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Job Description

Seeking an experienced HRIT Product Manager to lead the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of Global Talent Management solutions, including Recruiting, Talent Management, Onboarding, Offboarding, DE&I, Career Development, and Employee Experience. This role will partner closely with HR solutions leaders, business stakeholders, and technology teams to deliver scalable, innovative, and AI-enabled workforce solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap and lifecycle for Talent Management and Recruiting technologies.

• Partner with HR CoEs and business leaders to define priorities, requirements, and solution strategies.

• Serve as the functional SME for Workday Recruiting and Talent Management.

• Lead workshops, stakeholder discussions, and requirement gathering activities.

• Translate business needs into user stories, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria.

• Collaborate with architecture, integration, and development teams on end-to-end solution design and delivery.

• Drive Agile delivery, backlog prioritization, testing, deployments, and continuous improvement.

• Evaluate and implement new capabilities, including AI, automation, and workforce intelligence solutions.

• Ensure compliance with security, privacy, audit, and enterprise architecture standards.

• Manage vendor relationships and support production operations, issue resolution, and enhancement delivery.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, HR, Business, or related field.

• 8+ years of experience in HR Technology, Product Management, Business Analysis, or HRIS delivery.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Workday Recruiting and Talent Management.

• Strong knowledge of recruiting, onboarding, performance, succession, skills, learning, and career development processes.

• Proven ability to manage senior stakeholders and influence decisions across business and IT organizations.

• Experience with Agile delivery methodologies and product management practices.

• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday Recruiting and/or Talent Management certification.

• Experience with AI-enabled HR solutions, talent intelligence, or workforce analytics platforms.

• Understanding of HR integrations, APIs, reporting, and data management.

• Product Management, Agile, Cloud, or AI certifications are a plus.

Required Skills:

Agile Application Development, Agile Application Development, Agile Methodology, Business Analysis, Career Development, Client Partnerships, Customer-Focused, Deliverables Management, Enterprise Agile Delivery, Enterprise Architecture (EA), Facilitate Training Sessions, Functional Expertise, Incident Management, Intellectual Curiosity, IT Infrastructure Management, Laboratory Informatics, Product Lifecycle, Product Management, Product Roadmap, Security Management, Software Development, Supplier Relationship Management, Talent Management, User Acceptance Testing Support, Workday Recruiting {+ 1 more}

Preferred Skills:

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Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.

As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:

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We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another's thinking and approach problems collectively.

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The salary range for this role is

$117,000.00 - $184,200.00

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include 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. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.

You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.

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.

Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

08/18/2026

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