Director, Global Clinical Supply, Due Diligence and Integration (Hybrid)
Merck
Summary
The Global Clinical Supply (GCS) Due Diligence and Integration (DDI) Lead plays a critical leadership role in unlocking the value of breakthrough science and advancing the company's growing portfolio. The Director supports front-end diligence efforts and spearheads the end-to-end clinical supply chain integration of Business Development & Licensing (BD&L) assets, leading from pre-deal supply chain evaluation through complete business hand-off.
Job description
Key Responsibilities
- Represent GCS on Due Diligence teams - synthesize cross-functional inputs (clinical, CMC etc) to define clinical supply chain risk posture, project clinical supply demand and estimate resource/budget requirements.
- Assess impact of BD&L transaction structures (e.g., acquisitions, ring-fence, collaborations etc) to clinical supply chain operational risks, connecting cause and effect, utilizing organizational expertise to implement and influence risk mitigation plans.
- Partner across the E2E supply chain to drive integration strategy and transition into stable operations (business as usual), while ensuring business continuity of ongoing clinical studies.
- Facilitate structured knowledge management from legacy partners to GCS.
- Support strategic talent retention and integration of legacy colleagues into the company's network.
- Proactively manage stakeholders and escalate risks to GCS and cross-functional leadership and governance.
- Lead GCS leadership reviews for assigned integrations.
- Drive process optimization initiatives and tools to support continuous improvement of asset integration activities.
- Upskill the organization leveraging learnings from integration activities to improve the GCS clinical supply chain and network.
Position Qualifications
Education Minimum Requirement: Bachelor's degree in STEM, Business, or related field.
Required Experience and Skills
- A minimum of 8 years of experience in clinical supply chain, CMC, integration, or clinical roles within the pharmaceutical industry.
- Proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional project teams through planning, execution, and closeout to deliver milestone targets.
- Ability to build trust and support colleagues, utilizing a high degree of emotional intelligence (EQ).
- Acts as a facilitator and mentor empowering others to succeed.
- Strong abilities in Governance and stakeholder management.
- Understands and provides input into decision-making process around investment of time, resources and spend for Global clinical supplies.
- Is comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and delivering high-quality risk assessments with minimal data inputs under tight timelines.
- Exercises prudence and judgement and maintains strict confidentiality while sharing sensitive information.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; Ability to digest complex data sets and translate into appropriate executive summary for senior leadership.
Preferred Experience and Skills
- Strategic Planning, demand-supply
- Project management skills / certification
- Prior experience with clinical supply planning, BD&L, trial operations, and/or production operations
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in STEM, Business, or related field
- A minimum of 8 years of experience in clinical supply chain, CMC, integration, or clinical roles within the pharmaceutical industry
- Proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional project teams through planning, execution, and closeout to deliver milestone targets
- Ability to build trust and support colleagues, utilizing a high degree of emotional intelligence (EQ)
- Acts as a facilitator and mentor empowering others to succeed
- Strong abilities in Governance and stakeholder management
- Understands and provides input into decision-making process around investment of time, resources and spend for Global clinical supplies
- Is comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and delivering high-quality risk assessments with minimal data inputs under tight timelines
- Exercises prudence and judgement and maintains strict confidentiality while sharing sensitive information
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to digest complex data sets and translate into appropriate executive summary for senior leadership
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- 401(k) Matching
- Retirement Benefits
- Paid Holidays
- Vacation
- Compassionate & Sick Days
- Annual Bonus
- Long-Term Incentive
Company overview
Merck & Co., Inc., known as Merck in the United States and Canada and MSD (Merck Sharp & Dohme) internationally, is a premier American multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey. Founded in 1891 as the U.S. subsidiary of the German Merck Group, the company became independent following World War I and has since grown into one of the world's largest biomedical companies, ranking fourth globally by revenue. Merck operates across three core business segments: pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and animal health products. The company is renowned for its groundbreaking research and development, having brought numerous life-saving medicines to market including Keytruda (pembrolizumab), a leading immunotherapy for cancer treatment that generated $29.5 billion in 2024 revenue, and Gardasil, a revolutionary HPV vaccine. With approximately 75,000 employees worldwide, Merck maintains a robust pipeline of innovative therapies focused on oncology, vaccines, hospital acute care, cardiology, neuroscience, virology, immunology, and diabetes. The company invests heavily in R&D, spending $17.9 billion in 2024 alone, demonstrating its commitment to advancing scientific discovery. Merck's legacy spans over 130 years of bringing hope to humanity through important medicines and vaccines, operating with a purpose to use leading-edge science to save and improve lives globally while fostering an inclusive workforce and responsible business practices.