Manager, WordPress Solution Architect

Job Description

The Web Solution Architect plays a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our web-based platforms and applications. Due to the recent vacancy in this position, there is an urgent need to backfill to ensure continuity in delivery, maintain system integrity, and support ongoing business growth in Web digital capabilities.

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The Opportunity:

Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.

Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centres focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company's IT operating model, Tech Centres are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Centre helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centres.

Role Overview:

The Solution Architect, CE Digital Marketing Channel IT is seeking a highly motivated individual accountable for developing and supporting web solution architectures. This role will be responsible for aligning/defining requirements across markets with global web delivery strategy and standards. The candidate should have a strong understanding of industry trends and content management systems. In addition, this role will help identify opportunities to improve services, advance internal communication, and liaison between business and technical teams.

Responsibilities:

Work with product, engineering, QA, and support team members as part of a delivery squad to enhance our platform.

Deconstruct complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions and ensure requirements and dependencies are well understood.

Manage activities that take place during solution ideation, solution design, and solution implementation.

Communicate with global product teams & in-market Business and IT stakeholders to understand their requirements.

Understand and clarify business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions.

Ensure solutions not only are a fit for the specific purpose but also closely align with global usage and standards.

Manage and sustain multiple projects at once while working cross-functionally across business and IT teams

Drive compliance with our Company's cyber security standards and Software Development Lifecycle management methodology, as well as architectural standards.

Qualifications:

At least 2 to 5 years full-time working experience in IT, digital or a related field.

Hands on experience in WordPress (multisite, Gutenberg, themes, plugins, etc)

Excellent oral and written communication

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Broad understanding of information technology topics

Flexible in a fast-paced dynamic environment with shifting roles and responsibilities

Technically creative and open-minded

Knowledge of common WordPress development technologies and tools like PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, git, wp-cli, composer, etc. (hands-on development experience is a plus)

Experience with continuous delivery, devops and agile workflows

Clear communication skills, empathy, and creative thinking skills

Solid understanding of and commitment to web standards, including web accessibility standards (WCAG)

Familiar with important WordPress security concepts

Possess a good understanding of Design Systems, industry best practices and a commitment to excellent user experience.

Who we are:

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for:

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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Employee Status:

Regular

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Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

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Required Skills:

Data Modeling, Design Applications, Release Management, Requirements Management, Solution Architecture, System Designs, Systems Integration

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Job Posting End Date:

10/29/2025

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Requisition ID:R365589