Global Quality Compliance Lead
Merck
August 24, 2026
Remote friendly (West Point, PA)
United States
Operations
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate and lead GPO, GVO, and GBO Quality Councils; manage agendas, executive analyses, and action tracking.
- Identify cross-functional themes and systemic quality issues; escalate appropriately.
- Partner with QMS Topic Leads and site/OpU leaders to assess risk signals, recurring failure modes, and escalation paths.
- Evaluate red metric trends, commitment-date performance, and recurring issues; influence senior leaders on priorities, resourcing, timelines, and corrective actions.
- Provide oversight of QMS documents and site feedback for QMSC review; align OpU leads to QMS topics.
- Track progress against annual Operating Unit Quality Plans; monitor performance, slippage, dependencies, and resources.
- Lead quality improvement activities from governance, trend analysis, audits/inspections, and leadership reviews.
- Lead/support global critical compliance projects with broad OpU impact.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Engineering, Quality, or related.
- 10+ years in quality/compliance/quality systems/regulated manufacturing.
- Strong QMS governance, risk management, escalation, and quality execution knowledge; strategic analysis and executive communication.
Preferred:
- Experience with quality councils/governance forums.
- CAPA/metric trending/quality plan management/inspection readiness experience; regulated industry experience (e.g., pharma/biotech); global QMS framework knowledge.
Required/Preferred Skills (as listed)
- Action item management, compliance activities, data integrity, quality risk management, GMP compliance, QMS, quality metrics, process standardization, progress monitoring, driving continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive (if applicable). Comprehensive benefits include medical/dental/vision, 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and sick/compassionate days.
Application Instructions
- Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or Workday Jobs Hub for current employees). Application deadline is stated on the posting.
- Coordinate and lead GPO, GVO, and GBO Quality Councils; manage agendas, executive analyses, and action tracking.
- Identify cross-functional themes and systemic quality issues; escalate appropriately.
- Partner with QMS Topic Leads and site/OpU leaders to assess risk signals, recurring failure modes, and escalation paths.
- Evaluate red metric trends, commitment-date performance, and recurring issues; influence senior leaders on priorities, resourcing, timelines, and corrective actions.
- Provide oversight of QMS documents and site feedback for QMSC review; align OpU leads to QMS topics.
- Track progress against annual Operating Unit Quality Plans; monitor performance, slippage, dependencies, and resources.
- Lead quality improvement activities from governance, trend analysis, audits/inspections, and leadership reviews.
- Lead/support global critical compliance projects with broad OpU impact.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Engineering, Quality, or related.
- 10+ years in quality/compliance/quality systems/regulated manufacturing.
- Strong QMS governance, risk management, escalation, and quality execution knowledge; strategic analysis and executive communication.
Preferred:
- Experience with quality councils/governance forums.
- CAPA/metric trending/quality plan management/inspection readiness experience; regulated industry experience (e.g., pharma/biotech); global QMS framework knowledge.
Required/Preferred Skills (as listed)
- Action item management, compliance activities, data integrity, quality risk management, GMP compliance, QMS, quality metrics, process standardization, progress monitoring, driving continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive (if applicable). Comprehensive benefits include medical/dental/vision, 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and sick/compassionate days.
Application Instructions
- Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or Workday Jobs Hub for current employees). Application deadline is stated on the posting.