Senior Director, Clinical Data Management, Therapeutic Area Lead, Hematology
Merck
August 19, 2026
Remote friendly (North Wales, PA)
United States
Clinical Research and Development
Responsibilities:
- Own therapeutic area (TA) portfolio strategy and prioritization; develop TA roadmap and study sequencing; balance resources, timelines, and risks.
- Partner with Clinical Data Manager Geographic Leadership to ensure seamless global delivery and risk-based, quality-by-design data management across modalities.
- Embed standards, automation, and data-integration into TA operating models; define requirements; drive adoption of tools; establish TA dashboards and KPIs; scale automation pilots.
- Forecast regional/program capability and capacity needs; optimize onshore/offshore/contingent delivery.
- Lead TA quality governance, inspection readiness, and risk management; harmonize CAPA tracking; present performance with corrective actions and improvements.
- Escalation point for complex study/program issues; capture and scale lessons learned; drive enterprise transformation adoption aligned to digital/data/regulatory guardrails.
- Set objectives, assign work, conduct check-ins and annual reviews, coach and recognize; develop career plans; lead recruiting/hiring and sensitive employee-relations matters; balance workloads; coordinate resources and budgets; align teams and provide status reporting.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelors (or equivalent) in relevant field with 13+ years experience (or 18+ years with any field; or Advanced Degree preferred with 10/15 years); 5+ years people management; deep SME in relevant discipline.
- Demonstrated experience leading geographically different cross-functional teams delivering data management/clinical trial operations strategy, execution, and submissions.
Required skills: Change Management, Clinical Data Standards, Clinical Trials Operations, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Data Governance, Decision Making, Ethical Standards, GCP, Oncology, People Leadership, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning.
Preferred skills: Adaptability, Operational Execution, Strategic Thinking.
Application:
- Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (deadline stated on posting).
- Own therapeutic area (TA) portfolio strategy and prioritization; develop TA roadmap and study sequencing; balance resources, timelines, and risks.
- Partner with Clinical Data Manager Geographic Leadership to ensure seamless global delivery and risk-based, quality-by-design data management across modalities.
- Embed standards, automation, and data-integration into TA operating models; define requirements; drive adoption of tools; establish TA dashboards and KPIs; scale automation pilots.
- Forecast regional/program capability and capacity needs; optimize onshore/offshore/contingent delivery.
- Lead TA quality governance, inspection readiness, and risk management; harmonize CAPA tracking; present performance with corrective actions and improvements.
- Escalation point for complex study/program issues; capture and scale lessons learned; drive enterprise transformation adoption aligned to digital/data/regulatory guardrails.
- Set objectives, assign work, conduct check-ins and annual reviews, coach and recognize; develop career plans; lead recruiting/hiring and sensitive employee-relations matters; balance workloads; coordinate resources and budgets; align teams and provide status reporting.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelors (or equivalent) in relevant field with 13+ years experience (or 18+ years with any field; or Advanced Degree preferred with 10/15 years); 5+ years people management; deep SME in relevant discipline.
- Demonstrated experience leading geographically different cross-functional teams delivering data management/clinical trial operations strategy, execution, and submissions.
Required skills: Change Management, Clinical Data Standards, Clinical Trials Operations, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Data Governance, Decision Making, Ethical Standards, GCP, Oncology, People Leadership, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning.
Preferred skills: Adaptability, Operational Execution, Strategic Thinking.
Application:
- Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (deadline stated on posting).