WORLDWIDE CONTACT US ABOUT US INVENTING FOR LIFE PRODUCTS RESEARCH LICENSING NEWSROOM CAREERS INVESTORS Home Merck's IT Organization Expands into Austin, Texas Merck will tap into Austin's thriving technology, academic and biotech communities. At Merck, we are inventing for life. We are a leading global biopharmaceutical company which operates in more than 140 countries to make innovative health solutions through our prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies and animal health products. Merck IT reinforces this mission by developing and leveraging technology to support the invention of novel medicines and help increase access to medicines to the people who need them. Technology-induced change-and change, in general-is inevitable in the healthcare industry. We are proactively bringing into the organization new talent with backgrounds in data science, analytics, machine learning, cyber security, agile software development and architecture, and are partnering with academia and start-ups. Austin will become our newest tech innovation hub. Employees from the Austin hub will join colleagues from our Branchburg, N.J., Prague and Singapore hubs engaging with top tech minds from across our company, academia, start-ups and the health care community to break new ground in the digital health space. We are currently exploring space in Austin’s downtown innovation space. “We look forward to working with the innovative and collaborative community in Austin, including the Dell Medical School and the Austin Healthcare Council. Our goal is that, together, we can connect technology and science to invent medicines and vaccines to help improve or save people’s lives.” – Clark Golestani, President, Emerging Businesses and Global CIO, Merck Austin has consistently been ranked as one of the best places to live and work in the U.S. It offers a rich diversity of emerging talent, especially within its robust start-up community and in digital health. Combine this with its vibrant culture and growing biotechnology presence, and Austin is well positioned as a gateway to the future of digital health and science. Search and Apply to open positions in our Austin Location Copyright. © 2009-2017 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Forward-Looking Statement Privacy Terms of Use Site Map