Director, Global Marketing, Doravirine/Islatravir Commercialization & Launch Excellence

Job Description Director, Global Marketing, Doravirine/Islatravir Commercialization & Launch Excellence Our company is dedicated to delivering innovations that extend and improve the lives of people worldwide. We are committed to helping address unmet medical needs through scientific innovation, commercial excellence, and strong partnerships that improve access to medicines around the globe. Key Responsibilities Contribute to the development and evolution of the global L3 strategy for Doravirine/Islatravir, ensuring commercialization planning and launch execution are aligned to strategic priorities. Lead global launch readiness and commercial excellence initiatives, establishing milestones, governance processes, performance measures, and execution frameworks that support successful market performance. Serve as the Global Franchise Launch Strategy (GFLS) lead for Doravirine/Islatravir, ensuring cross‑functional integration and alignment against key launch objectives. Partner with Supply Chain and operational stakeholders to lead Global Sales & Operations Planning (GS&OP) activities, ensuring alignment between commercial forecasts, supply planning, and launch requirements. Serve as the Market Engagement Lead, driving meaningful collaboration with regions and markets to ensure global strategies are informed by local insights and effectively translated into market execution plans. Lead Learning & Development (L&D) efforts supporting commercialization, ensuring regional and local teams are equipped with the capabilities, tools, and training necessary for launch success. Partner with Policy colleagues to identify and address external factors that may impact access, adoption, market uptake, and long‑term business performance. Lead Doravirine/Islatravir marketing strategy and associated cross‑functional team (CFT) activities, ensuring alignment across stakeholders and execution against business objectives. Drive cross‑functional planning and execution across Commercial, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Policy, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Finance, Analytics, and regional teams. Facilitate governance meetings and leadership reviews, providing recommendations, identifying risks, and ensuring timely decision‑making. Monitor launch performance and business outcomes, identifying opportunities to improve execution, accelerate adoption, and maximize commercial impact. Build relationships and foster strong partnerships across regions and markets to enhance execution excellence and organizational alignment. Challenge the status quo and identify innovative approaches, including digital and AI-enabled solutions, to improve commercialization effectiveness and launch performance. Capture and apply lessons learned to strengthen future launch capabilities and support broader HIV franchise success. Education Minimum Requirements Required: BA/BSPreferred: MBA or equivalent advanced degree Experience & Skills Minimum of 10 years of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or related commercial experience. Minimum of 5 years of experience in commercialization, launch planning, marketing, business operations, strategic planning, or related leadership roles. Demonstrated success leading product launches, commercialization initiatives, or major cross‑functional business programs. Strong understanding of launch excellence, commercialization planning, and organizational readiness principles. Experience leading complex cross‑functional initiatives and driving alignment across matrixed organizations. Strong business acumen with the ability to translate strategic objectives into executable plans. Experience working closely with regional and local market teams in support of launch or commercialization efforts. Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills. Strong analytical and problem‑solving capabilities with a data‑driven approach to decision making. Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and deliver results in a fast‑paced, high‑visibility environment. HIV therapeutic area experience. Product launch and post‑launch commercialization experience. Experience working with supply planning, forecasting, launch governance, or sales and operations planning processes. Experience partnering with field organizations, learning and development teams, and market stakeholders to drive execution excellence. Global marketing or global commercialization experience. Experience leading cross‑functional teams in highly complex organizational settings. Demonstrated ability to challenge conventional thinking and drive continuous improvement. Strong executive presence and ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership. Location & Work Model Upper Gwynedd, PA or Rahway, NJ Hybrid Work Model Travel: Approximately 20% Required Required Skills Brand Marketing Collaboration Commercial Execution Communication Leadership Results‑Oriented Strategic Thinking Preferred Skills Global Marketing Launch Excellence Supply Planning Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process. 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. Learn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts The salary range for this role is $190,800.00 - $300,300.00 This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this 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 The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting. 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 Please Read Carefully 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 an 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. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. Employee Status: Regular Relocation: Domestic/International VISA Sponsorship: Yes Travel Requirements: 10% Flexible Work Arrangements: Hybrid Shift: Not Indicated Valid Driving License: No Hazardous Material(s): N/A Job Posting End Date: 08/21/2026 *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. 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 legacy for over a century. Our success is backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare. #J-18808-Ljbffr MSD Malaysia