Jobs at Merck

Patent Counsel will develop and execute global patent strategies for biopharmaceutical products and technologies. Responsibilities include identifying inventions, conducting patentability and freedom-to-operate analyses, drafting and prosecuting patent applications, supporting litigation and oppositions, performing IP due diligence, and advising on collaborations, acquisitions, and related agreements. The role partners closely with R&D, business, regulatory, commercial, manufacturing, supply, and legal teams.

Leads the development of AI/ML research platforms supporting foundation models, agentic AI, multimodal data, knowledge graphs, scalable computing, and scientific workflows. Builds reusable tools, enables cloud and HPC access, owns software development standards, and provides hands-on architecture, prototyping, implementation, and technical mentorship. Partners with scientists and engineering teams to accelerate biological research and reproducible scientific discovery.

Owns discovery, requirements, backlog prioritization, roadmap planning, adoption, and validation for NLP and generative AI products. Partners with scientists, data engineers, developers, and business stakeholders to convert AI/ML prototypes into reliable production services. Conducts exploratory data analysis, defines evaluation metrics, integrates data pipelines, leads user enablement, and measures adoption. The role requires translating technical concepts into business outcomes across research and development workflows.

Leads the enterprise master and reference data product line across Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain. Owns strategy, roadmap, platforms, operating model, data governance, quality, stewardship, ontology management, investments, and value realization. Builds a global multidisciplinary organization, oversees budgets and vendors, drives adoption and transformation, and applies AI and automation to improve data operations in regulated environments.