Senior Director, Clinical Data Management, Portfolio, Operations

MSD

Senior Director overseeing clinical data management operations, providing leadership and strategic direction across global teams in a pharmaceutical industry environment.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeRahway • New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $173,200 - $272,600 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide functional area operations leadership and direction across the assigned organization; define policies, governance frameworks, and forecasting methodologies; provide operations oversight to monitor consistent execution, quality, and compliance with functional area business processes.
Represent the functional area portfolio, resource and operations management in enterprise forums; communicate options/risks/trade-offs; serve as escalation point for issues arising within assigned teams or geographies.
Lead or sponsor global initiatives to improve operational efficiency, continuous improvement leveraging automation / AI, quality by design, and change management in alignment with Global Data Management & Standards (GDMS) priorities.
Approve headcount/JD plans and funding cases, and oversee real-time, compliance-driven workload balancing / allocation across geographies - including proactive capacity planning, absence/holiday coverage, and surge redistribution - to ensure business continuity and on-time delivery to regulatory and business timelines.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's Degree in Life science, Data or Information technology with 13 years of experience in data management, project management, life sciences, or pharmaceutical industries including: 5 years of people management experience.
Demonstrated experience in managing operations for large, complex, geographic diverse departments including budget, contracts, resource utilization, sponsorship and leading cross functional projects.
Advanced Degree (Masters or Doctorate) in Business, Life Science, Data, Information Technology with 10 years of experience in data management, project management, life sciences, or pharmaceutical industries including: 5 years of people management experience.
Strong understanding of clinical data management operational systems and related performance measures.
Ability to apply industry benchmarks and internal baselines to set targets, measure maturity, and drive continuous improvement.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
retirement benefits, including 401(k)
paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days

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Hard Skills & Tools

data managementproject managementoperations managementbudget managementresource utilizationcontinuous improvementautomationchange managementcapacity planningcompliance

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingcollaborationrisk managementdecision-makingescalation managementorganizational skillsadaptability

Certifications

Bachelor's DegreeMaster's DegreeDoctorate