Business Technology Program Manager

Job Description

If this position will be based in the US or Puerto Rico (not applicable to positions based outside of US or Puerto Rico): Subject to applicable law, all prospective hires will be required to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or intend to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by November 1, 2021, or qualify for a medical or religious accommodation to this vaccination requirement. Hired candidates who are not vaccinated by November 1, 2021, and who have not been approved for a legally-required medical or religious accommodation will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment, subject to applicable law.

Our IT team operates as a business partner proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver the services and solutions that help everyone to be more productive and enable innovation.

Position Description:

Our R&D division is about to embark on a transformative journey in our Global Clinical Development ecosystem through an initiative called Zero Gravity.

Today, our teams are focused on the technical capabilities of our clinical development applications and tools which enable business functions and cross-functional needs. Our teams have an opportunity to pivot to business process reengineering broadly across the clinical development ecosystem. Value will be generated in an incremental fashion, which will be enabled by technology advancement through Zero Gravity.

The ideal candidate is an independent thinker, with a strong background in leading complex change at a program/portfolio level.

Role Responsibilities:

Provide program leadership for Zero Gravity including:

• Continue to mature our Zero Gravity governance model and program management office ways of working,

• Plan, facilitate, and communicate the strategic operations of Zero Gravity,

• Communicate the Zero Gravity plan and roadmap over time and with inputs from our Business and IT leaders, including our Value Team leads.

Plan and facilitate working sessions across the Clinical & Real World Evidence Generation Value Team, including the Product Line Leaders and Product Owners, to resolve challenges and/or amplify opportunities to continuously and sustainability delivers value to our customers. Document changes to the roadmap, when they occur above the product line level, and communicate the changes.

Lead the business stakeholders through New Ways of Working, such as: Knowing-to-Learning; Withholding-to-Sharing; Planning-to-Experimentation. Key element of success will be to lead others in thinking about data as an asset beyond the boundaries of any one functional area.

This role will report to the Business Technology Partner for Zero Gravity.

Position Qualifications:

Education Minimum:

• B.A./B.S.

Required Experience and Skills:

• 5+ years driving large-scale, cross-functional change and/or transformation at program or portfolio level

Preferred:

• Seamlessly able to shift from waterfall to agile methodologies

• Experience in IT product model implementation

Our Support Functions deliver services and make recommendations about ways to enhance our workplace and the culture of our organization. Our Support Functions include Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Procurement, Administration, Facilities and Security.

Who we are …

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for …

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

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We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

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Requisition ID:R139452