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We collaborate internationally to deliver the services and solutions that help everyone to be more productive and enable innovation.\nThe Information Technology team at our Research & Development Division is looking for Product Manager - PV Reporting and Surveillance. Reporting into the Product Line Lead for Clinical Safety. The position will take a leadership role in the development and implementation of pharmacovigilance strategies, processes, and systems for a pharmaceutical company, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and maintaining high-quality standards.\nProduct managers must possess a broad base of skills and knowledge spanning digital technology, strategy and business planning, user experience design, engineering, and agile/lean development practices. They must possess an entrepreneurial drive to develop new product features while managing stakeholders’ needs and timeframes to broker complex relationships that evolve into real solutions. The ultimate success of a product owner hinges on their ability to guide their peers while influencing decisionmakers.\nWhat will you do?\nPartner with cross-functional teams to develop and implement pharmacovigilance (PV) strategies that meet regulatory requirements and ensure patient safety, quality, and compliance.\nManage and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring business value is understood and aligned with organizational objectives.\nDevelop, maintain, and execute the Product Strategy and Roadmap.\nOversee pharmacovigilance systems, including software platforms used for adverse event reporting, case management, and signal detection.\nMaintain current knowledge of global pharmacovigilance regulations and guidelines and ensure company PV processes and systems remain compliant.\nEnsure pharmacovigilance processes and systems adhere to applicable regulatory requirements, including International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) guidelines.\nMaintain high-quality standards for PV processes and systems and implement quality control measures to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and compliance.\nCollaborate with Clinical, Regulatory, Safety, and other key functional areas to integrate pharmacovigilance processes into overall product development plans.\nPartner with Business Technology teams to manage the implementation of new PV/QC systems and enhancements, ensuring project milestones and timelines are achieved.\nBuild and maintain strong stakeholder relationships to support effective decision-making, alignment, and execution across functions.\nDemonstrate strong stakeholder management skills, including communication, influence, and cross-functional collaboration.\nQualifications, Skills & Experience\nRequired\nBachelor’s degree\nSix or more (6) years of experience in data governance, compliance, privacy, risk management, AI governance, or related roles\nStrong communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences\nExperience with data governance, data products, digital solutions, and Agentic AI-enabled programs\nAbility to develop policies, standards, SOPs, and governance processes\nWorking knowledge of data management practices, including data quality, metadata, security/privacy, and master data management\nAbility to identify and manage governance, compliance, privacy, and risk issues\nStrong collaboration and influencing skills across cross-functional teams\nAbility to drive change, continuous improvement, and adoption of governance practices\nStrong writing, organization, and problem-solving skills\nAbility to work effectively in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and evolving environment\nUnderstanding of healthcare compliance laws, regulations, and guidelines\nExperience developing and delivering training and guidance to a broad audience\nAbility to build trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders\nPreferred\nMaster’s degree, MBA, or equivalent\nExperience supporting IT, data, analytics, or AI solutions in a complex or regulated environment\nExperience with privacy and data protection practices\nExperience supporting compliance training, reporting, and remediation activities\nExperience in healthcare or life sciences\nExperience with quality management systems\nPharmacovigilance compliance experience\nWhat we offer\nExciting opportunities to work as part of a high-performing team on global projects within an international environment.\nOpportunities for continuous learning and professional growth, with the potential to develop a career across the company’s global organization.\nSWE2026\nRequired Skills:\nData Quality Assurance, Management System Development, Pharmaceutical Regulatory Compliance, Pharmacovigilance, Photovoltaic Systems, Product Development, Product Management, Quality Control (QC), Safety Cases, Signal Detection Theory (SDT), Solution Architecture, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, System Designs, VeevaPreferred Skills:\nCurrent Employees apply HERE\nCurrent Contingent Workers apply HERE\nUS and Puerto Rico Residents Only:\nOur 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.\nAs 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. Asa 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:\nEEOC Know Your Rights\nEEOC GINA Supplement\nWe 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.\nLearn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts\nThe primary location for this posting is:\nUSA - New Jersey - RahwayWhere required by law, the compensation range for this role is provided below.\nThe salary range for the primary location of this role is:\n$142,400.00 - $224,100.00This range reflects the Company's reasonable expectation of the base salary applicable to this role at the time of 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.\nWe 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.\nAdditional location(s): Please note the salary range above applies to the Primary Location of the position. Where a role has other listed locations, different compensation guidelines may apply. You may find the salary ranges for additional locations below. If the salary range is not listed for the location you are applying to, our Talent Acquisition team will provide further information to you relevant to your location.\nAdditional location(s) Compensation Information:\nSan Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance\nLos 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\nSearch Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully\nMerck & 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. 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