governance activities, with particular focus on sensitive data transfers and related compliance requirements.
• Support the GRACS Privacy Program by collaborating with business process owners to develop, maintain, and periodically assess privacy impact assessments and related compliance documentation.
• Coordinate and support annual privacy assessments and associated remediation activities across GRACS.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure appropriate third-party due diligence processes are completed, documented, monitored, and renewed for both global and U.S.-based vendors and service providers.
• Drive continuous improvement of governance, compliance, and operational processes through effective stakeholder engagement, risk identification, and implementation of sustainable solutions.
• Provide leadership communications, metrics, and status reporting to support informed decision-making and business performance transparency.
• Support the GRACS Privacy program including collaboration with process owners in the creation and maintenance of their respective privacy assessments

Skills

Excellent facilitation

Complex project management

Regulatory compliance

Privacy & data security

Stakeholder management

English communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced degree

Job description

Merck & Co. in the United States seeks an Associate Director, Standards & Execution to lead planning, execution, and implementation of strategic initiatives that strengthen the GRACS Quality Management System (QMS) across privacy, data security, and records management.

You will collaborate with IT, Finance, Legal, Privacy, and Corporate Security to assess needs, define requirements, and develop execution strategies that promote transparency and compliance in a global, highly regulated