We need to output HTML fragment with headings
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc as headings. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, scam warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the job description.
Key sections:
- About the role: description of opportunity, group, translational medicine, infectious diseases focus. Could be a paragraph.
- Responsibilities: list of primary responsibilities (the bullet list after "Primary Responsibilities For The Principal Scientist Include The Following").
- Requirements: maybe education requirements (MD or MD/PhD) and maybe other requirements like US and Puerto Rico residents only, relocation no, visa sponsorship no, travel 10%, flexible work arrangements hybrid, etc. But we need to see if they qualify as "Requirements". The posting includes "Education Requirements MD or MD/PhD". Also "US And Puerto Rico Residents Only". Also "Relocation: No relocation", "VISA Sponsorship No", "Travel Requirements 10%", "Flexible Work Arrangements Hybrid", "Shift Not Indicated", "Valid Driving License No", "Hazardous Material(s) n/a". Also "Job Posting End Date". Also "Requisition ID". Those are metadata; we should not put as headings but can fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we can include a short paragraph for metadata like location restrictions, relocation, visa, travel, etc. But we need to decide if we include a Requirements section. The posting has "Education Requirements MD or MD/PhD". That's a requirement. Also "US And Puerto Rico Residents Only" is a requirement. Also maybe "Current Employees apply HERE" etc is application instruction, to be removed. So we can have a Requirements section with education and residency.
- Qualifications: maybe "Required Skills" and "Preferred Skills". The posting has "Required Skills Clinical Research, Early Clinical Development, Infectious Disease, Translational Medicine" and "Preferred Skills Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE". Actually the "Preferred Skills" line seems weird: it says "Preferred Skills Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE". That seems like a mistake; maybe they intended to list preferred skills but instead put application links. We should not invent or summarize away detail; we should preserve substantive info. The "Preferred Skills" line appears to be nonsense; maybe it's a placeholder. We should not include a section if content is filler/placeholder like "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD". The line "Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE" is not a skill; it's application instruction. So we should ignore that as boilerplate/application instruction. So we have Required Skills list.
- Benefits: posting says "We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits." So we have benefits content.
- Pay: posting includes salary range: "$260,300.00 - $409,700.00". Also mentions annual bonus and long-term incentive. So we have pay info.
- Schedule: posting includes "Travel Requirements 10%", "Flexible Work Arrangements Hybrid", "Shift Not Indicated". That's schedule-ish. Could be considered schedule. The instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. The posting does have schedule-related info: flexible work arrangements hybrid, travel 10%, shift not indicated. So we can include a Schedule section with those details.
We must not include sections like "About the role" if we have no content? We have content.
We must not repeat job title as heading. So we will not include a heading for the job title.
We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; we can fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. We could include a short paragraph at top for metadata like "US and Puerto Rico residents only. No relocation. No visa sponsorship. Travel ~10%. Hybrid flexible work arrangements." But we might also incorporate those into Requirements or Schedule sections. Better to keep Requirements for education and residency; Schedule for travel/flexible/shift; Benefits separate; Pay separate.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
Thus produce something like:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
Requirements
- MD or MD/PhD degree
- US and Puerto Rico residents only
Skills
- Clinical Research
- Early Clinical Development
- Infectious Disease
- Translational Medicine
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (employee and family)
- Retirement benefits, including 401(k)
- Paid holidays, vacation, compassionate and sick days
Pay
Salary range: $260,300.00 – $409,700.00. Eligible for annual bonus and long‑term incentive.
Schedule
- Travel requirement: approximately 10%
- Flexible work arrangements: hybrid
- Shift: not indicated
We need to ensure we preserve all substantive information. Let's verify we didn't miss any.
From description:
- "We have an exciting opportunity for a physician-scientist to join our group as a Principal Scientist (Clinical Director) in Translational Medicine/Early Clinical Development in the Infectious Diseases Therapeutic Area." That's about the role.
- "Translational Medicine at our Research Division is responsible for early clinical development of novel therapeutics, working in close collaboration with our discovery scientists and late-stage clinical researchers. The Infectious Diseases Therapeutic Area specifically focuses on translational and clinical development of anti-infectives, both for treatment and for prophylaxis indications." Also about role.
- "We are seeking a highly qualified individual for a position in our group. Candidates must have a strong background in basic and/or clinical translational research and a desire to work collaboratively with functional area partners across therapeutic areas and stages of development." Could be part of about role or requirements.
- Then "Translational Medicine Is Specifically Responsible For" list: contributions to identification of novel targets, leadership of early clinical development strategy, development of biomarker strategies, development and execution of clinical pharmacology strategies. Those are responsibilities.
- Then "Success depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, creativity, skill, versatility and teamwork of the people in the group. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement, and teamwork." That's fluff; could be omitted as boilerplate? It's not a specific requirement; maybe we can include in about role but it's generic. Might be considered boilerplate; but it's not EEO etc. It's about culture. Could keep as part of about role.
- Then "Education Requirements MD or MD/PhD" -> requirement.
- Then "Primary Responsibilities For The Principal Scientist Include The Following" list: many items. Those are responsibilities.
- Then "Required Skills Clinical Research, Early Clinical Development, Infectious Disease, Translational Medicine" -> skills.
- Then "Preferred Skills Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE" -> ignore.
- Then "US And Puerto Rico Residents Only" -> requirement.
- Then "Our company is committed to inclusion..." EEO boilerplate -> remove.
- Then "As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer..." -> remove.
- Then "We are proud to be a company..." -> remove.
- Then "Learn more about your rights..." -> remove.
- Then "The salary range for this role is $260,300.00 - $409,700.00" -> pay.
- Then "This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs." -> could be part of pay description.
- Then "The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable." -> pay.
- Then "We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits." -> benefits.
- Then "You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting." -> application instructions, remove.
- Then "San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance" -> This is location-specific legal info; could be considered minor metadata; maybe we can include in Requirements? But it's about fair chance; not a requirement per se. Might be considered boilerplate; but it's substantive. However instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. This is legal/fair chance info; might be considered legal boilerplate. Probably remove.
- Then "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. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails." -> remove (application instruction/legal).
- Then "Employee Status Regular Relocation: No relocation VISA Sponsorship No Travel Requirements 10% Flexible Work Arrangements Hybrid Shift Not Indicated Valid Driving License No Hazardous Material(s) n/a Job Posting End Date 09/24/2026 A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date. Requisition ID:R415168" -> metadata; we can fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. We have already captured relocation, visa, travel, flexible work, shift in Requirements or Schedule. We could include a short paragraph for metadata like "Employee status: regular. No relocation. No visa sponsorship. Travel ~10%. Hybrid flexible work arrangements. Shift not indicated.