Clinical Data Standards Intern: FAIR, SDTM & Insights

MSD Malaysia; Rahway (NJ); Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. in Rahway, NJ is offering a Future Talent Program internship (up to 12 weeks) in Global Clinical Data Standards within Global Clinical Trial Operations.

The role focuses on data curation, CDISC SDTM/ADaM terminology, and FAIR data principles, with collaboration across business and technical teams. The intern will map data from investigator sites to SDTM reporting, gain exposure to FDA submission processes, and learn to manipulate data using Python/SAS/VBA..hybrid work setup,

Qualifications

• Understanding of information management practices.
• Knowledge of industry standards (e.g. CDISC SDTM, ADaM, HL7).
• Ability to manipulate and combine data from disparate sources.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, SAS, VBA.
• Strong collaboration and problem-solving across business and technical functions.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Applying strong data curation and analysis skills to uncover business insights related to service management
• Establishing FAIR principles to data standard definitions and promote re-use of those definitions
• Identify areas for process improvement, implement a solution, and measure effectiveness of the implementation plan
• Support mapping activities from data collection at an investigator site to SDTM reporting to the FDA
• Learning and understanding CDISC controlled terminology, evaluate new terms, and submit those terms for CDISC approval

Skills

Data curation

FAIR principles

Process improvement

SDTM mapping

CDISC terminology

Python

SAS

VBA

Communication

Tools

Python

SAS

VBA

Job description

Merck & Co., Inc. in Rahway, NJ is offering a Future Talent Program internship (up to 12 weeks) in Global Clinical Data Standards within Global Clinical Trial Operations.

The role focuses on data curation, CDISC SDTM/ADaM terminology, and FAIR data principles, with collaboration across business and technical teams. The intern will map data from investigator sites to SDTM reporting, gain exposure to FDA submission processes, and learn to manipulate data using Python/SAS/VBA..hybrid work setup,