Director - Technical Project Management

MSD • Elkton, VA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Capital Project Delivery serves as the single point of contact for delivery of Digital (Automation and IT) scope in support of very large capital projects (> $1 billion total capital investment) managed by Global Engineering Solutions (GES), for Human Health facilities at the Elkton, VA site. The incumbent will partner with stakeholders in the business, GES, Quality, and Digital Manufacturing Division Product Teams such as the Process Control Product Team and MES Product Team, to ensure that projects are correctly scoped and delivered with appropriate technology and qualification standards. The incumbent will be responsible for reporting project status to management and other stakeholder groups, and will be accountable for finance, staffing, and delivery of the end-to-end scope from FEL2 through OQ, typically in the range of 6-8% of the overall capital project spend. This role is initially to support Project Fastnet, consisting of new Small Molecule facilities in Elkton, VA, and will be based there.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree Engineering, Computer Science, or other technical degree.
• 12 or more years of experience in project management/automation/IT support required.
• Experience using Emerson DeltaV system required
• Experience using PLC/SCADA is a plus.
• Excellent understanding of cGMP's, GAMP5 and SDLC methodologies, and LEAN/our Company's Production System /Agile principles.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and define business problems, develop business cases, and identify appropriate process and technological solutions is essential.
• Proven facilitation, meeting/workshop management, project management and change management skills are essential, along with excellent written and oral communication skills, including strong presentation skills.
• AGILE code development experience

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Computer Science or related field/MBA.

Responsibilities

• Reporting project status to management and other stakeholder groups
• Accountable for finance, staffing, and delivery of the end-to-end scope from FEL2 through OQ

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees