Strategic Systems Lead, Roadmaps & Compliance

Merck; New Jersey; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck in New Jersey seeks an Associate Director, Business System Owner to lead prioritization and delivery of technical solutions, define roadmaps, and govern backlogs to ensure governance and regulatory compliance.

You will partner with Engineering, Architecture, and Product teams to design, test, and deploy scalable, secure integrations while tracking performance and driving continuous optimization. The role requires strong stakeholder management and strategic thinking.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with SDLC governance and validation activities.
• Experience translating complex business needs into technical deliverables and requirements.
• Familiarity with regulated environments and audit readiness (GxP).
• Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Convert complex business processes, data workflows, and integration requirements into clear, actionable technical deliverables and strategic platform recommendations.
• Define and maintain a multi-year product roadmap balancing priorities, innovation, feasibility, scalability, and regulatory compliance.
• Own and govern system backlog and release plans for assigned platforms, aligning with enterprise strategy and compliance controls.
• Partner with Engineering, Architecture, and Product to design, test, and deploy scalable integration solutions meeting end-to-end requirements.
• Supervise intake, prioritization, and evaluation of system enhancements ensuring business value alignment.
• Track performance, analyze release outcomes, identify risks, and drive continuous improvement.
• Facilitate UX and design-thinking workshops to define user needs and solutions.
• Translate user insights into actionable requirements and experience improvements.
• Drive cross-functional ideation and alignment through structured design sessions.

Skills

SDLC Mastery

21 CFR Part 11

URS/FS/DS

API/ETL specs

SQL optimization

Release management

Jira/Confluence/ALM

Design Thinking

Backlog governance

Stakeholder alignment

Tools

Jira

Confluence

ALM

Job description

Merck in New Jersey seeks an Associate Director, Business System Owner to lead prioritization and delivery of technical solutions, define roadmaps, and govern backlogs to ensure governance and regulatory compliance.

You will partner with Engineering, Architecture, and Product teams to design, test, and deploy scalable, secure integrations while tracking performance and driving continuous optimization. The role requires strong stakeholder management and strategic thinking.