Lead, Agentic Standards & Context Intelligence

MSD

Rahway (NJ)

Hybrid

USD 173,000 - 273,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

401(k) retirement benefits

Job summary

Merck seeks an Associate Director to lead the Agentic Standards & Context Intelligence pillar of the GenAI Center of Excellence, shaping enterprise standards, playbooks, and the shared context layer for enterprise AI agents. You will partner with responsible-AI, engineering, data, governance, and platform teams to ensure standards are published and activated in day-to-day work.

The role emphasizes team leadership, adoption of context patterns, and measurable quality and compliance improvements

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related STEM field.
Experience defining and driving adoption of technical standards, playbooks, or frameworks in a large, matrixed organization.
Hands-on understanding of the GenAI agent lifecycle (design, deploy, monitor, improve).
Experience with context engineering concepts applied to AI systems — grounding, retrieval strategy, semantic definitions, or shared context layers.

Responsibilities

Define and evolve standards, playbooks, and technical specs across the full agent lifecycle.
Own the strategy for the shared, governed context layer (ontology, knowledge graph, semantic definitions, metric registries, business glossary).
Elevate context handling as a first-class, measurable platform component with lifecycle controls and health metrics.
Drive adoption of agentic standards and context patterns across teams through enablement content and reference patterns.
Align CoE standards with enterprise architecture, data, and governance functions.
Lead and mentor a team spanning standards authorship and context engineering.