Product Technical Lead

**Product Technical Lead**
- Opportunity to **be a part of Engineering, Development & Integration team in Singapore**:

- ** Based in Singapore**, the regional hub for Asia Pacific (AP) and top-ranked biopharmaceutical company on The Straits Times and Statista’s list of Best Employers in Singapore for two consecutive years (2020, 2021).
- Join the **premier biopharmaceutical company** that has been in Singapore for more than **25 years and in AP for over 60 years.**

Our company’s Information Technology division partners with colleagues across the business to help serve our patients and customers around the world. We are a high-energy team of dynamic, innovative individuals dedicated to leveraging information and technology to efficiently drive revenue and productivity, thereby advancing our company’s contribution to global medical innovation.

**Primary Responsibilities**
- Partner with Product Managers in understanding, prioritizing, and developing strategically aligned solutions which deliver maximum business value.
- Deliver forward looking technology solutions by proactively tracking technology trends, vendor marketplace, and upcoming business needs
- Manage the product technology roadmap and convey related IT strategy and governance
- Act as the single point of contact for all technical matters within the assigned product
- Own product technology solutions from concept to retirement, while striving to increase ROI and reduce financial investment
- Collaborate with and guide the technical engineers assigned to multiple squads within the product
- Contribute to developing accurate and realistic project plans, resource estimates, and timelines in alignment with prioritized business requirements
- Ensure all systems are designed, built, and operated in compliant manner and promote the effective use of IT standards and tools
- Exhibit a passion for data and deep insight into new technologies and trends
- Demonstrate an eagerness to learn

**Education Minimum Requirement**:

- Bachelor's Degree is required.
- Concentration in an Information Technology or related field in Engineering and Software Development

**Required Experience and Skills**:

- Minimum 8 years of experience in IT with the ability to architect, engineer, optimize, and maintain software solutions
- Experience working with Engineering and Product Management teams with a demonstrated ability to operate and successfully deliver value in an agile fashion
- Strong software engineering and programming background in at least two languages (such as Java, Python, Go, JavaScript, etc.)
- AWS Certification - “AWS Solutions Architect - Associate” is a plus
- Excellent English and ability to explain complex technical topics to both technical and business audiences
- Hands-on experience with DevOps automation in software engineering (Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform) is a plus
- Basic understanding of database structure principles, SQL and NoSQL concepts
- Ability to work efficiently in a matrixed environment with geographically dispersed teams including company staff, contractors, and vendors
- Strong technical leadership and vendor management skills
- Great organization skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
- Self-motivated with the ability to work in a self-guided manner
- Strong problem-solving skills

**Who we are**

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

**What we look for**

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

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**Employee Status**:
Regular

**Relocation**:
No relocation

**VISA Sponsorship**:
Yes

**Travel Requirements**:
10%

**Flexible Wor