Senior Scientific Technical Specialist – Poultry

Job Description **Location:** Remote / Flexible from any point in Spain **Mobility:** Approximately 50 % of working time #### **Job Description** An excellent opportunity has arisen to join as a **Senior Scientific Technical Specialist – Poultry** within our Animal Health Business Unit in Spain. This position offers complete geographic flexibility, allowing you to live in **any part of the national territory**, and requires **approximately 50 % of working time in field mobility** to support customers and facilities. In this role, and in close coordination with marketing, sales, global technical teams and data analytics, you will develop and implement the technical and scientific strategy of the Poultry Unit. You will be a key player in delivering differentiated solutions to customers, optimising hatchery processes and chick quality, and integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and data-based services that promote animal health and welfare in the field. #### **What you will do:** - **Lead the technical and scientific strategy:** Develop and implement the technical strategy of the Poultry Unit in Spain, collaborating across sales, marketing and global teams to turn scientific data into measurable and digitalised value for the customer. - **Partnerships with KOLs and scientific dissemination:** Consolidate strategic relationships with academia and key opinion leaders (KOLs), leading post-authorisation studies and turning field data into scientific publications for national and international congresses. - **Develop high-level scientific support:** Ensure up-to-date knowledge of the laboratory techniques available to support the product portfolio and customers - **Advanced vaccination support:** Provide expert knowledge and first-level support on industrial vaccination systems. Carry out comprehensive technical audits of commercial hatcheries to optimise the viability and quality of chicks, managing the biological portfolio from the hatchery to the farm and driving cutting-edge diagnostic and administration technologies. - **Drive data analytics and Artificial Intelligence:** Leverage AI tools and predictive analytics to correlate historical hatchery data with health outcomes on farms, while automating the generation of field technical reports. - **Commercial training and pharmacovigilance:** Design tailored technical and scientific training for marketing and sales teams, support omnichannel plans through digital platforms (CRM/Veeva, analytics) and actively participate in pharmacovigilance and regulatory compliance activities. #### **Skills you will need:** _To stand out in this position, you will probably have:_ - A university degree in Sciences; a **degree in Veterinary Medicine** will be highly valued. - Proven technical experience in the poultry sector, management of commercial hatcheries or veterinary biologicals. - **Fluent command of Spanish and English** (spoken and written), with excellent scientific and business communication skills. - Strong customer orientation and proven ability to manage technical and commercial relationships in the field. - Solid business vision, strategic thinking and planning and prioritisation skills. - Solid competencies in project management and driving initiatives in multidisciplinary teams. - Affinity with the digital environment and familiarity or interest in data analysis tools, CRM platforms and Artificial Intelligence-based solutions. - Collaborative mindset, personal initiative and ability to build professional networks (networking) both locally and internationally. - Availability and flexibility to travel approximately **50 % of working time** across the national territory. #### **Why join us?** As a company, we are firmly committed to placing health and well-being at the heart of everything we do, striving to discover solutions and treatments for some of the world's most demanding health challenges. We take pride in fostering a diverse, talented and committed environment, convinced that the most disruptive innovation emerges when different ideas converge in an inclusive space. If you are ready to make a real difference in animal health, submit your application today! **Additional location(s) Compensation Information:** **Required Skills:** Adaptability, Customer Relationship Building, Data Analysis, Personal Initiative, Product Management, Regulatory Compliance, Scientific Writing, Training and Development, Veterinary Practice, Veterinary Sciences **Preferred Skills:** Current Employees apply [HERE](https://wd5.myworkday.com/msd/d/task/1422$6687.htmld) Current Contingent Workers apply [HERE](https://wd5.myworkday.com/msd/d/task/1422$4020.htmld) **Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully** Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. 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