Director, Enterprise Architecture — Animal Health
Merck
September 01, 2026
Remote friendly (West Point, PA)
United States
IT
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as trusted enterprise technology advisor for Animal Health leadership; connect divisional priorities to enterprise capabilities, platforms, standards, investments, and future technology direction.
- Advise on enterprise opportunities, dependencies, risks, tradeoffs, and cross-divisional implications (especially Human Health synergies).
- Engage early across the Animal Health value stream (R&D, manufacturing, supply chain, commercial) to connect needs to enterprise capabilities and resolve enterprise barriers.
- Drive AI acceleration and evaluate AI/ML, generative AI, IoT, connected devices, Cloud/SaaS, advanced analytics, and data integration; translate trends into actionable enterprise strategies.
- Own quality/traceability of enterprise architecture decisions; convert decisions into standards, patterns, reference architectures, responsible AI guardrails, and connected-product patterns.
- Optimize through reuse/standardization/simplification; identify platform leverage and reduce duplication, risk, and technical debt.
- Lead Enterprise Architecture engagement for Animal Health; set priorities/accountability and coach talent.
Required Skills/Qualifications:
- Deep Animal Health end-to-end value-stream knowledge (pharma discovery/clinical development through manufacturing, supply chain, sales; incl. connected device/physical product portfolios).
- Working knowledge of regulations (e.g., USDA, FDA CVM, EPA, GxP) and emerging data/AI expectations.
- Strong AI/ML and generative AI acumen; ability to bridge business, data science, and technology teams; responsible AI (fairness/transparency/compliance).
- Strategic/enterprise thinking; influence without authority in matrixed orgs; strong executive communication.
- Fluency in Cloud/SaaS, IoT, data platforms, integration patterns; ability to assess vendor fit/risk/TCO.
- Bachelor’s degree (CS/Engineering/InfoSec or related); 15+ years in tech strategy/EA/digital transformation; ideally exposure to Animal Health/Ag/Life Sciences/pharma ops.
Benefits (if applicable): Annual bonus/long-term incentive; comprehensive medical/dental/vision and retirement/401(k), paid holidays/vacation, sick/compassionate days.
Application Instructions: Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or Workday Jobs Hub). Application deadline stated on the posting.
- Serve as trusted enterprise technology advisor for Animal Health leadership; connect divisional priorities to enterprise capabilities, platforms, standards, investments, and future technology direction.
- Advise on enterprise opportunities, dependencies, risks, tradeoffs, and cross-divisional implications (especially Human Health synergies).
- Engage early across the Animal Health value stream (R&D, manufacturing, supply chain, commercial) to connect needs to enterprise capabilities and resolve enterprise barriers.
- Drive AI acceleration and evaluate AI/ML, generative AI, IoT, connected devices, Cloud/SaaS, advanced analytics, and data integration; translate trends into actionable enterprise strategies.
- Own quality/traceability of enterprise architecture decisions; convert decisions into standards, patterns, reference architectures, responsible AI guardrails, and connected-product patterns.
- Optimize through reuse/standardization/simplification; identify platform leverage and reduce duplication, risk, and technical debt.
- Lead Enterprise Architecture engagement for Animal Health; set priorities/accountability and coach talent.
Required Skills/Qualifications:
- Deep Animal Health end-to-end value-stream knowledge (pharma discovery/clinical development through manufacturing, supply chain, sales; incl. connected device/physical product portfolios).
- Working knowledge of regulations (e.g., USDA, FDA CVM, EPA, GxP) and emerging data/AI expectations.
- Strong AI/ML and generative AI acumen; ability to bridge business, data science, and technology teams; responsible AI (fairness/transparency/compliance).
- Strategic/enterprise thinking; influence without authority in matrixed orgs; strong executive communication.
- Fluency in Cloud/SaaS, IoT, data platforms, integration patterns; ability to assess vendor fit/risk/TCO.
- Bachelor’s degree (CS/Engineering/InfoSec or related); 15+ years in tech strategy/EA/digital transformation; ideally exposure to Animal Health/Ag/Life Sciences/pharma ops.
Benefits (if applicable): Annual bonus/long-term incentive; comprehensive medical/dental/vision and retirement/401(k), paid holidays/vacation, sick/compassionate days.
Application Instructions: Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or Workday Jobs Hub). Application deadline stated on the posting.