Associate Director Global Oncology Marketing Women's Cancers

Job Description Women’s cancer team at our Company is building a leading portfolio to improve and save lives of women with breast and gyn cancers. The Associate Director Global Marketing Women’s Cancers will play a vital role in building and maximizing the Global opportunity for the Women’s Cancers franchise and will be responsible for shaping Women’s Cancers indications across treatment settings. Key Responsibilities Develop commercial strategies 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 overall disease area assessment, including burden of disease, patient journeys, unmet need, evolving competitive landscape and pipeline. Provide commercial leadership, develop aligned perspectives and input in various settings, including other cross‑functional working and governance teams: launch readiness reviews, identification of data gaps and approaches, organized customer interactions, market research, demand, revenue forecasting, budget, events/congresses and agency partner management. Lead launch and commercialization strategies and deliver global 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 and inline indications. Ensure that all materials and initiatives are aligned to our Company’s compliance standards, receive necessary approvals and are appropriately refreshed. Shape key strategic communication objectives, omnichannel, and content development for customers and measure impact of objectives across multiple channels to continuously improve the customer experience. Engage with agency partners to develop customer resources and lead approval of resources through the Promotional Review Team (PRT) process. 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 omnichannel marketing. Lead updates of the Women’s cancers portfolio playbook and external narrative and engage with markets to support portfolio approach implementation. Engage with the IMO content squads on priority setting, execution and performance tracking. Lead initiatives to drive operational efficiency and effective deployment of global strategies across the team. Lead prioritized initiatives to drive innovation and new ways of using data, analytics and digital to lead in the market – in collaboration with disease leads and HHDDA partners. Demonstrate a "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. Position Qualifications Required: Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) Minimum 5 years of pharmaceutical marketing 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 and 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 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, Pharm D) 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 activities such as market research, forecasting, customer interactions, disease/portfolio strategy Agency/vendor management skills Required Skills Brand Strategy Business Acumen Collaboration Data‑Driven Decision Making Global Strategy Innovation Market Access Market Research Oncology Marketing Strategic Thinking Benefits Competitive salary range of $156,900.00 – $247,000.00. The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long‑term incentive, if applicable. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes 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. Location Requirements US and Puerto Rico Residents Only. Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please let us know if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process. 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. Equal Employment Opportunity As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit EEOC Know Your Rights and EEOC GINA Supplement. #J-18808-Ljbffr Merck & Co.