Director Structured Content Authoring- Regulatory Affairs
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Job Description
The Director Structured Content Authoring is a transformational leadership role responsible for accelerating the organisations evolution from document-centric regulatory operations to a modern data-driven and component-based operating model. This leader will establish the vision strategy and governance framework that connects structured regulatory content medicinal product master data and enterprise data governance to create authoritative reusable and traceable information assets that support global regulatory compliance operational excellence and future digital health requirements.
The role will lead the development of an integrated enterprise capability spanning Structured Content Authoring IDMP data governance regulatory master data controlled terminology metadata management and information architecture.
Working across Regulatory Affairs Regulatory Data Management Labelling CMC Clinical Safety Quality Manufacturing Supply Chain Technology and Data organisations you will align senior stakeholders around a common strategy operating model and investment roadmap that enables consistent interoperable and high-quality regulatory content and data.
What you will do:
- A key area of responsibility will be establishing governance structures ownership models decision rights quality standards and stewardship practices across regulatory content and data domains.
- Oversee reusable content components and data assets covering labelling CMC clinical and submission content ensuring information can be efficiently created approved maintained reused and traced throughout the product lifecycle.
- Provide strategic leadership for IDMP governance including product substance organisation referential registration manufacturing and packaging data ensuring alignment with global regulatory standards and evolving agency requirements.
- In partnership with Regulatory Technology enterprise architecture and data engineering teams you will shape the future-state architecture connecting RIM platforms structured content solutions master data management terminology services publishing platforms analytics and AI-enabled capabilities.
- Ensure that automation AI and advanced regulatory technologies are grounded in trusted governed and traceable content and data.
What you will need:
- The ideal candidate will bring substantial experienceof relevant life sciences experience and a proven track record of regulatory data governance IDMP RIM platforms master data management information architecture and digital transformation.
- A strong understanding of global regulatory standards including ISO IDMP XEVMPD/Article 57 and EMA SPOR is highly desirable.
- Experience with Veeva Vault RIM Structured Content Authoring platforms data catalogues knowledge graphs FHIR automation technologies and participation in industry standards forums would be advantageous.
- Experience inestablishing governance frameworks operating models ownership structures and data standards that support regulatory compliance data quality content reuse and operational excellence.
- Strong strategic leadership executive communication and stakeholder management capabilities with the ability to influence across organisational boundaries and build alignment within complex cross-functional environments.
Required Skills:
Collaborative Leadership Detail-Oriented Operations Support Process Improvements Regulatory Compliance Regulatory Experience Regulatory ProcessesPreferred Skills:
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10/12/2026*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFOREthe listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
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Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA is known as “Merck” in the United States, Canada & Puerto Rico. We are known as “MSD” in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America & Asia Pacific. We are a global biopharmaceutical leader with a diverse portfolio of prescription medicine ... View more