Senior Specialist, Scientific Nomenclature & Reference Data - Product
MSD · Rahway, New Jersey, US
Job Description The Senior Specialist, Scientific Nomenclature & Reference Data is an individual contributor who supports the stewardship, curation, and inte...
Job description
Job Description The Senior Specialist, Scientific Nomenclature & Reference Data is an individual contributor who supports the stewardship, curation, and integration of chemical, biologic and vaccine product reference data across the drug development lifecycle. This role blends deep chemistry domain expertise, hands-on nomenclature skills, and practical master data capabilities to deliver accurate, traceable, and usable reference data for scientific, regulatory, and other business stakeholders. The Senior Specialist will continuously improve data quality, governance, and automation approaches, so the capability remains adaptable as technologies and ways of working evolve. Primary activities include, but are not limited to: Derive and assign correct nomenclature (IUPAC and CAS style as appropriate) for small molecules, biologics, and related entities; research and validate existing names for accuracy Create, maintain, and curate company reference/master data for substances and products, and associated descriptive metadata across the lifecycle Enter and routinely update nomenclature and reference data into centralized systems; perform detailed proofreading, validation and data integri...