Director, Contract Lifecycle Management Product Manager

MSD Malaysia; West Point (PA); Hybrid; USD 173,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Merck is seeking a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) Product Line Lead to drive strategy and transformation across the enterprise. You will partner with Legal, Tech Procurement, Compliance and IT delivery teams to implement CLM capabilities and optimize processes, reporting, and user experience.

You will manage a global CLM program, lead a team of Product Managers, and ensure governance, SDLC, and compliance standards are met while delivering value across 40+ markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• 10+ years in product management, ownership or solution leadership roles in enterprise SaaS.
• Experience owning CLM or enterprise-scale solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define a multi-year CLM roadmap aligned to business priorities.
• Lead cross-functional teams and manage stakeholder trade-offs.
• Oversee delivery governance, SDLC, security, and compliance.
• Mentor Product Managers and build a high-performing CLM team.

Skills

Contract lifecycle

Stakeholder management

Roadmapping

Product leadership

Enterprise SaaS

Change management

Executive communication

PMO governance

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor’s degree

10+ years in product/solution leadership

Enterprise leadership skills

Tools

DocuSign CLM

ERP/IT governance tools

Job description

Job Description Job Description: In this role, the Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM ) Product Line Lead will drive the strategic implementation and ongoing evolution of its enterprise CLM platform, with a focus on DocuSign CLM. This individual will play a critical role in a multi-year, complex global transformation program, serving as the primary business-facing product lead across internal stakeholders, the selected systems implementation partner, and the software provider. The successful candidate will be responsible for defining the product line’s priorities and vision, translating business needs across 10+ functional areas and 40+ markets into actionable requirements, and driving successful delivery of CLM capabilities across the organization. In parallel, this role will oversee business-as-usual support for the CLM program, help establish enterprise governance, and identify opportunities to enhance contract processes, user experience, reporting, and automation over time. This role requires a strong blend of product ownership, enterprise systems implementation, executive-level stakeholder engagement, and operational leadership, ideally within a global and highly regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Vision & Strategy Create and communicate a robust a vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap to evolve the CLM product line that is aligned to business priorities and enterprise technology standards. Provide leadership across 3+ products in the CLM product line across its full lifecycle, planning through delivery, adoption, optimization, and continuous improvement. Collaborate with stakeholders across GSF and IT delivery teams to contribute to overall company priorities. Establish and track product KPIs and success metrics to ensure measurable business value, user experience, and operational efficiency.
• Business Technology Partnership Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders (Legal, Technology Procurement, Compliance, etc.) and IT delivery teams. Oversee team of analysts translating business objectives into clear product requirements, user stories, and prioritized backlogs. Facilitate trade-off discussions across scope, cost, risk, and timing to drive informed decisions and outcomes. Proactively identify opportunities to standardize, streamline, and automate contracting processes across the enterprise.
• Program & Delivery Leadership Act as a trusted advisor to executive business and IT leaders, influencing decisions and guiding outcomes across complex, cross‑functional initiatives. Build, grow, and support a team of Product Managers through hiring, coaching, mentoring, and providing feedback. Lead and drive CLM implementations, releases, and enhancements using strong PMO, and delivery, and risk management practices. Ensure delivery governance, documentation, and adherence to enterprise SDLC, security, and compliance standards. Coordinate change management and stakeholder communications to support successful deployments and adoption.
• Technical & Solution Leadership Act as a subject‑matter expert in contract lifecycle and related business processes, deeply understanding stakeholder needs, pain points, and value drivers. Provide hands‑on product leadership and team building for CLM Product Team supporting configuration, workflows, templates, clauses, metadata, and integrations. Partner with architecture, integration, security, and data teams to ensure scalable and compliant solutions. Ensure technical decisions support long‑term platform sustainability, performance, and extensibility.

Education Minimum Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree
• 10+ years of experience in product management, product ownership, or solution leadership roles, preferably in enterprise SaaS platforms.
• Enterprise leadership skills, including business savviness, strategic planning, execution excellence, change catalyst, Emotional Intelligence, networking and partnerships.
• Trusted advisor to business leaders with a track record focusing on data‑driven, user‑focused outcomes.
• Strong PMO and delivery leadership skills, including managing complex, multi‑stakeholder initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience owning and delivering enterprise‑scale solutions (CLM solutions strongly preferred).
• Proven ability to set product vision, define roadmaps, and deliver measurable business value.
• Experience leading and mentoring technical analysts or delivery teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and executive presence to support delivery excellence to business partners.
• Experience partnering with Legal, Procurement, Compliance, or similar organizations.
• Build, grow, and support a team of Product Managers through hiring, coaching, mentoring, and providing feedback.
• Experience in organizational change management (transformation) and continuous improvement.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes.

Preferred Experience and Skills

• Master’s degree in science or technology discipline
• 15+ years of experience in product management, product ownership, or solution leadership roles, preferably in enterprise SaaS platforms.
• Proven ability scale solutions beyond initial implementations to enterprise adoption.
• Product management certifications or Agile/Scrum credentials.
• Deep understanding of CLM platforms, including configuration, workflows, clause libraries, approvals, reporting, and integrations.
• One or more of the following certifications:
  • DocuSign CLM Administrator
  • DocuSign CLM Workflow Developer
  • DocuSign CLM Implementation Consultant
  • DocuSign CLM Technical Consultant

Required Skills

Asset Management, Benefits Management, Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), Contract Management, Documentations, Enterprise System Implementations, Enterprise Systems, Management System Development, Organizational Change Management, Product Management, Product Management Leadership, Requirements Management, Risk Management, Roadmapping, Stakeholder Communications, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, System Designs, User Experience (UX)

Company Culture & Inclusion

Our company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where we have codified our legacy for over a century. Our success is backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.

As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit: EEOC Know Your Rights EEOC GINA Supplement.

San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

The salary range for this role is $173,200.00 - $272,600.00. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs. The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long‑term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.

Employee Status: Regular. Relocation: No relocation. VISA Sponsorship: No. Travel Requirements: 10%. Flexible Work Arrangements: Hybrid. Shift: Not Indicated. Valid Driving License: No. Hazardous Material(s): n/a. Job Posting End Date: 10/14/2026. *A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date.