Merck & Co.

Job Description

Technical Lead, Site Security

Our company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where our company has codified its 130-year legacy. Our success is backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

We know that our people are the key to our success, which is why our team works to attract, develop, retain, and inspire our people so that they can learn, grow and make a true impact on the world. Together we collaborate to create a culturally rich, diverse organization ensuring we remain innovative and agile.

We are looking for an energetic, self-starter to join our Enterprise Information Technology team to help us identify and deliver business solutions, in partnership with Global Workplace and Enterprise Services and Information Technology colleagues. These critical functions operate at a global scale, supporting our business in over 130 countries.

The Technical Lead role has been created to lead a team of developers to meet the new development backlog across this domain. In this role you will lead a team of Software Engineers, developing new solutions or enhancing existing solutions in Guest Management, Physical Access Control, and Video Surveillance products within the Site Security product line to address the core application backlogs, automation, and facilities needs in support of Global Security leaders.

As a leader within the IT group, you will:

• Build key relationships with Global Security leadership and IT colleagues to lead the delivery of our business solutions.
• Gain a deep understanding of the business processes, systems, and data that support strategic processes and programs related to our Site Security product line.
• Build a high-performing team of software engineers to deliver robust technology solutions.
• Share knowledge and mentor others in areas of technical expertise.
• Acquire knowledge and be mentored in areas of growth and development.

Key Responsibilities:

• As the Technical Lead, assess the current state solutions and develop a roadmap to deliver greater business value and maintain a secure and modern technology landscape.
• Lead a team of developers to manage the application stack and ensure delivery on project backlog.
• Develop expertise in Integrated Guest Management, Physical Access Control, and Video Surveillance, and the core business processes supported.
• Demonstrate strong working knowledge of modern development practices and technology stack on the cloud.
• Partner with other partner IT organizations to ensure alignment with Platform teams, IT architecture, IT Risk management, support organizations in delivering projects.
• Contribute as a senior developer on critical initiatives, share best practices, technical expertise and collaborate and earn the trust and respect of the product team.
• Demonstrate ability to focus on key priorities and lead and collaborate effectively to deliver on IT commitments.
• Accountable to ensure that product solutions incorporate an approach that start with experimentation to validate expected impact, includes human centered design, follows agile principles, incorporates external insights, required end to end process optimizations, and compliance engagement.
• Partner with teams for requirements collection, impact analysis, portfolio prioritization, engineer technical change management approvals and report out to business partners.
• Partner with external organizations and vendors to influence the direction of the improvements and functionality.
• Collaborate with global/regional product owners, provide technical direction on a Global level.
• Partner with product line leads and product managers to develop long term holistic product roadmaps with multi-technology integrated landscape towards cohesive user experience.
• Partner and deliver product service packs, upgrades in collaboration with internal and third-party vendor business partners.
• Coordinate operational and project timelines, issue and risks based on the global program critical initiatives and goals.
• Collaborate and implement standards covering Agile, Waterfall or Hybrid Project methodologies.
• Partner with Product Managers to provide clarity on the business and technical requirements to drive the appropriate user stories and sprint planning.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors in IT, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working in large, complex IT development projects
• Strong understanding of Global Security processes.
• Proficient level of experience and knowledge of Guest Management, Physical Access Control, and Video Surveillance applications
• Experience on documenting functional and technical specifications.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills, excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficient with Agile Methodology, tools and DevSecOps approaches.

What we offer:

• Exciting work in a great team
• Competitive salary
• Position in leading global healthcare company
• Global projects, international environment
• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally
• Representative office

Wide range of benefits:

• Flexible working hours, home office
• Yearly Bonus based on company and personal performance
• Pension and health insurance contributions
• Edenred Benefits + meal vouchers
• Internal reward system – INSPIRE – with redeeming option as services, goods or vouchers
• Up to date laptop and iPhone mobile device

Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please specify to our Talent Acquisition team if you need any support 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, disability status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.

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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Required Skills:

Configuration Management (CM), Data Engineering, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Perform Testing, Software Development, System Designs, Systems Integration

Preferred Skills:

Access Control Solutions, Access Control Solutions, Agile Application Development, Agile Models, Business Management, Business Process Analysis, Business Process Development, Business Process Modeling, Collaborative Development, Computer Science, Customer Information Systems, Electronic Key Management System, FISMA, Human-Centered Design, Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS), Information Security Management, Information Systems Project Management, Information Technology Management, Integrated Security Systems, IT Business Management, ITIL Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Infrastructure Operations, IT Performance Management, IT Project Implementation {+ 11 more}