Those with the keen ability to focus on two important goals: business performance and employee satisfaction. Ideal candidates will be experienced professionals with a BA, BS, MBA or MILR, interested in growth and success in areas including HR Consulting, Centers of Excellence and/or HR Operations.

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Recruit and retain high-caliber talent. Design and implement workforce strategies, services and programs that get results. Tackle the human and organizational challenges across a variety of rapidly-changing and cutting-edge business functions. Help experts reach their maximum potential – including your own.

By driving change – change that gives Merck a sustained competitive advantage – be successful in defining and developing our workforce of the future.  Make an impact in more ways than one by joining our mission of putting patients first.

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Our HR positions are primarily based in the following areas, but HR staff members reside at nearly all Merck sites worldwide .

• Whitehouse Station, NJ
• Rahway, NJ
• West Point, PA

The Merck HR team provides expertise in the following areas:  compensation, benefits, recruiting, labor relations, organizational development, talent management, diversity, HR systems and health services.

Merck offers a Human Resources internship and rotational leadership development program for students pursuing advanced degrees in areas related to HR. Merck’s Human Resources Leadership Program (HRLP) provides focused developmental opportunities that help interns and associates achieve their career aspirations by, providing exposure to Merck’s businesses and to key initiatives in Human Resources.