Clinical Director, Translational Neuroscience (Hybrid)

Merck; Rahway (NJ); Hybrid; USD 256,000 - 403,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement benefits

Paid holidays

Paid vacation

Sick days

Annual bonus

Long-term incentive

Job summary

Merck & Co., Rahway, NJ, invites a physician-scientist to join as Principal Scientist (Clinical Director) in Translational Medicine/Early Clinical Development within the Neuroscience Therapeutic Area in the US.

The role emphasizes leading early clinical development, biomarker strategies, and collaboration across discovery, translational, and regulatory teams to advance neurologic and psychiatric therapeutics.

Qualifications

• MD or MD/PhD (or international equivalent) required.
• Experience in biomedical research with publications and collaboration across therapeutic areas.
• Completion or anticipated completion of residency training is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical expertise for target identification/validation and design of preclinical/clinical experiments.
• Advance therapeutics from preclinical to clinical development with cross-functional teams.
• Lead early clinical development strategy from preclinical through Phase 1 and into Phase 2/3 programs.

Skills

Biomedical Research

Clinical Development

Clinical Medicine

Clinical Research

Clinical Trial Planning

Cross-Functional Teamwork

Neuroscience Research

Neurologic Disorders

Translational Medicine

Translational Research

Education

MD or MD/PhD

Job description

Merck & Co., Rahway, NJ, invites a physician-scientist to join as Principal Scientist (Clinical Director) in Translational Medicine/Early Clinical Development within the Neuroscience Therapeutic Area in the US.

The role emphasizes leading early clinical development, biomarker strategies, and collaboration across discovery, translational, and regulatory teams to advance neurologic and psychiatric therapeutics.