Job Description
New Hires based in the US & Puerto Rico will be required to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated for Covid-19 or qualify for a medical or religious exemption or accommodation to this vaccination requirement, subject to applicable law.
Our Oncology team is dedicated to delivering breakthrough innovations that extend and improve the lives of cancer patients worldwide. Our team of forward-thinking individuals achieve this through an unwavering commitment to support accessibility to medicine, providing new therapeutic solutions, and collaborating with governments and payers to ensure that people who need medicines have access to them. Our focus is on innovation and launch execution excellence; we translate breakthrough science into innovative medicines that help people with cancer across the globe.
As marketing roles across the US Oncology organization are evolving and broadening, this position is designed to be a flexible marketing role that may focus on any aspect of marketing over time based on business needs and/or the capabilities and development needs of the team. The initial focus of the role is outlined below, but the role could include or shift to other aspects of marketing in the future.
We are currently recruiting for an Associate Director, US Oncology Health Care Professional (HCP) Marketing role. This position will be responsible for developing and implementing the HCP marketing strategy and promotional plan for the launch of a new indication for a novel MOA within the RCC market. The position will be based in Upper Gwynedd, PA but can operate from anywhere in the US.
Key responsibilities, which may evolve over time, will include but are not limited to the following:

• Lead the development of the strategy and promotion for a new indication within the advanced RCC market
• Lead the development and execution of launch plan/ tactics to accelerate launch uptake
• Partner with market research, CI and analytics team to generate key insights and further enhance the launch execution plan
• Monitor, analyze, and synthesize key market dynamics in the rapidly evolving RCC landscape
• Develop counter-competitive strategies/ plans in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders and agencies
• Partner with Digital Promotions team to develop new assets and innovative digital strategy and engagement plans
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders to prioritize work, ensure alignment across other products, indications, and functions, and facilitate internal resource trade-offs as needed, (e.g. budget, MLR review time)
• Escalate issues that represent significant barriers to execution and/or business impact
• Challenge status quo and gain sponsorship/ support within the company to address gaps

Education Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree is required

Required Experience and Skills:

• 5 years' pharmaceutical/ biotech experience OR brand marketing/sales experience in any industry
• Healthcare Professional (HCP) marketing and/or sales experience, and/or directly related experience
• Ability to coordinate across teams, assess and analyze performance, and create clear strategies to impact sales
• Strong project management, leadership, problem solving, teamwork, analytical, and communication
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and work successfully with cross-functional teams

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Experience within Oncology
• Experience within Renal Cell Carcinoma field
• Product Launches
• Prior Headquarters Roles

Our Human Health Division maintains a "patient first, profits later" ideology. The organization is comprised of sales, marketing, market access, digital analytics and commercial professionals who are passionate about their role in bringing our medicines to our customers worldwide.
Who we are ...
We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, 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
Relocation:
Domestic
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Travel Requirements:
10%
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Remote Work
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Number of Openings:
1