Associate Director Global Oncology Marketing Launch Excellence

$156.9k - $247k

Full-time

Merck

Job Description
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.
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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
Preferred Skills:
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The primary location for this posting is:
USA - New Jersey - Rahway
Where required by law, the compensation range for this role is provided below.
The salary range for the primary location of this role is:
$156,900.00 - $247,000.00
This range reflects the Company's reasonable expectation of the base salary applicable to this role at the time of 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. The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
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 .
Additional location(s): Please note the salary range above applies to the Primary Location of the position. Where a role has other listed locations, different compensation guidelines may apply. You may find the salary ranges for additional locations below. If the salary range is not listed for the location you are applying to, our Talent Acquisition team will provide further information to you relevant to your location.
Additional location(s) Compensation Information:
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
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Employee Status:
Regular
Relocation:
No relocation
VISA Sponsorship:
No
Travel Requirements:
10%
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Hybrid
Shift:
1st - Day
Valid Driving License:
No
Hazardous Material(s):
NA
Job Posting End Date:
10/31/2026
*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: R422322

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