Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - Upper Midwest Territory (IA, MN, ND, SD, WI)

Associate Director Oncology Treatment Site Lead (TSL)

Our Company is preparing for the potential U.S. launch of an oncology mRNA-based individualized neoantigen therapy for early stage melanoma which involves operational complexities for treatment sites and requires close coordination with cross‑functional partners. To ensure site readiness and support consistent site execution, we are building a dedicated field‑based operational team to help educate treatment sites on the practical, logistical, and operational requirements necessary to onboard the product effectively, inform treatment sites about helpful workflows and tools related to this product, and sustain reliable end‑to‑end execution through steady‑state operations following potential FDA approval.

Primary Activities & Responsibilities

• Lead the onboarding and readiness support process for product treatment sites, ensuring treatment sites are educated on the workflow, system setup, and operational requirements
• Deliver process‑focused education for site stakeholders using approved resources to support initial site implementation and ongoing operational support
• Help ensure treatment sites have the operational capabilities and knowledge required for consistent execution of the product's end‑to‑end treatment journey
• Serve as the product operational subject‑matter expert for your assigned treatment sites and provide support regarding the product process, operations, and logistics
• Act as the primary point of contact for operational issues, triaging and appropriately addressing issues through cross‑functional coordination and defined processes
• Appropriately collaborate with cross‑functional oncology field teams (as approved) to support coordinated, compliant engagement and a consistent experience for product treatment sites
• Build trusted business relationships with site operational leaders by delivering consistent, reliable, and responsive operational support
• Utilize our company generated data and dashboards to assess appropriate site operational metrics (as approved) and identify opportunities for operational improvement
• Synthesize site feedback and process insights to help HQ teams enhance communication, operational workflows, resources and education

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in healthcare or life sciences, including sales, account management, or provider operations/administration
• Strong understanding of the healthcare ecosystem
• Proven track record of working with provider organizations and operational stakeholders to implement workflows for complex therapies
• Ability to operate effectively in 'white space' environments with evolving processes, unclear paths, and multiple dependencies
• Strong operational problem‑solving skills, including identifying process friction points, diagnosing root causes, and coordinating next steps with appropriate stakeholders
• Ability to build and develop meaningful customer relationships with operational stakeholders at treatment sites
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, internally and externally, with ability to interact with individuals from a variety of cultures and disciplines
• Strong leadership skills and ability to collaborate in cross‑functional, matrix organizations
• Ability to travel ~50%
• Valid driver's license

Preferred Experience

• Supporting site activation/readiness and operational support for advanced therapies (e.g. cell therapies, gene therapies, radioligand therapies)
• Experience working with complex oncology workflows
• Experience working with large oncology systems and navigating multiple stakeholder groups across a single enterprise

Required Skills

• Account Management
• Account Management
• Business Management
• Business Relationship Building
• Cell and Gene Therapy
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Cross-Functional Teamwork
• Cytometry
• Cytopathology
• Immunotherapy
• Logistics Management
• Messenger RNA
• Onboarding
• Oncology
• Patient Treatment
• Product Lifecycle
• Project Implementations
• Radioimmunoassay (RIA)
• Radiopharmaceuticals
• Service Readiness
• Site Activation
• Site Operations
• Stakeholder Engagement

Location & Working Arrangement

The role will have responsibility for accounts in the Upper Midwest geography, which includes IA, MN, ND, SD and WI. The candidate must reside in the designated geographic territory.

Eligibility & Compliance

• VISA Sponsorship: No
• Travel Requirements: 50%
• Valid Driving License: Yes
• Hazardous Material(s): NA
• Relocation: No

Salary

The salary range for this role is $190,800.00 - $300,300.00. The 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.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits.

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
• Retirement benefits, including 401(k)
• Paid holidays
• Vacation
• Compassionate days
• Sick days

Equal Opportunity & Inclusion

Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities.

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. As a federal contractor, 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 EEOC GINA Supplement.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another's thinking and approach problems collectively.

Resident Status 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.

Search Firm Representatives

Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place.

Employment Information

Employee Status: Regular. Relocation: No. VISA Sponsorship: No. Travel Requirements: 50%. Flexible Work Arrangements: Remote. Shift: 1st - Day. Valid Driving License: Yes. Hazardous Material(s): NA.

Job Posting End Date

Job Posting End Date: 09/17/2026. *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.

About the Company

Our company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where we have codified our