Dir , Technical Product Management
Merck
9 days ago
Remote friendly (Rahway, NJ)
United States
IT
Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) Product Line Lead (DocuSign CLM)
Responsibilities
- Create and communicate vision, strategy, and a multi-year roadmap for the CLM product line aligned to business priorities and enterprise standards.
- Lead 3+ CLM products across lifecycle: planning, delivery, adoption, optimization, and continuous improvement.
- Define and track product KPIs/success metrics to drive measurable business value, UX, and operational efficiency.
- Serve as primary liaison between business stakeholders (Legal, Technology Procurement, Compliance, etc.) and IT delivery teams.
- Translate business objectives into product requirements, user stories, and prioritized backlogs; facilitate trade-offs across scope, cost, risk, and timing.
- Lead CLM implementations, releases, enhancements using PMO/delivery/risk management; ensure SDLC/security/compliance governance.
- Coordinate change management and stakeholder communications for deployments and adoption.
- Act as subject-matter expert for contract lifecycle/business processes; provide hands-on leadership for configuration, workflows, templates, clauses, metadata, and integrations.
- Partner with architecture/integration/security/data to ensure scalable, compliant solutions; support sustainability, performance, and extensibility.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree.
Qualifications (Required)
- 10+ years in product management/ownership/solution leadership (enterprise SaaS preferred).
- Enterprise leadership; trusted advisor with data-driven, user-focused outcomes.
- Strong PMO/delivery leadership for complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives.
- Enterprise-scale solution ownership/delivery (CLM strongly preferred).
- Set vision/roadmaps; deliver measurable value; mentor technical analysts/delivery teams.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication; partner with Legal/Procurement/Compliance.
Preferred
- Master’s degree in science/technology.
- 15+ years experience.
- Agile/Scrum or product management certifications.
- Deep CLM platform knowledge; DocuSign CLM certifications (Administrator/Workflow Developer/Implementation/Technical Consultant).
- Travel up to 10%.
Required Skills
- Asset/benefits management; CLM/contract management; enterprise system implementations; organizational change management; requirements/risk management; roadmapping; stakeholder communication/engagement/relationships; strategic planning; system design; UX.
Benefits (if applicable)
- Annual bonus and long-term incentive (if applicable); comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision, 401(k), paid holidays/vacation, and sick/compassionate days.
Application
- Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or Workday Jobs Hub for current employees). Application deadline is listed on the posting.
Responsibilities
- Create and communicate vision, strategy, and a multi-year roadmap for the CLM product line aligned to business priorities and enterprise standards.
- Lead 3+ CLM products across lifecycle: planning, delivery, adoption, optimization, and continuous improvement.
- Define and track product KPIs/success metrics to drive measurable business value, UX, and operational efficiency.
- Serve as primary liaison between business stakeholders (Legal, Technology Procurement, Compliance, etc.) and IT delivery teams.
- Translate business objectives into product requirements, user stories, and prioritized backlogs; facilitate trade-offs across scope, cost, risk, and timing.
- Lead CLM implementations, releases, enhancements using PMO/delivery/risk management; ensure SDLC/security/compliance governance.
- Coordinate change management and stakeholder communications for deployments and adoption.
- Act as subject-matter expert for contract lifecycle/business processes; provide hands-on leadership for configuration, workflows, templates, clauses, metadata, and integrations.
- Partner with architecture/integration/security/data to ensure scalable, compliant solutions; support sustainability, performance, and extensibility.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree.
Qualifications (Required)
- 10+ years in product management/ownership/solution leadership (enterprise SaaS preferred).
- Enterprise leadership; trusted advisor with data-driven, user-focused outcomes.
- Strong PMO/delivery leadership for complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives.
- Enterprise-scale solution ownership/delivery (CLM strongly preferred).
- Set vision/roadmaps; deliver measurable value; mentor technical analysts/delivery teams.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication; partner with Legal/Procurement/Compliance.
Preferred
- Master’s degree in science/technology.
- 15+ years experience.
- Agile/Scrum or product management certifications.
- Deep CLM platform knowledge; DocuSign CLM certifications (Administrator/Workflow Developer/Implementation/Technical Consultant).
- Travel up to 10%.
Required Skills
- Asset/benefits management; CLM/contract management; enterprise system implementations; organizational change management; requirements/risk management; roadmapping; stakeholder communication/engagement/relationships; strategic planning; system design; UX.
Benefits (if applicable)
- Annual bonus and long-term incentive (if applicable); comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision, 401(k), paid holidays/vacation, and sick/compassionate days.
Application
- Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or Workday Jobs Hub for current employees). Application deadline is listed on the posting.