Merck KGaA Posted August 15, 2026

China Clinical Research Scientist

Beijing, Beijing, China FULL_TIME
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About this opportunity

Your role:

As a subject matter expert, the China Clinical Research Scientist (CRS) partners with the Clinical Lead to provide scientific, clinical, strategic, and operational input to an early or late-stage clinical development program. The CRS contributes to data interpretation, study designs, regulatory and study documents, and publication efforts as well as providing scientific input into pipeline programs. Medical Monitoring and Medical Data Review activities are conducted in close collaboration with the  Clinical Lead, including oversight of any Medical Monitoring activities performed by contracted vendors. The China CRS mainly focus on R&D China programs and assigned global programs per need.

The CRS interacts with a multi-disciplinary, global/local team ensuring that scientific, clinical and other topics are appropriately considered with respect to highly complex data findings and escalated to clinical Lead.

Within the frame of the clinical development of new medicines, the CRS is responsible for:

Managing assigned activities within clinical study in support of the clinical Lead;

Providing clinical/scientific input and gathering necessary information from other areas to clinical development plans;

Involved in Medical Monitoring and Medical Data Review in close collaboration with the Clinical Lead;

Assisting closely with Contract Research Organizations and other vendors on medical monitoring activities, supporting to the operational excellence of project execution in partnership with Global Development Operations;

Working on the design of clinical trial concepts, study protocols, assessment schedules, patient information material as well as clinical study reports in support of the Clinical Lead;

Preparing the relevant sections of the common technical document dossier while supporting clinical trial-related submission activities and marketing authorization submissions;

Assisting in the design and organization of the content for relevant Advisory Board Meetings or KTL consultation;

Drafting sections for clinical trial protocols, including most recent literature citations.

Who you are:

The CRS is an individual contributor with high analytical skills, strategic thinking, and a growth mindset.

With direct oversight and guidance, able to work on assigned tasks or projects with scientific rigor and utilizing up-to-date information technology

Expert knowledge of scientific principles and concepts

Knowledge of regulatory requirements, including ICH-GCP strongly preferred

Aptitude to interpret and to integrate complex data, including, clinical safety and efficacy data, pharmacokinetics, biomarker and next generation sequencing data

Good medical or clinical knowledge and experience in clinical development/operations with the capacity to monitor laboratory data and other clinical trial data

Capability to perform literature searches and to utilize library services, digest the information, and synthesize the key take-away points

Good communication and presentation skills

Normally receives general instruction on routine work and more detailed instruction on new assignments

Educational and/or work experience in the respective therapeutic area is desirable

Proficient level of organizational and project management skills

Able to oversee Medical Data Reviewers with the support of Medical Lead. Adeptness to work in a matrix environment of cultural diversity and in a global setting.

Master degree of clinical medicine is preferred. M.D. will be an advantage.

Fluent English is a must.

Experience in product and clinical development (minimum of 1 year, with at least 3 years in a comparable setting in the pharmaceutical industry or biopharma/healthcare setting) preferred.

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Clinical Research
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Beijing, Beijing, China
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Clinical Research role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 118 comparable Clinical Research roles across 21 biopharma companies.

118Comparable roles tracked
102Currently active
21Companies hiring similar roles
27Countries represented

Salary context

23 of 118 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Clinical Trial Administrator · Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc. $67,500/yr – $99,000/yr
Highest disclosed · Executive Director - Clinical Research Physician - GPS Medical · Lilly $243,000/yr – $356,400/yr
Peer group range $83,250 – $299,700 (median $159,000)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 118 comparable roles

United States32
China23
United Kingdom10
South Korea5
Poland5
China's Mainland5

+ 21 more countries

Seniority mix

73 of 118 peers have a known seniority level

Associate28
Manager23
Senior13
Director5
Senior Director1
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc1
Executive/VP1
Associate Director1

Therapeutic area mix

10 of 118 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology3
Vaccines & Infectious Disease3
Immunology2
Dermatology & Aesthetics1
Neuroscience1

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