Director, Data Management & Informatics - Hybrid

CamWebDir; Rahway (NJ); Hybrid; GBP 131,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. in the United States seeks a Director to lead regulatory data management, informatics analytics, and enterprise data systems. You will enable data-driven decisions across the product lifecycle and drive scalable digital capabilities in partnership with R&D and Quality functions.

You will oversee a high-performing team, ensure compliance, and transform data access to accelerate scientific innovation and regulatory submissions.

Qualifications

• Academic qualifications including Bachelor's or higher in a relevant science or data field.
• Proven leadership and cross-functional influence in regulated environments.
• Strong people leadership, stakeholder management, and data-driven value delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead an integrated organization supporting regulatory data management, informatics analytics, and enterprise data system capabilities.
• Deliver accurate, traceable, and submission-ready regulatory data across the product lifecycle.
• Advance scalable analytics, visualization, and self-service data solutions to support proactive product monitoring and decisions.
• Serve as business owner or representative for enterprise data systems, driving strategy, governance, enhancements, adoption and value.
• Translate scientific, regulatory, quality and business needs into scalable digital capabilities and data solutions.

Skills

Academic Presentations

Bioconjugation

Computational Chemistry

Creativity

Data Analysis

High-Throughput Experimentation

Organic Synthesis

Professional Networking

Project Leadership

Research Proposal Development

Scientific Leadership

Scientific Literature Search

Strategic Thinking

Structure Based Drug Design

Synthetic Chemistry

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biology, Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline

Master’s degree (10+ years experience)

Ph.D. (7+ years experience)

Job description

Merck & Co., Inc. in the United States seeks a Director to lead regulatory data management, informatics analytics, and enterprise data systems. You will enable data-driven decisions across the product lifecycle and drive scalable digital capabilities in partnership with R&D and Quality functions.

You will oversee a high-performing team, ensure compliance, and transform data access to accelerate scientific innovation and regulatory submissions.