Director, Global Laboratory Digital Platform
Quick Summary
Shape Product Strategy, Operating Model, and Cross-Domain Opportunities: Establish a compelling product vision and translate it into a sequenced roadmap, investment choices, and measurable outcomes.
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, Business, Design, or a related discipline.
Within Digital Manufacturing and the laboratory domain, this Director will lead the product strategy, experience, implementation, and value realization of a global laboratory digital platform. The role will connect opportunities across Research, Development, Manufacturing, Quality, and IT, translating shared needs and emerging possibilities into a coherent roadmap, scalable capabilities, and meaningful improvements in laboratory work. By making laboratory information more accessible, connected, and contextualized, the platform will strengthen results interpretation, reporting, analytics, and data-informed decision-making across the laboratory network.
The Director will combine established product ownership capabilities, strong technology acumen, and an entrepreneurial, outside-in perspective. Drawing on experience from startups, technology companies, adjacent industries, and evolving digital practices, the leader will challenge assumptions, illuminate new opportunities, and convert promising ideas into well-designed solutions that improve user experience, scientific and operational flow, analytical insight, and organizational performance.
This is an end-to-end product leadership role grounded in active engagement with the user community. Accountability extends from opportunity framing and continuous discovery through experience design, prioritization, delivery, rollout, adoption, and benefits realization. A multidisciplinary team will provide deep expertise and execution across design, architecture, engineering, data, integration, change, quality, operations, and external partnerships. The Director will establish direction, integrate these contributions, and sustain momentum until measurable value is realized.
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USA - Pennsylvania - West PointWhere required by law, the compensation range for this role is provided below.
The salary range for the primary location of this role is:
$173,200.00 - $272,600.00This range reflects the Company's reasonable expectation of the base salary applicable to this role at the time of 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.
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About this job
- Pay per year
- $173,200–$272,600 a year
- 230% above the $67,500 median for Other jobs on Jobera (139,609 salaries).
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- November 10, 2026
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