Neuroscience Translational Medicine Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligible

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Merck & Co. seeks a physician-scientist to join Translational Medicine as Principal Scientist (Clinical Director) in Neuroscience Therapeutic Area, based in the United States.

The role leads early clinical development and clinical pharmacology strategies, collaborating with discovery science and late-stage clinical teams to advance neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric programs. The ideal candidate has an MD or MD/PhD with biomedical research excellence, residency training in neurology or

Qualifications

• Experience in biomedical research with publications.
• Clinical medicine experience including residency training.
• Strong interpersonal, writing, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical expertise for target identification and validation and design preclinical/clinical experiments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to advance novel therapeutics from preclinical to clinical development.
• Lead early development strategy and execution for programs from preclinical through Phase 2/3.
• Develop and execute clinical pharmacology studies across all phases (I–IV).
• Support regulatory filing with preparatory documents and presentations.
• Develop and execute biomarker studies and experimental medicine to validate biological activity.
• Engage with external scientific community and potential partners.
• Work with global internal/external staff across research sites worldwide.

Skills

Biomedical Research

Clinical Development

Clinical Medicine

Clinical Research

Clinical Trial Planning

Cross-Functional Teamwork

Neuroscience Research

Neurologic Disorders

Translational Research

Translational Medicine

Education

MD or MD/PhD

Job description

Merck & Co. seeks a physician-scientist to join Translational Medicine as Principal Scientist (Clinical Director) in Neuroscience Therapeutic Area, based in the United States.

The role leads early clinical development and clinical pharmacology strategies, collaborating with discovery science and late-stage clinical teams to advance neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric programs. The ideal candidate has an MD or MD/PhD with biomedical research excellence, residency training in neurology or