Director, Global Clinical Supply, Due Diligence and Integration (Hybrid)

MSD • Rahway, PA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Global Clinical Supply (GCS) Due Diligence and Integration (DDI) Lead provides strategic leadership for due diligence and end-to-end clinical supply chain integration of Business Development & Licensing (BD&L) assets. The role supports front-end diligence through complete business hand-off, working across the Integration Management Office, clinical trial operations, CMC development, regulatory affairs, quality, procurement, and finance. The Director is accountable for transitioning acquired assets, strategic alliances, and collaborative portfolios into standard operations while maintaining business continuity and clinical trial timelines.

The Director represents GCS in diligence efforts, assesses clinical supply chain risks and resource needs, defines compliant integration strategies, and directs post-deal deliverables, timelines, and risk mitigation. The role leads through influence across GCS functions and stakeholders to promote effective decisions, transparency, accountability, and value realization throughout the integration lifecycle. It also advances continuous improvement, process standardization, integration playbooks, knowledge sharing, and execution across the end-to-end clinical supply chain.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in STEM, Business, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of experience in clinical supply chain, CMC, integration, or clinical roles within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Proven experience leading complex cross-functional project teams through planning, execution, and closeout to achieve milestone targets.
• Ability to build trust and support colleagues with a high degree of emotional intelligence.
• Ability to facilitate, mentor, and empower others.
• Strong governance and stakeholder-management abilities.
• Understanding of and ability to contribute to decisions about investment of time, resources, and spend for Global Clinical Supplies.
• Ability to operate in ambiguous environments and deliver high-quality risk assessments with limited data and tight timelines.
• Sound judgment and discretion when handling sensitive information.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to interpret complex data and create executive summaries for senior leadership.

Nice To Haves

• Strategic planning experience.
• Demand-supply experience.
• Project management skills or certification.
• Prior experience with clinical supply planning, BD&L, trial operations, and/or production operations.

Responsibilities

• Represent GCS on due diligence teams and synthesize cross-functional inputs to assess clinical supply chain risks, forecast demand, and estimate resource and budget requirements.
• Assess how BD&L transaction structures affect clinical supply chain operations and develop or influence risk mitigation plans.
• Partner across the end-to-end supply chain to define integration strategy and transition assets into stable standard operations while maintaining continuity of ongoing clinical studies.
• Facilitate structured knowledge transfer from legacy partners to GCS.
• Support strategic talent retention and integration of legacy colleagues into the company's network.
• Manage stakeholders and escalate risks to GCS and cross-functional leadership and governance.
• Lead GCS leadership reviews for assigned integrations.
• Drive process optimization initiatives and develop tools to improve asset integration activities.
• Share learnings and upskill the organization to improve the GCS clinical supply chain and network.
• Lead due diligence and clinical supply chain integration of BD&L assets to ensure a seamless, compliant, and cost-effective transition.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, healthcare, and other insurance benefits for employees and families.
• Retirement benefits, including a 401(k).
• Paid holidays, vacation, compassionate days, and sick days.
• Annual bonus eligibility.
• Long-term incentive eligibility, if applicable.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director