# Associate Director, Upstream Technical Operations Lead

Job Description Join our state-of-the-art biologics manufacturing facility in Dunboyne as the Upstream Technical Operations Lead. In this pivotal role, you will hold end-to-end technical, manufacturing, and people accountability for a complex, growing biologics program. Reporting directly to the Upstream Technical Operations Director as part of the MSAT function, you will lead a high-performing team of scientists and engineers delivering day-to-day manufacturing support across the entire upstream process-from media preparation and cell culture to bioreactor operations, harvest, and process monitoring. What You Will Do Technical Program Ownership Maintain end-to-end technical ownership of the assigned biologics program, guiding activities from technology transfer and PPQ execution through to commercial lifecycle management. Act as a core member of the Upstream technical leadership team, helping to shape the site's overall technical strategy and execution standards. Manufacturing Support & Operational Excellence Enable robust, compliant, and reliable production by providing visible, floor-based technical support to resolve real-time manufacturing issues. Set clear priorities, expe

- **Id**: 3684044
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/merck-co-associate-director-upstream-technical-operations-lead>
- **Role**: Biotech
- **Role family**: Biotech
- **Seniority**: head
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Dunboyne, Ireland
- **Countries**: IE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T14:19:04Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T18:26:54Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 9
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6046
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Continuous learning, Flexible schedule
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Veterinary Medicine, Vaccines, Biologics & Biosimilars, Oncology Therapeutics

## Company

- **Id**: 3768
- **Name**: Merck & Co.
- **Domain**: msd.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/msd>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 97
- **Open postings**: 187
- **Ghost share**: 0.021
- **Stale share**: 0.16
- **Repost share**: 0.193
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 16
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **Bioreactors** — Optional: no
- **CAPA** — Optional: no
- **Cell Culture** — Optional: no
- **GMP** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 9

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **Ireland** — Iso: IE; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T14:19:04Z

## Visa

- Country: IE; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 10; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Irish employment permits in 12 months: 1; Filings 12m: 1

## Liveness

- **Score**: 81
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 8
- **Expected fill days**: 16
- **Reasons**: conf:5, velocity, win:mid, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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