Job Description

Specialist, Program / Project Management

• Opportunity to be a part of a Program / Project Management organization in Singapore!
• Based in Singapore, the regional hub for Asia Pacific (AP) and top-ranked biopharmaceutical company on The Straits Times and Statista’s list of Best Employers in Singapore for two consecutive years (2020, 2021).
• Join the premier biopharmaceutical company that has been in Singapore for more than 25 years and in AP for over 60 years.

Our IT team operates as a business partner proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver the services and solutions that help everyone to be more productive and enable innovation. We are seeking energetic, forward-thinking professionals to join our Information Technology hub in Singapore. The Specialist Program / Project management is accountable for sound execution of portfolio programs. You will have the opportunity to work on global teams to identify and tackle the biggest opportunities and challenges at the intersection of healthcare, information and technology. We offer project-based rotations to help with your professional development, and a flat, collaborative environment. WHAT YOU WILL DO
Primary Responsibilities

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  Ensure positive business outcomes by providing leadership and coordination for project and product teams, including personal organization, communication, negotiation, risk management
• Develop working relationships across functional areas and with all levels and location of the organization across geographic regions.
• Provide leadership and engagement to the project team, key stakeholders, subcontractors and associates as required, throughout the project lifecycle
• Maintain project visibility with appropriate methodologies, processes and tools
• Maintain artefacts at project completion, Project SDLC documentation, project lessons learned and reusable collateral.

Education Minimum Requirement:
High School Diploma with 5 years’ experience or Bachelor’s Degree with 1 years’ experience. Preferably in IT, Engineering, Business, Computer Science, or related fields
Required Experience and Skills:

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  Ability to drive overall project progress, avoid assumptions, track status of project tasks and schedule by frequent communication with stakeholders.
• Proficient with work experience in Microsoft Project, Excel, Confluence, Jira, and Agile and Scrum teams.
• Experience in fostering a work environment based on trust, sharing and collaboration.
• Experience in managing multiple stakeholders, with the ability to coach and counsel.
• Ability to work independently and escalate obstacles.
• Ability to engage with software vendors and third-party solution integrators.
• Ability to advise business owners on managing risks.
• Has a mindset of continuous improvement, never satisfied with the status-quo
• Manage finances spanning investment. maintenance and operations, and depreciation.
• Ability to travel 15% if needed
• Proficient in the use of project management and analytical software tools, especially JiraAlign, Jira and Confluence
• Agile certification, PMP Certification, Six Sigma
• Scrum master and Agile coach experience
• Experience and/or certification in cybersecurity, cloud, and/or networking

WHO WE ARE We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world. WHAT WE LOOK FOR Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us — and start making your impact today.
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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: Flex Time, Job Sharing, Work Week Shift: 1st - Day Valid Driving License: No Hazardous Material(s): Number of Openings: 1
Requisition ID:R191135