Job Description General Summary: Due to continued growth and investment, our company is hiringan Associate Director, Engineering within Biologics External Manufacturing Technology. The Associate Director willbe the key technical leader interface between our company and External Partnersfor the Biologics External Manufacturing(ExM)organization.

This individual will create, lead and execute technical transfers to and commercial supply from External Partner(s).The candidate will be based in the US on the west coast and report to the Director, BiologicsExternal ManufacturingTechnology.

Theidealcandidate will be someone who can navigate a complex network of drug substance nodes across biologics modalities and tech support models.Thecandidate needs to collaborate across multiple technical functions to ensure the success technical transfer and commercial manufacture with theExternalPartner(s).This individual will be capable of leading several high-impact, complex, cross-functional divisional teams and will provide significant leadership to the department.This role is critical to the organization's ability to support new and in-line commercial product technology transfers toExternalPartnerships, and support of our in-line products, with sharp oversight and technical risk management, focus on the rapidly expanding biologics third party network.

Position Profile The Associate Director, Engineering within Biologics External Manufacturing Technology is accountable for achieving excellence in Compliance, Supply, Continuous Improvement & Cost Reduction in partnership with our internal technical partners andExternal Partner (EP)leadership, supporting the Vaccines and Biologics businesses. This individual works in collaboration with theFocus Factory Operations lead,modality specificTechnologyLeads, Large Molecule External Quality Assurance, and Procurement.The Associate Director must have biologics manufacturing experience, with broad process sciences and analytics, strong leadership skills, business acumen, and interpersonal skills.

Job Details The primary focus of the Associate Director is to provide technical and project leadership to Biologics External Manufacturing business for:

Education Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Engineering orapplicableScience is required. An advanced degree in Engineering, Science, or Business is preferred.
• Minimum of8 (eight) years post-bachelor's degree experience in Drug Substance and/or Drug Product vaccines and/or biologics manufacturing,engineering,and/or technical support of operations is required

Skill Requirements

• Expertise and demonstrated accomplishments leading technical transfers is required
• Experience in leading cross-functional teams in support of manufacturing operations at internal sites orExternalPartner(s)is preferred
• Expertise and demonstrated accomplishments with Lean Manufacturing applications to ensure year on year productivity improvements is preferred

Travel Requirements:

30% for partner assignments outside of primary location(primarily traveling within designated EU region). Travel and flexibility in partner assignment location is required; assignments may require short term travel assignments.

Location: Location US is flexible. Position may be based in Northern California or our company's Sites in the US

Reporting Structure: This role will report to the Director, Biologics External Manufacturing Technology

Required Skills Adaptability, Automation Systems, Capital Project Management, Change Management, Clinical Manufacturing, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Drug Product Manufacturing, Interpersonal Relationships, Lean Manufacturing, Manufacturing Scale-Up, Regulatory Compliance, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Strategic Thinking, Technical Transfer

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The salary range for this role is

$142,400.00 - $224,100.00

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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Employee Status Regular

Relocation: Domestic

VISA Sponsorship No

Travel Requirements 50%

Flexible Work Arrangements Remote

Shift Not Indicated

Valid Driving License No

Hazardous Material(s) n/a

Job Posting End Date 06/29/2026

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Requisition ID: R402154

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