As part of our Manufacturing Division, the Sterile Drug Product Commercialization (SDPC) group provides technical process leadership and laboratory expertise for late‑stage and commercial sterile drug products, including vaccines, biologics, and pharmaceutical and combination products. The group leads sterile product and process development activities across the division, supporting accelerated and science‑driven commercialization of a growing and diverse pipeline.
SDPC is responsible for end‑to‑end commercialization activities, including process scale‑up, technology transfer to internal and external manufacturing sites, process validation, regulatory submission authorship, and support of complex manufacturing investigations. The team establishes the scientific, engineering, and process knowledge required to successfully advance products from development through launch and post‑approval manufacturing.
We are seeking an Associate Principal Scientist to serve as our Lab Excellence Lead, accountable for lab operations and capability build. In this role, the Associate Principal Scientist will drive excellence in experiment execution, lab utilization, lab safety, and compliance.
The other main aspect of this role will be to support and advance our late-stage pipeline. Depending on the candidate experience and department needs, the individual may either support drug product tech transfer (as a Sending Unit Lead) or lead workstreams associated with definition and implementation of our Biologics Commercial Platform for drug product.
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[Learn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts](https://www.msdprivacy.com/us/en/CCPA-notice/)The salary range for this role is
$142,400.00 - $224,100.00
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](https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits).
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