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Associate Director Global Oncology Marketing - ADCs (Cervical cancer and GEAC)

MSD

Rahway, NJ; North Wales, PAHybridPosted 13 days ago$156,900.00 - $247,000.00
Full TimeDirector & AboveCommercial & Pharma SalesPharmaceutical
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Summary

Our marketing team is passionate about bringing our oncology products to our customers around the world to help them drive improved patient outcomes. We have an exciting opportunity to join our global oncology marketing team focusing on an antibody drug conjugate (ADC) in late-stage development across a range of disease areas and treatment settings. We are recruiting for an Associate Director of Global Oncology Marketing focusing on supporting two critical wave-1 launches in advanced Cervical Cancer and advanced Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma. As part of the sac-TMT global commercial team, the individual in this role will create trusted relationships with other asset-focused counterparts, cross functional colleagues, and regions on key aspects of global marketing.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

  • Supporting development of commercial strategies that are aligned with our strategic marketing approach (L3) with cross-functional partners to successfully navigate the evolving internal and external environments and deliver value to our customers.
  • Support commercial efforts to develop aligned perspectives and input in various settings, incl. other cross functional working and governance team: launch readiness reviews, identification of data gaps and approaches, organized customer interactions, market research, demand, revenue forecasting, budget, events/congresses and agency partner management.
  • Responsible for launch and commercialization strategies and deliver global asset strategy and execution plans, tactics and materials.
  • Generate market and customer insights through a combination of quantitative and qualitative ways to engage on portfolio and indication opportunities.
  • Develop commercial strategies and execution materials to support launches.
  • Ensures that all materials and initiatives are aligned to our company compliance standards, receive necessary approvals and are appropriately refreshed.
  • Shape key strategic communication objectives and content development for customers and measure impact of objectives across multiple channels to continuously improve the customer experience.
  • Manage agency partners to develop and deliver high-quality resources on time and on budget, including promotional resources.
  • Partner with the team to navigate the internal promotional review and approval process, ensuring all materials are compliant and aligned with our company's standards.
  • Collaborate with key cross-functional stakeholders and launch planners to ensure launch readiness (i.e., launch readiness stage-gates, governance preparation, LGCT, and Launch Squad meetings).
  • Engage effectively with regions and markets.
  • Provide leadership, support, and expertise as well as gain input and feedback from region and country colleagues on strategy, marketing materials approaches and resource development.
  • Demonstrate "One Team" approach of integrating best practices and facilitating cross-regional learning.
  • Demonstrate our Company's way of working leadership behaviors including building networks, sharing, focusing on the customer, and driving results.
  • Maintain alignment to compliance goals and policies.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree (BA/BS)
  • Minimum 5 years of Pharmaceutical/Commercial experience
  • Strong written, verbal and presentation skills
  • Strong business acumen, problem solving skills, managing large complex initiatives, strong business judgment and ability to drive initiatives forward
  • Ability to work through ambiguity, experience leading strategy development and implementation
  • Ability to clearly articulate insights and strategies messages/information across the enterprise and to leadership
  • Ability to engage with complex scientific information and clinical data, with subject matter experts and distill insights for commercial implications
  • Excellent communication, project management, and stakeholder management skills
  • Strong collaboration skills, both within commercial teams and cross divisional teams
  • Agility to learn quickly and adapt to changing environment
  • Must be able to influence without authority as well as work collaboratively in cross-functional teams

Preferred

  • Advanced degree (MBA)
  • In market commercial / launch experience, campaign and message development
  • Oncology experience
  • Experience working with diverse stakeholders in fast paced environments
  • Scientific background/experience
  • Experience providing commercial input on such activities as: market research, forecasting, customer interactions, disease/portfolio strategy
  • Agency/vendor management skills

This position requires approximately 15-20% travel, including some weekends.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree (BA/BS)
  • Minimum 5 years of Pharmaceutical/Commercial experience
  • Strong written, verbal and presentation skills
  • Strong business acumen and problem solving skills
  • Ability to manage large complex initiatives
  • Ability to work through ambiguity
  • Experience leading strategy development and implementation
  • Ability to articulate insights and strategies to leadership
  • Ability to engage with complex scientific information and clinical data
  • Excellent communication, project management, and stakeholder management skills
  • Strong collaboration skills across commercial and cross-divisional teams
  • Agility to learn quickly and adapt to changing environment
  • Ability to influence without authority
  • Advanced degree (MBA) preferred
  • In market commercial / launch experience preferred
  • Oncology experience preferred
  • Scientific background/experience preferred
  • Agency/vendor management skills preferred

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental & Vision
  • 401(k) Matching
  • Retirement Benefits
  • Paid Holidays
  • Vacation
  • Compassionate & Sick Days
  • Annual Bonus
  • Long-Term Incentive

Company overview

MSD, known as Merck Sharp & Dohme outside the United States and Canada, is a global research-intensive biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey. Founded in 1891, the company has established itself as one of the world's leading pharmaceutical corporations with a rich history spanning over 130 years. MSD operates as the international division of Merck & Co., Inc., focusing on the discovery, development, manufacturing, and marketing of innovative medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and animal health products. The company's extensive portfolio includes groundbreaking treatments in oncology, infectious diseases, cardiology, diabetes, and vaccines, with notable products such as Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for cancer immunotherapy, Gardasil for HPV prevention, and Januvia for diabetes management. MSD maintains a strong commitment to research and development, investing significantly in scientific innovation to address unmet medical needs worldwide. With approximately 75,000 employees globally, the company operates through four main segments: pharmaceuticals, animal health, healthcare services, and strategic alliances. MSD's mission centers on using leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world, guided by the principle that medicine is for people, not profits.

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