Senior Product Owner Global Learning Ecosystem

Work Your Magic with us!

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.

Your role:

Join the Global People Insights & Effectiveness team, as Senior Product Oner Global Learning to establish and own a single global Learning Management System (LMS), driving a continuous learning culture and building a skills-based organization across our company. Lead end-to-end product delivery from design to go-live, ensure ongoing platform stability, and maximize adoption and ROI. This is the chance to join at the start of our enterprise-wide learning journey we are embarking on, and to shape and drive the future of learning at Merck.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the global LMS product lifecycle: discovery, requirement alignment and prioritization, design, development, testing, deployment, and go-live.
• Lead the implementation of one central global LMS, including global go-live, hypercare, and post-launch stability management.
• Ensure seamless user experience and data flows between other HR systems, namely our internal talent marketplace (Phenom) and core HRIS (SF).
• Collaborate with UX, Global Solution Owners, Sector HR Teams, IT, GES, HR Data & AI Governance, data privacy, and Employee Representatives to deliver an employee-centric HR solution.
• Manage vendor relationships and third-party integrations; coordinate with internal IT and external partners to ensure on-time delivery and quality.
• Prioritize functional demands and future enhancements: managing sprint backlogs up to deployment of new products and features to continuously improve the platform.
• Ensure GDPR compliance and alignment with local legal requirements; partner with the data privacy team and Employee Councils to maintain compliance.
• Facilitate handover to Global Enterprise Services (GES) for ongoing operational support where applicable.
• Drive user adoption and measure impact and ROI
• Support decommissioning of legacy LMS/Learning Academies and migrate to the central LMS.
• Enable employees and leaders across Merck to adopt to the LMS
• Act as a mentor and coach to peers; promote a culture of knowledge sharing and collaboration.

Who you are:

• Minimum 5 years of experience related to HR IT projects with a focus on Learning data & technology in a global and matrixed environment with demonstrated success in cross-functional positions is required 
• Knowledge and experience of Learning Management & HR technologies (eg. Talent Marketplace, SF, … )

• Expert in agile project management, ideally Jira 

• Strong data-related product management experience, focusing on measurable ROI plus skills in data analytics and tech savvy with basic IT know-how (i.e. system integration via API vs. SFTP, flat file approach) 

• AI literacy, Experience with agentic AI application and agent-to-agent integration experience or coding skills (Python) is a plus

• Very strong stakeholder management track record and ability to develop and align requirements collaboratively with business stakeholders and key functions 

• Experience in data privacy (GDPR) compliance and collaboration with local employee representative bodies 

• With a user centric/customer-oriented, pragmatic problem-solving mindset with a strong outcome focus and attention to detail

• Fluent in English mandatory, German and any further languages a plus 

Target countries for applications:

Spain, Poland, Portugal or India with the pre-requisite to work CET time zone

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!