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Associate Director Global Oncology Marketing Launch Excellence

MSD

Rahway, NJ; North Wales, PAHybridPosted 19 days ago$156,900.00 - $247,000.00
Full TimeDirector & AboveCommercial & Pharma SalesPharmaceutical
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Summary

The Global Oncology pipeline offers great promise over a broad range of diseases with high unmet medical need with more than ten products potentially launching in the next five years. Global Oncology will be a critical driver of company growth and most importantly, significant patient impact – this is an opportunity to join an organization with a team of colleagues with high energy, passion and patient-driven purpose.

Job description

Role Description and Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Executive Director, Integrated Business Operations & Launch Excellence, the Associate Director, Global Oncology Marketing is responsible for leading the launch planning activities for two to three priority Global Oncology launches. With several priority launches occurring in the next five years within Global Oncology and many more across the organization, this role will be essential in ensuring that we have consistency, coordination and efficiencies in our launch planning activities. This role will support flawless product launch planning by leading the execution of the Launch Excellence Framework. The Associate Director, Global Marketing Oncology will lead and support flawless product launch planning, milestones assessment and risk mitigation, and evolution of process and launch tools across Global Oncology.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Lead two to three priority product launches as the launch planner, responsible for launch readiness by ensuring key launch milestones are identified, resourced and successfully achieved
  • Drive strategic launch planning via the Launch Planning Tool and ensure consistency and evolution of all tools and processes to streamline and improve launch planning
  • Utilize dashboards and metrics to identify and escalate launch readiness risks, and partner to problem solve and mitigate risks as appropriate
  • Support knowledge management and best practice sharing across the organization
  • Work in close partnership with the Global Oncology brand teams and cross-functional colleagues to ensure execution excellence with our must-win launches
  • Support the Executive Director, Integrated Business Operations & Launch Excellence as needed on operational initiatives

Launch standards and best practices

  • Provide input into the development of global standards for launch planning, processes, and tools to drive excellence
  • Ensure global standards for launch planning, processes, and tools to drive excellence are implemented across global oncology
  • Collaborate with centralized functions (e.g., Global Marketing Launch Excellence team) and other HH Marketing Launch Planners) to support the evolution of processes or tools and to optimize cross-enterprise planning
  • Utilize consistent metrics to evaluate launch success and dashboards to easily depict progress and report on these

Education

Required: Bachelor's degree. Preferred: MBA.

Required Experience and Skills

  • Minimum of 5 years pharmaceutical experience
  • Strong commercial and business acumen
  • Proactive leadership style with the ability to advance work with urgency and results
  • Inclusive leadership style with strong collaboration skills and ability to build trust and credibility cross-functional teams
  • Ability to lead and influence without authority
  • Demonstrated excellence in project management and/or launch planning
  • Demonstrated ability to lead multiple strategic initiatives simultaneously and drive execution and results
  • Demonstrated ability to solve problems and identify solutions
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Experience and Skills

  • Previous commercial experience with a focus in marketing
  • Previous launch planning experience
  • Understanding of pharmaceutical commercialization landscape and trends

Position location: Rahway NJ or Upper Gwynedd, PA (hybrid work model)

Required Skills

Commercialization Strategies, Data-Driven Decision Making, Global Marketing Strategy, Influencing Without Authority, Innovation, Market Access, Market Research, Oncology Marketing, Product Launches, Project Management, Results-Oriented, Strategic Thinking, Strategy Deployment

Requirements

  • Minimum of 5 years pharmaceutical experience
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Strong commercial and business acumen
  • Proactive leadership style with the ability to advance work with urgency and results
  • Inclusive leadership style with strong collaboration skills and ability to build trust and credibility cross-functional teams
  • Ability to lead and influence without authority
  • Demonstrated excellence in project management and/or launch planning
  • Demonstrated ability to lead multiple strategic initiatives simultaneously and drive execution and results
  • Demonstrated ability to solve problems and identify solutions
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental & Vision
  • Retirement benefits
  • 401(k)
  • Paid holidays
  • Vacation
  • Compassionate leave
  • Sick days

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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