Merck currently has 27 active AI-related job listings. The majority of these roles, 41%, are focused on agents. Engineering is the most frequent function for these positions. The company is hiring for these roles in the United States, Czech Republic, and Singapore. Frequent technology tags include fine-tuning, RAG, and agent orchestration. In the last 30 days, Merck has posted 48 new AI roles, representing a 700% increase from the previous 30-day period.
Currently tracking 11 active AI roles, up 14% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $129k–$228k (avg $176k).
Merck currently has 34 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Senior Business Analyst – Automation, Analytics & AI (2), Specialist, Capability Innovation & Prototype (AI Content Delivery & Partnerships) (2), AI Developer, AI Engineer, AI Research Engineer. Most positions are in Engineering and Research.
Merck's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (38%), application (24%), data (24%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Merck is hiring AI talent in: India (11 roles), United States (7 roles), Czech Republic (7 roles), Singapore (5 roles).
Job postings at Merck most frequently reference: llm observability, model serving, fine tuning, rag, evals.
In the past 30 days, Merck has posted 48 new AI-related roles. That is a +66% change versus the prior 30 days (29 → 48).
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| Associate Director, Data Analytics & AI - Solution Architect Associate Director, Solution Architect for Data Analytics & AI at Merck, focusing on designing and evaluating scalable architectures for Data & Analytics, Intelligent Automation, and AI domains within a global healthcare biopharma company. The role involves collaborating across teams, monitoring trends like GenAI, and aligning architecture with business strategy to drive digital transformation and deliver innovative health solutions. | Ship | 5 |
| Associate Director, D&A Strategy Associate Director role focused on developing and communicating data-driven insights using AI/ML and advanced analytics to inform commercial strategies for pharmaceutical products. The role involves integrating data science, forecasting, and AI/ML enablement to influence decision-making, mine and analyze data from various sources, and provide actionable insights for commercial franchises. |
| Ship |
| 5 |
| Senior Business Analyst – Automation, Analytics & AI Senior Business Analyst focused on identifying, designing, and delivering technology-enabled solutions (automation, analytics, AI) to improve clinical trial operations efficiency, quality, and compliance at the country level. The role involves leading initiatives, creating business cases, overseeing development, and scaling solutions, while ensuring adherence to regulations. | Ship | 5 |
| Associate AI Engineer AI Engineer role at Merck supporting R&D, manufacturing, supply chain, commercial, and animal monitoring through data science and AI delivery. The role involves writing efficient code, deploying and versioning code, documenting AI models, preparing technical reports, staying updated on AI advancements, participating in Agile ceremonies, and implementing automated testing and monitoring for AI systems. Requires a Bachelor's or Master's in AI, ML, or CS, 2+ years of Python experience, familiarity with cloud services, data pipelines, databases, Git, RESTful APIs, and strong communication and analytical skills. | Ship | 5 |
| Director, Advanced Marketing Analytics & Optimization- RRD This Director role focuses on leading Marketing Effectiveness & Optimization for Rare Disease and Respiratory Commercial organizations. The role involves applying advanced analytics, predictive/prescriptive models, and GenAI solutions to optimize customer engagement, sales force effectiveness, and marketing investments. It bridges strategy, analytics, digital platforms, and execution, aiming to translate business priorities into data-driven solutions for commercial performance. The role also includes building and leading high-performing teams and evolving analytics methodologies. | Ship | 5 |
| Senior Business Analyst Senior Business Analyst for Automation, Analytics & AI (AA & AI) in clinical trial operations. Identifies, designs, and delivers technology solutions to improve efficiency, quality, and compliance. Leads intake, assessment, and delivery of local automation, analytics, and AI initiatives, creates business cases, oversees development of country tools, and scales solutions. Ensures adherence to regulations and drives impact through KPIs. Partners with various teams including IT, Operations Excellence, and central AI/Analytics partners. | Ship | 5 |
| Senior Director , International Commercial Data products, Services & Solutions This role leads the end-to-end portfolio of commercial data products and services for the Human Health organization globally. It involves defining strategy, delivery, quality, and adoption of data assets supporting marketing, sales, market access, and other HH teams. The role requires partnering with various teams to understand data solution needs, manage demand, negotiate timelines, and deliver services. A key responsibility is ensuring the data ecosystem is AI and Gen AI ready, and leveraging AI/agentic AI for automation and reimagining the data product lifecycle. The leader will also collaborate on best practices for data product management and scaling, and ensure data governance, privacy, and compliance (HIPAA, CCPA/CPRA) are embedded in product design. | ShipData | 5 |
| Senior Business Analyst – Automation, Analytics & AI This role focuses on identifying, designing, and delivering technology solutions, including automation, analytics, and AI, to improve clinical trial operations within the healthcare sector. The Senior Business Analyst will lead the development of business cases, oversee the end-to-end delivery of country-level tools and solutions, and ensure compliance with regulations. The role emphasizes data literacy, automation/AI awareness, and product ownership to drive measurable improvements and scale successful solutions. | Ship | 5 |
