✦ Luna Orbit — Operations & Logistics

Director, Assembly and Packaging Platform Technical Leadership

at Merck

📍 2 Locations Hybrid 💰 $156K – $247K USD / year Posted March 13, 2026
Salary $156K – $247K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category Operations & Logistics

This role involves leading technical teams responsible for packaging and assembly platforms, ensuring safety, efficacy, and continuous improvement. The leader manages risk, develops technical plans, and collaborates across functions to support product supply.

  • Lead technical teams
  • Manage risk and technical planning
  • Drive process improvements
  • Ensure platform standards
  • Collaborate with stakeholders

Focuses on technical leadership in packaging and assembly, risk management, process optimization, and lifecycle management within pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing environments.

The ideal candidate is a senior technical leader with extensive experience in packaging and assembly platforms within the pharmaceutical or medical device industry. They excel in risk management, technical planning, and process improvement, leading cross-functional teams to ensure product robustness and compliance.

Technical LeadershipPackaging and Assembly PlatformsRisk ManagementTechnical PlanningProblem-solving
Device DevelopmentRegulatory KnowledgeQuality StandardsSupply ChainProcess Optimization
Technical Review ToolsData Analysis Platforms
Technical LeadershipPackaging PlatformsAssembly PlatformsRisk ManagementTechnical PlanningProblem-solvingProcess ImprovementDevice AssemblyPackaging StandardsLifecycle Management
Technical LeadershipPackaging PlatformsAssembly PlatformsRisk ManagementTechnical PlanningProblem-solvingProcess ImprovementDevice AssemblyPackaging StandardsLifecycle ManagementContinuous ImprovementCross-functional Collaboration
LeadershipStrategic ThinkingProblem-solvingCollaborationDecision-making
Industry Pharmaceuticals
Job Function Provide technical leadership for packaging and assembly platform excellence
Technical LeadershipPackaging PlatformsAssembly PlatformsRisk ManagementTechnical PlanningProblem-solvingProcess ImprovementDevice AssemblyPackaging StandardsLifecycle Management

Lack of experience in packaging or device assembly, No leadership experience in technical teams, Unfamiliarity with risk management in manufacturing

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