Associate Director, Literature Analyst

Merck & Co. • Rahway, NJ

125d

About The Position

Join a dynamic, innovative team dedicated to accelerating drug discovery and development through information science. We are seeking a passionate, experienced Associate Director to connect scientists and stakeholders with focused scientific literature and data-driven insights. This role offers the opportunity to influence innovation by delivering tailored literature alerts and knowledge services that empower research teams across the organization. As Associate Director, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to design and deliver tailored literature alerts. These services help stakeholders interact with, manage, and consume knowledge from scientific literature that drive innovation, leveraging the latest technologies. You will be a trusted advisor and change agent, guiding teams on best practices in literature searching and knowledge extraction. Your deep scientific expertise, strong technical skills, and commitment to continuous learning and improvement will support the evaluation and application of AI tools to enhance literature-based knowledge discovery. The ideal candidate combines a strong scientific background with technical proficiency and exceptional communication skills. You will bring deep understanding of the drug development process and biopharmaceutical industry, along with proven experience in managing complex projects. If you are motivated by solving challenging information problems and contributing to transformative initiatives that amplify the impact of scientific research, we encourage you to apply.

Requirements

• Degree in life sciences, information science, or related scientific discipline, plus pharma/biotech industry or healthcare experience
• Bachelor's and 5+ years' experience or Master's/PhD and 3+ years' experience
• Experience with biomedical, basic research, chemistry, and biotechnology information resources, and commercial literature searching tools such as PubMed, Embase, SciFinder, Dialog, or STN as well as thesaurus knowledge
• Experience with Medline, Embase, Scopus, TrialTrove, Pharmaprojects, the Cortellis suite of databases
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely to diverse audiences, including researchers, clinicians, regulatory affairs professionals, and other stakeholders
• Familiarity with copyright regulations for literature
• Optimize/customize scientific content for delivery to end users
• Knowledge of drug discovery, development and research, clinical data coding and experience working within a regulated environment
• Ability to engage stakeholders to determine requirements in support of their business needs, and deliver the appropriate solution
• Strong prioritization and project management skills, with high attention to detail
• Ability to work with minimal oversight within a matrixed environment to drive tasks to completion and to act with appropriate accountability
• Excellent customer service orientation with prompt response to inquiries
• Ability to work under pressure in a changing environment with flexibility
• Proficiency with collaboration and productivity tools (MS Teams, Excel, MS Power Automate, etc.)

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of GenAI and data science
• Experience with evaluating AI offerings from publishers and vendors
• Knowledge of text mining, machine learning, and natural language processing for data curation and enrichment
• Experience writing and maintaining process documentation

Responsibilities

• Conducting advanced literature searches by identifying, analyzing, synthesizing, and delivering published literature and data to meet stakeholder's requests
• Monitoring research developments, tracking industry trends, and distributing results through regular alerts of biomedical literature
• Maintaining awareness of novel products relating to literature searching
• Evaluating promising technology for consideration, including those with AI capabilities
• Responding to requests for literature by leveraging scientific domain and information research knowledge
• Guiding stakeholders in identification and utilizing the best available resources to conduct accurate, comprehensive, and cost-effective searches
• Gathering, analyzing and reporting relevant metrics to ensure resource utilization optimization
• Building stakeholder engagement through targeted outreach and communications
• Cultivating strategic partnerships, understanding client information needs, establishing rapport, and fostering open communication to facilitate development of client focused programs and initiatives
• Collaborating with internal data scientists and information scientists to design and implement tailored literature and knowledge solutions to meet well-defined stakeholder requirements
• Acting as an agent for change in how we do our work
• Working with stakeholders to assess current and future information needs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree