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Manufacturing plants with a “Safety First, Quality Always” mindset striving for continuous improvement. Your main field of attention is to provide all-round technical support to Vaccine and Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing for commercial Animal Health products.

The focus of an Associate Director within the Regional Projects team in the BioTechnology Solutions (BTS) department is on Vaccine and Biopharmaceutical process improvement/transfers in support of commercial antigen/antibody manufacturing and sterile biopharmaceutical product fill-finish. The Within a multidisciplinary environment you will cooperate with your colleagues from BTS-Process Development, BTS-Site Support, BTS-Analytical, Operations, Site Engineering, Quality Control/Assurance, Supply Chain or Planning, Global Regulatory Affairs, Environmental Health and Safety, Research, Regional Transfer Task Force, and Regional Strategy teams.

**Job Description** :

+ Leads and/or works independently to optimize and/or troubleshoot manufacturing processes for microbial, virus or cell cultures followed by purification/concentration and blending/fill of veterinary vaccines and biopharmaceuticals (antibody therapeutics).

+ Leads and/or works independently and/or supports a team member with focus on technology transfer within or between manufacturing sites.

+ Works at the speed of business to resolve manufacturing challenges while always ensuring timelines meet the requirements of the customer regarding safety, quality, cost-efficiency, practical applicability, and consistency.

+ Leads and/or works independently as a team member on technical investigations, validation and/or process improvement projects.

+ Examines issues from diverse perspectives (safety, compliance, automation, equipment, process and people) to best understand and resolve the root cause.

+ Whether working independently or in collaboration with other departments (e.g. Quality, R&D, Production, Analytical Development, and /or Process Development), must ensure sound scientific data/literature/evaluation and integrity drives every decision/recommendation.

+ If necessary, performs development, introduction and/or testing of new technologies.

+ Collaborates and interfaces with Research, Process/Analytical Development, Manufacturing and other departments to ensure commercial products are produced to keep up with commercial needs.

+ Demonstrates working knowledge of current United States Department of Agriculture regulatory guidelines.

+ Develops project charters and project plans and align with all sponsors and stakeholders.

+ Key capabilities include project management skills: development of timelines, use of project tracking tools, definition of deliverables, definition of roles and responsibilities, risk identification/tracking/mitigation and business acumen.

+ Coordinates and tracks team activities by leading or participating in core team meetings, communicates project risks and status to appropriate stakeholders, and escalates challenges as well as opportunities to sponsors at the speed of the business need.

+ Assures consistent application of standardized work, engineering controls, and process analytical technology.

+ Authors experimental protocols and reports in support of laboratory or production scale evaluations.

+ Creates and updates technical and manufacturing documents necessary for investigations, process design/definition, engineering studies, process demonstrations, change control and validation.

+ Displays our Company leadership behaviors and demonstrate a high emotional intelligence.

+ Effectively collaborates with peers on site and above site as required.

+ Contributes to international projects (Global Projects). Interacts closely with fellow scientists from your own and other departments. If required with external collaboration partners.

+ Actively contributes to the improvement or acceleration of activities within the department, and also within support fields such as Environment Health and Safety.

+ Trains and guides other employees and / or interns.

+ Performs off-shift work (only as needed).

Education Minimum Requirement:

+ Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Mechanical Engineering, Biochemistry, Protein Chemistry, or related field with at least 8 years of experience in vaccine and/or biopharmaceutical Development, Process/Product Development, and/or Biological manufacturing or closely related field. (Or Master of Science degree and at least 6 years of relevant work experience or a Doctoral degree and at least 3 years of relevant work experience.)

**Required Experience and Skills** :

+ Excellent written and oral communication

+ Excellent project management, documentation, and writing

+ Excellent teamworking and collaboration

+ Embraces diversity and promotes inclusion

+ Strong problem-solving skills and a hands-on approach to solving problems inclusive of diverse perspectives (e.g. safety, compliance)

+ Can work together in multidisciplinary and international teams

+ Experience in bioprocess development, scale up, and qualification/validation

+ Working knowledge of USDA regulations

+ Knowledge of GMP requirements for manufacture and testing for sterile/parenteral animal and/or human vaccines and biopharmaceutical products

+ Understanding of statistics and application to process monitoring and control

Preferred Experience and Skills:

+ People Management experience is preferred

Global Animal Health Manufacturing Division is committed to be the most trusted supplier of biopharmaceuticals worldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, create an interdependent global manufacturing network that’s committed to delivering a high quality, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time.

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Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.

The salary range for this role is

$139,600.00 - $219,700.00

This 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

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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:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

Yes

Hazardous Material(s):

N/A

Required Skills:

Antibody Production, Bacterial Fermentation, Biological Manufacturing, Bioreactors, Fermentation Equipment, Fermentation Process Development, Freeze Drying, Mammalian Cell Culture, Manufacturing Scale-Up, Process Monitoring, Project Management, Protein Characterization, Technology Transfer, Upstream Process Development, Upstream Processing, USDA Regulations

Preferred Skills:

Leadership, People Leadership, People Management

Job Posting End Date:

06/25/2025

*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.

**Requisition ID:** R352680