Clinical Data Standards Intern - Global Research Lab

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

Job summary

Merck's Future Talent Program in Rahway, NJ offers interns in Global Clinical Data Standards a 12-week experience with real projects in data standards, SDTM, and CDISC. You will collaborate with stakeholders to drive adoption of new processes and tools.

This internship emphasizes hands-on data curation, analysis, and learning how standards support clinical development. Applicants should have a foundation in data management and programming, and strong communication.

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.
• Knowledge of programming languages such as Python, SAS, VBA.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across business and technical functions.

Responsibilities

• Apply strong data curation and analysis to uncover business insights.
• Establish FAIR principles to data standard definitions and promote re-use.
• Identify areas for process improvement, implement solutions and measure effectiveness.

Skills

Info management

CDISC standards

Data integration

Programming: Python/SAS/VBA

Tools

Python

SAS

VBA

Job description

Merck's Future Talent Program in Rahway, NJ offers interns in Global Clinical Data Standards a 12-week experience with real projects in data standards, SDTM, and CDISC. You will collaborate with stakeholders to drive adoption of new processes and tools.

This internship emphasizes hands-on data curation, analysis, and learning how standards support clinical development. Applicants should have a foundation in data management and programming, and strong communication.