Merck KGaA Posted August 25, 2026

Senior Manager, Global Labeling Operations

Billerica, Massachusetts, United States FULL_TIME
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About this opportunity

Work Your Magic with us!  Start your next chapter and join EMD Serono.

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.

Your Role:

The Global Labeling Excellence Lead is responsible for advancing operational excellence, process optimization, and continuous improvement across global labeling activities within Regulatory Quality Safety (RQS). This role partners closely with process owners and cross-functional stakeholders to assess, implement, and monitor efficient, compliant, and scalable labeling processes that support business priorities and regulatory expectations.

As the successful GLE Lead, you will apply established continuous improvement and change-management methodologies to improve ways of working, strengthen documentation and tracking practices, and provide practical recommendations that enhance global labeling quality, compliance, and operational effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities

Support the development, maintenance, and review of documentation related to global labeling processes, including policies, standard operating procedures, work instructions, and supporting documents.

Coordinate and track labeling document updates, internal milestones, and stakeholder inputs to support timely execution and alignment across global and regional teams.

Develop and maintain global labeling project plans, submission timelines, and health authority interaction tracking to ensure commitments and deliverables are visible, current, and effectively managed.

Establish and oversee a comprehensive global labeling commitment tracker to promote timely follow-through, accountability, and alignment with regulatory expectations and required timelines.

Monitor implementation of new and updated labeling in markets, manage exceptions and deviations, and track compliance metrics to support on-time submissions and implementation.

Partner with cross-functional RQS stakeholders on quality documentation, filing timelines, safety-related commitments, and related operational deliverables.

Identify and implement process improvements, digital solutions, and new technologies that simplify work, improve labeling quality, and increase operational efficiency.

Who You Are:

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a science or health-related discipline; advanced degree (PhD, MD, MS, or PharmD) strongly preferred.

Minimum of 5-years of pharmaceutical industry or related experience

Strong project management skills, including stakeholder management and ability to demonstrate collaborative stakeholder engagement and influencing skills across a globally, matrix, cross-cultured environment.

Operational excellence and continuous improvement mindset; experience contributing to cross-functional initiatives, process improvement efforts, or operational excellence projects.

Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, work independently, and maintain accurate, high-quality documentation.

Digital fluency and willingness to adopt innovative ways of working

Experience in product labeling, regulatory affairs, regulatory operations, quality, or a related pharmaceutical or biotechnology function, preferably in a headquarters or regional environment.

Sound judgment, problem-solving capability, and comfort operating in complex, regulated environments.

Ability to adopt digital tools, analytics, automation, or AI-enabled solutions to improve ways of working.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of global labeling regulations, regulatory submission processes, and health authority expectations.

Experience supporting labeling governance, commitment tracking, market implementation, or compliance monitoring activities.

Familiarity with change management, continuous improvement, process mapping, metrics, or operational performance tracking.

Experience working in matrixed, global organizations and partnering with regulatory, safety, quality, medical, commercial, and regional stakeholders.

Location: Billerica, MA, USA; Onsite (3x week)

Travel:

Pay range for this position: $127,900.00 - $191,800.00

The offer range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base pay compensation for this position. The actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level of experience, education, skills, and other job-related factors. Position may be eligible for sales or performance-based bonuses. Benefits offered by the Company include health insurance, paid time off (PTO), retirement contributions, and other perquisites. For more information click  here .

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!

Job details

Seniority
Manager
Function
Regulatory Affairs
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Billerica, Massachusetts, United States
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

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

We currently track 250 comparable Manager Regulatory Affairs roles across 68 biopharma companies.

250Comparable roles tracked
225Currently active
68Companies hiring similar roles
30Countries represented

Salary context

78 of 250 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject $127,900/yr – $191,800/yr
Lowest disclosed · Manager, Strategy and Operations · Johnson & Johnson $102,000/yr – $177,100/yr
Peer group range $139,550 – $208,845 (median $180,500)

Where these roles are based

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United States105
India26
Japan18
United Kingdom16
Poland15
Ireland12

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Seniority mix

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Manager184
Associate Director56
Associate10

Therapeutic area mix

25 of 250 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology9
Immunology8
Dermatology & Aesthetics5
Vaccines & Infectious Disease1
Respiratory1
Rare Disease1

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