Director, Engineering- Technical Product Leader

Job Description Technical Product Leader - Inline Supply The End-to-End Technical Leadership organization within GSEC is seeking an interested candidate to serve as a Technical Product Leader (TPL) in support of our most important commercial small molecule products. The candidate must be capable of providing boundary less application of leadership skills in assessing, evaluating and providing proactive mitigations across our Company’s worldwide manufacturing network.This pivotal role encompasses both technical and strategic responsibilities. Technical product Leaders (Inline Supply) serve as the voice of technology within the Value Chain Management Team (VCMT). The Technical Product Leader is accountable/responsible for:

• Leading the cross-functional Value Chain Technical Team (VCTT) to execute and critically assess the end-to-end technical supply deliverables for commercial products while fostering a learning and collaborative environment.
• Leading through technical excellence to deliver uninterrupted, robust, and compliant supply through rapid response to emerging issues, proactive risk management, implementation of strategic process improvements, and appropriate prioritization of projects/activities.
• Developing detailed product Technical Master Plan (TMP) to provide line of sight to strategic technical objectives across all manufacturing nodes to ensure commitments to the VCMT are met in a robust and timely fashion and ensuring full oversight of these activities.
• Leading communication and escalation between the technical team and relevant stakeholders as well as decision-making bodies.

Core Competencies Required for the Role: Technical Depth and Breadth of Experience: Recognized as a credible technical leader through demonstrated scientific excellence in at least one function and ability to navigate through uncertainty to favorable outcomes. Strategic Thinking/Enterprise Mindset: Understands and can articulate the “Big” picture, thinks strategically, and demonstrates a customer orientation. Demonstrated ability to know how to ask the right questions to drive critical conversations to the best decision for the enterprise, considering options which balance speed, cost, and robustness. Challenges team members to think beyond their area of expertise for the broader interests of the company and patients we serve. Problem Solving and Innovative Thinking: Gathers and analyzes data and effectively responds to new or complex situations, developing creative and innovative solutions to solve and mitigate complex problems. Ability to leverage scientific expertise and growth mindset to interrogate data and foster debate within teams to enable innovative and robust problem solving. Ability to Navigate Ambiguity: Able to operate and provide direction through ambiguity and adapt plans in the face of change, unexpected events, and/or new information. Capable of both directive and consensus facilitation and awareness of when to apply each. Leverages scientific data to make disciplined risk-based decisions and shown to be capable of discerning between risks worthy of escalation versus typical uncertainty associated with drug development, commercialization, and/or supply. Productive Communication: Plans and delivers ideas and information to others in an impactful manner with proven ability to lead complex discussions, influence stakeholders, and drive outcomes in the best interest of the enterprise. Capable of tailoring communications to diverse audiences, including governance bodies, senior leadership, team members, and individuals with diverse backgrounds. Practitioner of active listening who consistently strives to understands others’ perspectives, concerns, and ideas. Collaboration and Teamwork: Creates, leads, and sustains high performing teams, fostering an environment of open communication, enabling all team members to contribute their perspectives and collectively resolve issues. Actively builds strong relationships with team members and key stakeholders to promote collaboration and seek robust perspectives. Drives Results through Accountability: Demonstrates effective leadership of team activities to ensure on-time, end-to-end project execution and delivery. Drives accountability within teams to follow through on commitments, provides direct feedback when individuals are not meeting expectations, and closely partners with senior leaders to deliver on priorities. Influence: Ability to persuade and inspire others to take action, make decisions, or change their attitudes and behaviors. Rapidly able to achieve trust with partners, enabling ability to navigate complex organizational dynamics to achieve their goals. Ownership: Exhibits a proactive mindset, a strong sense of initiative, and the willingness to take on challenges and see them through to completion. Fostering a culture of accountability and resiliency within the team or organization and empowering others to take ownership of their roles and responsibilities. Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. Employee Status: Regular Relocation: VISA Sponsorship: Travel Requirements: Flexible Work Arrangements: Remote Shift: Valid Driving License: Hazardous Material(s): Job Posting End Date: 01/6/2025*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date. Requisition ID: R324382#J-18808-Ljbffr