| Sr. Dir , US Commercial Data Products, Services & Solutions This role leads the end-to-end portfolio of commercial data products and services for the US Market Human Health organization. It involves defining product strategy, delivery, quality, and adoption for data assets supporting various commercial functions. The role requires partnering with multiple teams to understand data needs, lead delivery of services, and ensure the data ecosystem is AI and Gen AI ready. It also involves managing product lifecycles, leading multidisciplinary teams, and embedding governance, privacy, and compliance. | Ship | 5 |
| Senior Business Analyst – Automation, Analytics & AI (Sr. BA – AA & AI) The Senior Business Analyst - Automation, Analytics & AI role at Merck focuses on identifying, designing, and delivering technology-enabled solutions to improve clinical trial operations. This involves leading the intake and assessment of local automation, analytics, and AI initiatives, creating business cases, overseeing the development of country-specific tools, and scaling successful solutions. The role requires ensuring adherence to regulations, driving measurable impact through KPIs, and managing the full solution lifecycle from ideation to retirement. While the role involves AI/ML pilots and awareness of AI/ML use cases, its primary focus is on delivering operational improvements and tools rather than core AI research or model development. | Ship | 5 |
| Senior Business Analyst - Automation, Analytics & AI This role focuses on translating automation, analytics, and AI initiatives into practical, scalable solutions for clinical trial operations within Merck. The Senior Business Analyst will lead the development of business cases, oversee the end-to-end delivery of tools and solutions (including AI-assisted processes and pilots), conduct data analysis, develop dashboards, and ensure compliance and adoption. The role requires experience in data analysis, process improvement, and delivering technology-enabled transformations, with a strong emphasis on product and solution ownership across the full lifecycle. | Ship | 5 |
| Senior / Data Engineer and Business Analyst – Automation, Analytics & AI Senior Business Analyst for Automation, Analytics & AI at Merck, focusing on improving clinical trial operations efficiency, quality, and compliance. The role involves identifying opportunities, developing business cases, leading the delivery of technology solutions (including AI-assisted processes), and ensuring compliance with regulations. The position emphasizes end-to-end solution ownership and collaboration with various stakeholders. | Ship | 5 |
| Sr. Spclst , Software Engineering Merck is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer for their R&D IT team to enhance sample management capabilities. The role involves designing and implementing integrations, writing clean code, ensuring regulatory compliance (GxP, FDA, HIPAA), and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Experience with Gen AI, Agentic AI tools, and LLMs is mentioned as a plus. | Ship | 5 |
| Analyste principal, affaires – Automatisation, analytique et IA / Senior Business Analyst – Automation, Analytics & AI This role focuses on identifying, designing, and deploying technology solutions, including automation, analytics, and AI, to improve the efficiency, quality, and compliance of clinical trial operations within Merck's Canadian organization. The Senior Business Analyst will lead the reception, evaluation, and implementation of local automation, analytics, and AI initiatives, develop business cases, and oversee the development and deployment of country-level tools, potentially scaling them to other countries or regions. The role requires collaboration with various internal teams and external partners, ensuring adherence to ICH GCP, company policies, and local regulations, and driving measurable impact through robust KPIs and change management. | Ship | 5 |
| Sr Business Analyst – Automation, Analytics & AI Solutions This role focuses on identifying, designing, and delivering technology-enabled solutions for clinical trial operations, including automation, analytics, and AI initiatives. The Senior Business Analyst will lead the development of business cases, oversee the delivery of country-level tools and solutions (such as dashboards, workflow automation, RPA, and AI-assisted processes), and ensure compliance with regulations. The role emphasizes measurable impact through KPIs and change enablement, with a focus on improving efficiency, quality, and compliance in clinical trials. | Ship | 5 |
| Senior Business Analyst Senior Business Analyst for Automation, Analytics & AI (AA & AI) at Merck, focusing on improving clinical trial operations efficiency, quality, and compliance at the country level. The role involves identifying, designing, and delivering technology-enabled solutions including automation, analytics, and AI initiatives. Responsibilities include developing business cases, overseeing the development of country tools, scaling solutions, and ensuring compliance with regulations. The role requires experience in designing and delivering automation/analytics/AI-enabled solutions and coordinating cross-functional stakeholders. | Ship | 5 |
| Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) Senior Software Engineer role at Merck focused on delivering enterprise AI projects, products, and platforms. The role involves full-stack development (Python, TypeScript, React), cloud deployment (AWS), CI/CD, and working with data scientists to deliver AI-driven solutions. Experience with AI/ML and Generative AI is preferred. | Ship | 5 |