Merck & Co, Inc

Associate Specialist, Regulatory Affairs - Hybrid

Merck & Co, Inc • $71K — $113K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS/BA in Biology, Health Sciences/Policy, Information Systems, Human Computer Interaction, or related disciplines
  • Proficient in MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with teams
  • Experience in documentation preparation and training programs
  • Proficiency in Veeva Vaults, specifically Veeva Registrations
  • Ability to optimize user experience through research and design

Responsibilities

  • Transition and maintain current process documentation, facilitating updates and creating new resources as needed
  • Support the transition and evolution of training content, incorporating user feedback and tracking changes
  • Create global HRM communications content and deliver through multiple modalities
  • Collaborate with SMEs to gather and document process requirements in a timely manner
  • Support Change Control Board meetings by tracking metrics and assisting SMEs with change requests
  • Maintain and update HRM website content for real-time user access
  • Assist in lifecycle management, including change control process enablement

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision healthcare for employee and family
  • Retirement benefits including 401(k)
  • Paid holidays and vacation
  • Compassionate and sick days
  • Comprehensive benefits package available
Full Job Description

Job Description

This role will work within Global Regulatory Affairs in the Health Registration Management (HRM) Business Process Operations group to help with the continued transition and daily business operations of HRM and Veeva Registrations. The role will support our business system global userbase and release of marketed and clinical product, compliance reporting, and submissions to the HA. This role will be involved in creating, updating, and implementing process documentation, training materials, education resources, reporting and metrics, and data governance. This role will provide direct support to collaboration teams and workshop facilitators to enable capture of all future requirements needed for successful continued support of evolving business needs and keeping pace with regulatory requirements. The objective of this role will be to ensure a smooth transition for our users to the system platform by providing support cross functionally.  The role will also support lifecycle management, including change control process enablement.


This candidate should excel at consistent collaboration enabling cross functional critical business partnerships ensuring compliance to align tasks and move projects forward. This role will further support and ensure continuity and consistency for additional Veeva implementation phases, including content planning, document management and publishing.

Responsibilities/Deliverables


  • Transition and maintain current process documentation- facilitates updates Business Execution Resources and supports creation of new resources when applicable
  • Training and education support-
    •  Transition of training content and continued support and evolution  
    • Considers and takes in feedback from users for enhancements to training and helps implement as applicable and track changes; supports roll out of updates to end user community and provides support with maintenance of training with GLD where needed
  • Change Management Support-Creation of global HRM communications content, multi-modality delivery expertise
  • Process support & requirements gathering- Works with SME’s on requests to ensure requirements are documented and can be delivered in a timely manner
  • Change Control Board support-Supports SME’s to raise changes through established processes, tracking metrics and supporting CCB meetings
  • Update of HRM website contents- Maintaining the website to allow for delivery of real-time topical focused materials that allow users to consume via the website or through chatbots

 

Preferred Experience and Skills:

  • Proficient in MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams)
  • Excellent written and verbal communications and attention to detail
  • Interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with others
  • Able to work independently to deliver objectives for the team
  • Documentation experience
  • Proficiency in website design and development
  • Ability to optimize user experience through research and design
  • Proficient in Veeva Vaults- Specifically Veeva Registrations

 

Required Education:

  • BS/BA in Biology, Health Sciences/Policy, Information Systems, Human Computer Interaction, or related disciplines.

Required Skills:

Change Controls, Change Management, Documentation Preparation, Employee Training Programs, Meeting Facilitation, Process Implementations, Regulatory Communications, Regulatory Processes, Regulatory Reporting

Preferred Skills:

Business Systems, Regulatory Applications, Results-Oriented

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The salary range for this role is

$71,900.00 - $113,200.00

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits.  Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.

You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.

San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

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:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

No

Job Posting End Date:

09/28/2026

*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.

About Merck & Co, Inc

Schering-Plough Corporation is a major U.S.-based manufacturer of pharmaceuticals. It operates in three segments: Prescription Pharmaceuticals, Animal Health, and Consumer Health Care. Schering-Plough develops products targeting on allergy, cancer, hepatitis, cardiovascular, central nervous system, respiratory system, and more.  It was founded in 1851 by Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering as Schering AG in Germany. Schering-Plough manufactured several pharmaceutical drugs, the most well-known of which were the allergy drugs Claritin and Clarinex, an anti-cholesterol drug Vytorin, and a brain tumor drug Temodar. It also developed drugs targeting on central nervous system and the respiratory system. Schering Plough also owned and operated the major foot care brand name Dr. Scholl's and the skin care line Coppertone. These also became a part of the new company. Schering-Plough was a full member of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), a membership which is also maintained by the new Merck.

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Learn more about Merck & Co, Inc
Size
68,000 employees
Market Cap
$282.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$7 billion
Founded
1668
5 Year Trend
+4.1%
Revenue
$47.9 billion
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