The Senior Director, Clinical Data Management Portfolio, Resource, Operations reports to the Head of their respective function and serves as the strategic functional lead for functional area portfolio, resource, and operational governance. Accountable for integrated analytics, forecasting, and strategic portfolio insights, this role ensures integral alignment across functions, geographies, and stakeholders. As a key member of the functional area leadership team, the Senior Director partners with in-function and cross-functional partners to shape enterprise planning, drive efficiency, and guide long-range operational strategies.

Responsibilities:
Strategic & Functional Leadership:
- Provide functional area operations leadership and direction across the assigned organization; define policies, governance frameworks, and forecasting methodologies; provide operations oversight to monitor consistent execution, quality, and compliance with functional area business processes.
- Represent the functional area portfolio,



resource and operations management in enterprise forums; communicate options/risks/trade-offs; serve as escalation point for issues arising within assigned teams or geographies.
- Lead or sponsor global initiatives to improve operational efficiency, continuous improvement leveraging automation / AI, quality by design, and change management in alignment with Global Data Management & Standards (GDMS) priorities.
- Work with leadership to design the roadmap for the functional area operating model optimization and define guardrails for AI-First planning and reporting standards.
- Champions organizational change strategy; drives adoption of new operating models and digital capabilities across global functions.

Operational Governance, Execution, & Cross-Functional Alignment:
- Oversee capacity modeling, forecasting methodologies, trade-offs, and demand-supply trade-offs aligned with business, financial, and operational objectives to maximize efficiency and outcomes.

📌 Senior Director, Clinical Data Management Portfolio, Resource, Operations (Colombia)
🏢 Merck
📍 Colombia