Job Description
New hires in office-based roles in the US & Puerto Rico will be required, subject to applicable law, to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or qualify for a medical or religious exemption to this vaccination requirement that can be accommodated without an undue burden to the operation. However, subject to applicable law, employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as employees in customer facing commercial or research based roles, will be required to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment.
Our Marketing team are passionate about bringing our medicines and vaccines to our customers around the world. Through digital listening and patient analytics, we are able to understand our customers' needs and strive to provide solutions to meet them.
The Portfolio Marketing Team in U.S. Vaccines is seeking an Associate Director, Marketing, who will be responsible for supporting market access and organized customer adoption of GARDASIL 9. This is a Payer Marketing role that works closely with the GARDASIL 9 brand team and customer-facing roles including Integrated Account Management.
The Market Access Lead- GARDASIL 9, reports to the Director of Organized Customer Access & Reimbursement (OCAR). OCAR is a dynamic team of marketers with responsibility for priority US Vaccines across managed care customers and Integrated Delivery Networks. The Market Access Lead will serve as the subject matter expert on managed care access and strategy, providing expertise to the brand team, and developing promotional tactics and resources based on brand and business priorities. Additionally, the GARDASIL 9 Market Access Lead works closely with our Corporate Account Executive team to support the Employer segment. This individual should possess the capabilities to assess the changing healthcare landscape and how it is affecting stakeholders. The ability to analyze our access and reimbursement and appropriately serve as a subject matter expert enables extensive visibility for the Market Access Lead.
The role will provide experience in marketing strategy development, innovative solution design and execution, cross-functional collaboration, and customer engagement.
Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Identifying new growth opportunities through Payer Marketing and defining our Company's vaccine engagement strategies
• Ensure appropriate market access and analyzing the changing access landscape
• Identification of resource needs and new capabilities aligned to payer customers
• Foster collaborative relationships across internal and customer-facing teams to ensure strategic alignment
• Lead projects and programs through end-to-end process including appropriate Medical-Legal approvals and production/implementation; Facilitate cross-functional team interactions (e.g., Brand Teams, Field, Market Research, Digital Engagement Team, Promotions) required for the delivery of high impact, optimized solutions.
• Lead the development of innovative engagements with payers that support appropriate GARDASIL-9 vaccination
• Ensure all activities are in alignment with applicable laws, regulations, company policies and ethical business practices in conjunction with internal Business Practice & Compliance and Medical-Legal-Regulatory review process.

Qualifications
Education:

• Required: BA/BS
• Preferred: MBA/MS

Required Experience & Skills:

• Minimum of 5 years combined experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical or vaccine industry including: sales, marketing, market research, or sales/marketing support
• 10-20% Travel

Location:

• Remote , Primary location Pennsylvania, North Wales ( Upper Gwynedd); Meeting at office 1 week/month

Preferred Experience & Skills:

• Strong strategic thinking skills, innovative mindset, and results-orientation
• Prior experience in Promotion or Brand/Marketing Management; Segment or Customer Facing Role (e.g. Solutions Consultant, Account Executive, or Customer Team Leader); Strategy Realization; Market Access; Contracting/Payer Marketing; or Global Marketing
• Strong cross-functional collaboration
• Attention to detail and highly organized
• Ability to build and execute strategy
• Versatility to shift in a highly dynamic environment

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., 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
Relocation:
No relocation
VISA Sponsorship:
Travel Requirements:
10%
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Telecommuting
Shift:
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Number of Openings:
1
Requisition ID:R182483