💼 Full-Time Position

Senior Director (Senior Principal Scientist), Translational Medicine, Immunology

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Merck
📍 Boston, MA, United States
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Location
Boston, United States
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Posted
June 22, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

**Job Description**

**Senior Principal Scientist (Senior Medical Director) Translational Medicine, Immunology**

Translational Medicine in our Research & Development Division is responsible for planning and managing an important inflection point in the drug development process, working closely with scientific, regulatory, statistical, and modeling colleagues across the organization to translate the benchtop science of preclinical discovery into compounds ready for assessment in large clinical populations.

We are seeking a highly qualified physician-scientist with a proven track record in both the pharmaceutical industry and independent academic research for a position in our group. Please note that our Senior Principal Scientist title is also equivalent to a Senior Medical Director position.

The preferred candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, with a focus on Immunology R&D, as well as clinical and academic ...