Job Description

Our Company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and consumer health products, as well as animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company - one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us. Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of people like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork. As part of our global team, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.

The Trial Initiation Specialist in Global Site Budgets and Payments will be responsible for the following:

• Preparation, execution and delivery of global clinical study site budgets (including all other relevent site budget deliverables) within Fair Market Value based upon protocol design, industry benchmark data and clinical trial team feedback

• Represent Global Site Budgets and Payments on Clinical Trial Teams during trial initiation as the single point of contact for budget development responsibilities.

• Support Global Clinical Trial Operations with budget process expertise and study specific support to ensure global standardization of Global Site Budgets and Payments deliverables.

• Analyze FMV/budget issues, obtain business partner input as needed, and provide risk assessments to expedite compliant resolution of complex budget/FMV issues in clinical trial contracting process.

• Collaborate with Global Clinical Trial Operations to support continuous process improvement and compliance in the spirit of what is best for the business.

• Track inquiries and monitor trends to identify need for additional standardized guidance and work with stakeholders to prepare such guidance for review/approval.

• Identify and promote best practices. Adhere to SOPs, ethics and departmental compliance as determined by GSBP management as well as our company's guiding corporate policies.

• Embrace the philosophy of holistic trial initiation support and streamline tasks to initiate trials within industry leading performance cycle times, unwaivering quality and operational efficiency.

Travel: Travel is up to 10% but will mostly be around 5% for meetings.

Location Note: If someone lives within 50 miles of Upper Gwynedd, PA or Rahway, NJ location, would like to have them as a hybrid employee per company policy. Remote candidates outside this area will also be considered.

Education Requirements:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience in clinical research setting.

• Business acumen and/ or financial background; preferably Investigator grants and payments.

• Strong understanding and dedication to our leadership principles, with an emphasis on relationship development, rapid decision making, conflict resolution, and team building instincts, with the ability to build partnerships and collaborate both internally and externally.

• Strong collaboration and influencing skills to partner effectively across multiple groups.

• Showing initiative in innovative approaches to challenges in a fast-paced, changing global environment.

• Strong communication and presentation skills.

• Knowledge and ability to apply GCP/ICH and applicable regulatory guidelines which includes knowledge of Standard of Care/Routine Care and Fair Market Value principles.

• Strong organization and prioritization skills.

• Computer skills including proficiency in aspects of data analysis and presentation software, Microsoft Word and Excel.

Preferred Experience:

• Medical billing and coding

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U.S. Hybrid Work Model

Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as "remote".

The Company is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this job in certain states and cities within the United States. Final determinations with respect to salary will take into account a number of factors, which may include, but not be limited to the primary work location and the chosen candidate's relevant skills, experience, and education.

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Available benefits include bonus eligibility, long term incentive if applicable, health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and sick days. A summary of benefits is listed here.

San Francisco Residents Only:We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Los Angeles Residents Only:We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

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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.

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Requisition ID:R337461