Are you looking for a challenging, exciting job in a pharmaceutical research IT environment? Do you want to work in a company where innovation has a high importance, and your work can have a real impact? For our Animal Health location in Boxmeer, the Netherlands or Schwabenheim, Germany we are looking for a:

Senior Specialist, Technical Product Management - Statistics & Calculations

Welcome in our team
You will join a fun and dynamic team with truly kind people with the right mindset. You will work closely with direct colleagues in Boxmeer (NL) and Schwabenheim (GE) and at the same time have a lot of contact with global stakeholders and support function.

Purpose of the role

This position provides leadership and direction for the calculation platform activities including the support of business unit(s). As Senior Specialist you are responsible for managing and leading globally the statistics and calculation products through its entire lifecycle. You are an expert in the business processes and GxP requirements enabling and deeply understand stakeholders and their needs. You will be collaborating with our stakeholders and scientists in the R&D pharmaceutical and biological laboratories together with an interdisciplinary IT development Team. You will work as a product owner setting the product vision, roadmaps, and strategy, ensuring value and user experience are measured and achieved.

Main tasks and responsibilities include

• Work on R&D IT projects in the field of animal health to support, implement and translate business requirements into system designs.
• Analyze and provide overviews on business process, data flows and calculations together with our scientists in the R&D laboratories.
• Translates business and user needs into proper testable and verifiable system requirement specifications.
• Work with IT development teams to ensure that they fully understand the specifications.
• Proactive coordination and communication between the different business stakeholders, IT developers, compliance, quality unit and the supporting functions across the interdisciplinary team.
• Partner with the IT project team and global IT organizations to ensure the delivery of the solution.
• Pro-actively advise, share, align and communicate between different business groups and laboratories across the different R&D and Quality Control laboratories.
• Understand the business process and the calculations that are used very often in MS Excel macros, working in close collaboration with the development team.
• Conduct User Tests and trainings.

Your profile

• Bachelor's or master's degree in information technology (IT) or Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields.
• A minimum of 5 years experiences as a Software Engineer, Data Analyst or Business Analyst in life sciences
• Particularly good analytical and problem-solving skills. Effective at working with business partners to understand their needs in order translate them into clear requirements.
• Experienced in R and RShiny, databases (e.g. SQL) for reviews and guidance on good implementation practices. Preferrable, you understand Excel macro calculations and their usage.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills in English to align and manage activities with agile methodologies.
• Mathematical skills for understanding statistical calculations related to data generated in pharmaceutical laboratories or related businesses.
• Used to work in validated environment.
• Currently living near our site in Boxmeer (NL) or Schwabenheim (GE). Relocation support is not offered.

What we offer

We welcome you to a truly global, dynamic and challenging environment with great opportunities for personal development. Our benefits depend on the job location but are in any case very competitive.

For questions about this vacancy

Please send an email including the vacancy number and job title to the following email address: RecruitmentNL@MSD.com

Animal Health

Our Animal Health Division is a trusted global leader in veterinary medicine, dedicated to preserving and improving the health, well-being, and performance of animals and the people who care for them. We have a deep sense of responsibility towards our customers, consumers, animals, society, and our planet. Our commitment to The Science of Healthier Animals allows us to offer veterinarians, farmers, pet owners, and governments one of the widest ranges of veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and health management solutions and services. We also provide an extensive suite of digitally connected identification, traceability, and monitoring products. With our comprehensive R&D resources and global supply chain, we are present in more than 50 countries, with products available in over 150 markets.