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• Overview

  Merck is hiring a Client Relations Manager in Sunnyvale, CA.

• Role description

  On any given day, the Client Relations Manager at Merck juggles Process Improvement and Continuous Learning, and somehow makes both look deliberate. Bring Organization and Emotional Intelligence sharpened over 8 years, and Merck answers with $147,000 - $224,000 plus a clear path up.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Leave every general system a little better than you found it
  • Handle confidential information with discretion and sound judgment
  • Keep CA reporting accurate enough to bet decisions on
  • Keep Merck's Continuous Learning pipeline humming without constant hand-holding
  • Push back, respectfully, when a Resilience shortcut will cost us later
  • Close the loop on every Sunnyvale request you touch

  What You'll Bring

  • Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information
  • Roughly 8+ years operating in a similar Client Relations Manager position
  • Pattern recognition earned across many general engagements
  • Demonstrated knack for making the hardworking feel manageable
  • The discipline to finish the boring 20% that makes the rest matter
  • A steady hand when three priorities all claim to be number one
  • The diplomacy to align stakeholders who don't agree yet

  Merck is a plainspoken company in Sunnyvale, CA that turns complex general problems into simple, elegant solutions. We trust the manager folks closest to the customer to make the call without a committee.

  We offer $147,000 - $224,000, performance bonuses, comprehensive insurance, and the freedom to shape how and where you work.

  Right now the Client Relations Manager listing in Sunnyvale, CA is live and looking.

  Go ahead and apply; the worst that happens is Merck learns your name.

• Required skills

  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Continuous Learning
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Team Leadership
  • Resilience
  • Organization
  • Process Improvement

• Benefits & perks

  • Pension Plan
  • Legal insurance plan
  • Wellness Programs
  • Game Room
  • Health coaching
  • Catered lunches
  • Dry Cleaning
  • Annual salary reviews
  • Public transit subsidy
  • Open and transparent culture

• Apply before 2026-12-03

  Submit your application for this Internship general position.