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New · posted Nov 6

Merck · Pharmaceuticals

Associate Director (Digital Engagement Partner) - Regulatory Affairs

  • North Wales, PA +1 more
  • Hybrid
  • Full-time
  • Director
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EmploymentFull-time
DeadlineCloses Nov 13, 2026

The role

The Associate Director, Digital Engagement Partner is responsible for driving the adoption, engagement, governance, and business value realization of digital capabilities across the Global Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Safety (GRACS) organization. This role serves as a strategic partner to business stakeholders, helping identify opportunities, shape digital strategies, and deliver measurable business outcomes through the integration of artificial intelligence, data science, automation, Power Platform solutions, and other emerging technologies.

The position acts as the primary liaison between business functions, technology organizations, and global stakeholders to accelerate awareness, adoption, and value realization of digital capabilities. The role leads engagement strategies, stakeholder partnerships, use-case discovery, demand management, governance activities, and capability-building initiatives to ensure digital investments align with business priorities and deliver sustainable impact.

A key focus of this role is ensuring digital solutions successfully transition from innovative concepts to trusted, scalable capabilities embedded in day-to-day operations. Through stakeholder engagement, change management, communications, training, and performance monitoring, the Associate Director drives utilization, business value, and continuous improvement across a portfolio of AI, automation, and data science solutions.

What you need

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Management, Communications, Data Science, Life Sciences, or a related field, with 5+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, life sciences, or other regulated environments.

Required

• Strong balance of innovation, strategic thinking, and operational execution within regulated and GxP environments.

• Strong change leadership, negotiation, consensus-building, and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience partnering with business stakeholders, IT organizations, vendors, and sourcing partners to deliver technology-enabled solutions.

• Strong organizational awareness with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization.

• Proven success leading cross-functional, global, and matrixed teams to deliver business and technology initiatives.

• Knowledge of regulatory affairs and pharmacovigilance business processes, information, and systems.

• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, storytelling, and stakeholder-influencing skills.

Required Skills

Automation Solutions, Change Management, Cross-Cultural Awareness, Data Management, Employee Training Programs, Policy Implementation, Regulatory Operations, Stakeholder Engagement, Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Vendor Management

Travel Requirements

10%

Preferrednice to have

• Strong business acumen and ability to understand complex regulatory information relationships.

• Experience with process improvement and change management methodologies (e.g., Lean Six Sigma).

• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments and deliver results under aggressive timelines.

• Experience organizing enterprise innovation challenges, digital community forums, or similar innovation programs.

• Demonstrated ability to leverage Generative AI and large language models (LLMs) to solve business problems, including data preparation, model utilization, and generation of actionable outputs.

Preferred Skillsnice to have

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Pay and benefits

$129,000 – $203,000 a year

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Additional location(s) Compensation Information

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

  • Medical, dental, vision insurance

  • Retirement benefits including 401(k)

  • Paid holidays

  • Vacation

  • Sick days

  • Annual bonus and long-term incentive

Where you'll work

North Wales, PA +1 moreHybridOpen in Maps (opens in a new tab)

Also posted for: Rahway, NJ

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Working conditions

Not Indicated

Hazardous Material(s)

n/a

Employee Status

Regular

Relocation

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship

No

Flexible Work Arrangements

Hybrid

Job Posting End Date

11/13/2026

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The primary location for this posting is:

USA - Pennsylvania - North Wales (Upper Gwynedd)

Where required by law, the compensation range for this role is provided below.

The salary range for the primary location of this role is:

$129,000.00 - $203,100.00

This 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.

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.

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Job intelligence

The context around this role

Live data · November 6, 2026

Salary intelligence

How the pay compares

This role's midpoint is 19% below the US median for Regulatory Operations roles at this level.

This roleEmployer provided

$129,000 to $203,000 a year

Director roles in the US12 roles publishing pay

Middle half $195,750 to $228,000, median $204,750
Annual base pay
Annual base payLowMedianHigh
This role$129,000—$203,000
All US$195,750$204,750$228,000

This role: Merck's own published range. Comparisons: the base pay employers published on open Regulatory Operations roles at the same level on Regulatory Jobs, November 6, 2026. Nothing is estimated.

Career trajectory

Where this role sits in Regulatory Operations

The general path across 40 open Regulatory Operations roles on Regulatory Jobs, with the titles they carry most. Not Merck's own promotion track.

  1. Earlier

    Associate & Specialist

    Often: 2027 Summer Intern Regulatory Affairs & Operations · Associate Regulatory UDI Operations

    $85K median9 open
  2. Earlier

    Senior & Principal

    Often: Senior Associate, Regulatory Affairs · Senior Associate, Regulatory Affairs Submission Management

    $124K median7 open
  3. One step back

    Manager

    Often: Manager, Regulatory Operations · Senior Manager, Business Capability Analyst, Global Regulatory Information Data & Systems

    $178K median11 open
  4. This role

    Director

    Often: Associate Director, Regulatory Business Systems & Capability Strategy · Associate Director

    $205K median12 open
  5. Next step

    VP & Executive

    Often: Vice President, Head of Global Regulatory Operations

Skills DNA

What this role leans on

How many of the posting's 20 duty, requirement and summary lines touch each area. The posting's emphasis, not a proficiency score.

GMP and compliance: 1 lineLab testing and methods: 1 lineQuality systems and risk: 2 linesData and digital systems: 1 lineCollaboration and leadership: 10 linesGMPLab testingQuality systemsData systemsTeamwork
  • Collaboration and leadership10
  • Quality systems and risk2
  • GMP and compliance1
  • Lab testing and methods1
  • Data and digital systems1

Regulatory intelligence

The rules, regulations and standards behind this role

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  • Clinical28 62%
  • Quality10 22%
  • Regulatory7 16%

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  • Director34 76%
  • Associate & Specialist6 13%
  • Senior & Principal4 9%
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