**Job Description**

**Senior Specialist, Ethics & Compliance Office Operations**

This position will report to the Director, Ethics and Compliance Office (ECO) Operations. The Senior Specialist initially will be responsible for evolving and implementing enhanced training compliance reporting capabilities in support of mandatory compliance trainings completion status and providing visibility to line management and ECO teams on completion progress for all Enterprise Mandatory Training (EMT), development and maintenance of corporate compliance goal reporting and supporting evolution of fit for purpose processes and tools.

The ECO Operations and Innovation Team provides cross-functional support and uses a collaborative “one team” approach. Each team member has core responsibilities but is expected to assume additional developmental opportunities consistent with their experience and skills which enables individual development, personal growth, and overall effective support by the Operations Team.

**Primary Responsibilities include but are not limited to:**

+ Develop and maintain compliance training reports and metrics for all EMT and required role specific compliance trainings.

+ Partner with functional compliance teams to identify opportunities to streamline automated targeted training assignments using existing data sources.

+ Develop reports for use by compliance teams that identify organization changes impacting course target audiences.

+ Evolve training remediation procedures designed to improve on time training completion rates.

+ Support document management system implementation and administration and develop document management reporting capabilities.

+ Support redesign and maintenance of compliance website including implementation of enhanced policy search capabilities, tracking and reporting site metrics.

+ Actively participate in continuous improvement efforts to identify efficiencies and compliance program improvements.

+ Develop, maintain, and optimize Power BI dashboards and reports to provide insights into compliance program metrics and trends.

+ Create visualizations that effectively communicate compliance performance indicators to stakeholders.

+ Develop, enhance, and maintain fit for purpose standard operating procedures and work instructions.

+ Conduct special projects as identified by ECO Operations management.

**Education Minimum Requirement:**

+ Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Data Analytics, Information Technology, or a related field.

**Location/Commute:**

+ We offer a Hybrid setup, a combination of 3 days in-office/on-site and 2 days off-site/remote.

+ This position cannot **be 100% remote.**

+ This role is based at our Headquarters site in Upper Gwynedd, PA or Rahway, NJ (with up to 10% travel).

**Required Experience and Skills**

+ 3-5 years of proven experience in data analysis, reporting, and visualization, specifically using Power BI.

+ Strong project management experience with ability to effectively manage projects and meet deliverables.

+ Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.

+ Proficiency in data manipulation and analysis tools (e.g., Excel) is preferred.

+ Experience in utilizing data visualization tools to enhance decision-making and present findings in an easily digestible format.

+ Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present complex information effectively.

+ Ability to manage multiple priorities and work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

+ Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

**Preferred Experience and Skills**

+ Pharmaceutical experience.

+ Compliance

+ Operations

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**US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:**

Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here (https://survey.sogosurvey.com/r/aCdfqL) if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:

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We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.

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**U.S. Hybrid Work Model**

Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.

The Company is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this job in certain states and cities within the United States. Final determinations with respect to salary will take into account a number of factors, which may include, but not be limited to the primary work location and the chosen candidate’s relevant skills, experience, and education.

Expected US salary range:

$101,100.00 - $159,100.00

Available benefits include bonus eligibility, long term incentive if applicable, health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and sick days. A summary of benefits is listed here (https://www.benefitsatmerck.com/) .

**San Francisco Residents Only:** We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

**Los Angeles Residents Only:** We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

**Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully**

Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

**Employee Status:**

Regular

**Relocation:**

No relocation

**VISA Sponsorship:**

No

**Travel Requirements:**

10%

**Flexible Work Arrangements:**

Hybrid

**Shift:**

1st - Day

**Valid Driving License:**

No

**Hazardous Material(s):**

N/A

**Job Posting End Date:**

01/3/2025

***A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day** **BEFORE** **the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day** **BEFORE** **the job posting end date.**

**Requisition ID:** R326649