Specialist, Compliance

MSD Malaysia; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. is seeking a Compliance Specialist to support site learning and training compliance programs across QMS and regulatory standards. The role emphasizes instructional design, performance consulting, and LMS management to ensure inspection readiness.

The ideal candidate has GxP/GMP experience, expertise with Articulate 360 and Captivate, and a digital/AI-first approach to learning delivery. Hybrid work from West Point, PA is offered with a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Requires 6+ years of relevant academic/practical experience.
• GxP/GMP experience in a regulated environment.
• Experience with LMS and curriculum management, learning content deployment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, update, and sustain instructor-led training, job aids, eLearning modules, and other learning solutions.
• Collaborate with SMEs, Quality, and L&D to assess needs and define learning objectives.
• Review content for accuracy, relevance, and compliance with standards.
• Manage LMS and curriculum activities, including training assignments and artifact updates.

Skills

Adult Learning Theory

Articulate 360

Captivate

LMS experience

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

Articulate 360

Captivate

PowerPoint

LMS packaging standards

Job description

## Specialist, ComplianceApply: Hybrid: USA - Pennsylvania - West Point: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: October 8, 2026 (13 days left to apply): R419425**Job Description****Position Summary** We are seeking a highly skilled **Compliance Specialist** to support site learning and training compliance programs, ensuring adherence to Quality Management System (QMS) requirements, regulatory expectations, and global standards. This role will support training compliance, instructional design, and continuous improvement initiatives to maintain an effective and inspection-ready learning environment. The ideal candidate brings experience in GxP compliance, instructional design, performance consulting, Learning Management System (LMS) activities & curriculum management. This role partners with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Quality, business stakeholders, and L&D colleagues to translate business and compliance needs into effective learning solutions.**Responsibilities:** * Design, develop, update, and sustain instructor-led training, job aids, eLearning modules, and other learning solutions aligned with adult learning principles, business needs, quality & regulatory expectations, and site standards.* Partner with SMEs, Quality, business stakeholders, and L&D colleagues to assess needs, define learning objectives, identify performance gaps, and recommend targeted solutions.* Review and improve learning content for accuracy, relevance, engagement, accessibility, and compliance with approved standards.* Execute LMS and curriculum management activities, including training assignments, learning artifact updates, curriculum accuracy checks, learner population alignment, and deployment support.* Use digital tools and learning technologies to improve learner experience, workflow efficiency, and scalable training delivery.* Manage deliverables, communicate status, risks, dependencies, and decisions needed, and drive timely completion of assigned work.* Provide flexible support, including off-shift coverage as needed, to meet production floor training needs and support timely employee qualification.* Evaluate training effectiveness using available data, feedback, observations, and performance indicators, and recommend continuous improvement actions. **Required Experience and Skills:** * Experience with Articulate 360, Captivate, PowerPoint-based workflows, and LMS packaging standards.* Experience with Learning Management Systems, curriculum management, training assignments, and learning content deployment.* Performance consulting skills, including assessing business needs, identifying performance gaps, and recommending learning solutions.* GxP/GMP experience in a regulated environment.* Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines while maintaining safety, compliance, data integrity, and inspection readiness.* Strong communication, collaboration, problem-solving, continuous improvement, and attention to detail.* Digital/AI-first approach to all tasks.* Exposure to continuous improvement frameworks (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma, QbD, TQM, Agile, etc.) **Required Education:** * High School Diploma, GED, or international equivalent and at least 6 years of relevant academic and/or practical work experience. Education beyond high school will be counted as relevant experience.**Preferred:** * Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and at least 2 years of experience* Minimum of 2 years of technical writing, instructional design and facilitation experience **Location:** Hybrid - West Point**Required Skills:**Adult Learning Theory, Adult Learning Theory, Articulate 360, Biopharmaceutical Industry, Business Consulting Services, Competency Management, Compliance Activities, Compliance Monitoring, Compliance Policies, Compliance Program Development, Compliance Reporting, Compliance Training, Continuous Improvement, Data Integrity, Employee Communications, Employee Training, GxP Compliance, Instructional Design, Learning Management, Learning Management Systems (LMS), Medical Devices, Metrics Analysis, Performance Consulting, Process Training, Project Management {+ 3 more}**Preferred Skills:**Current Employees apply HERECurrent Contingent Workers apply HERE**US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:**Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.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 RightsEEOC GINA SupplementWe 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.Learn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State ActsThe salary range for this role is$79,200.00 - $124,700.00This 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.You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.**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**Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully** Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.**Employee Status:**Regular**Relocation:**No relocation**VISA Sponsorship:**No**Travel Requirements:**No Travel Required**Flexible Work Arrangements:**Hybrid**Shift:**1st - Day**Valid Driving License:**No**Hazardous Material(s):**N/A**Job Posting End Date:**10/8/2026**\\*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.**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.