Associate Director, US Oncology HCP Marketing, Prostate Cancer

Job Description

Subject to applicable law, all prospective hires will be required to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or intend to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by November 1, 2021, or qualify for a medical or religious accommodation to this vaccination requirement. Hired candidates who are not vaccinated by November 1, 2021, and who have not been approved for a legally-required medical or religious accommodation will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment, in accordance with applicable law.

Our Oncology team is dedicated to delivering breakthrough innovations that extend and improve the lives of cancer patients worldwide. Our team of forward-thinking individuals achieve this through an unwavering commitment to support accessibility to medicine, providing new therapeutic solutions, and collaborating with governments and payers to ensure that people who need medicines have access to them. Our focus is on innovation and launch execution excellence; we translate breakthrough science into innovative medicines that help people with cancer across the globe.

We are currently recruiting for an Associate Director, US Oncology HCP Marketing, Prostate Cancer. This position will lead the HCP scientific strategy and execution for US Prostate launches across multiple indications. The position will report to the Tumor Lead in the US Oncology Marketing for Prostate Cancer.

This is a pivotal role and will help build a strong launch readiness platform to accelerate launch uptake across multiple indications. This position will require outstanding leadership in many different areas including scientific strategy, go-to-market launch planning, counter-competition, launch execution excellence, digital promotion, and cross-functional/agencies collaboration.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead the HCP scientific strategy, go-to-market plan and launch tactics across multiple indications to maximize overall opportunity.

• Lead the development, evolution, and execution of the scientific competitive plans.

• Provide commercial viewpoint as well as collaborating with Medical Affairs to create a network of external thought leaders, conduct advisory board meetings, speaker training forums and symposia, build personal rapport and advocacy.

• Manage the external speaker bureau and speaker training.

• Lead planning for U.S. exhibits and conventions.

• Proactively monitor external data, publications and their impact on future treatment algorithms, as well as potential impact on guidelines and pathways.

• Build an internal scientific network to discuss key scientific issues and share best practices – collaborate with clinical research, medical affairs, RML and others.

• Collaborate with GEMS, CORE and Access teams to support needs including provision of models, analytical support, value dossier, etc.

• Track and monitor Scientific Leader (SL) engagement.

• Partner with digital promotions team to develop new assets and innovative digital strategy, and engagement plans.

• Develop an annual budget and track expenses through the year.

• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders to prioritize work and facilitate internal resource trade-offs as needed, e.g. budget, MLR review time.

• Provide regular input into marketing strategy and strategic choices.

Position location: Upper Gwynedd, PA or Virtual (Remote)

Education Requirement:

• Required: BA/BS

• Preferred: MBA/MS

Required Experience and Skills:

• 5+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry

• 3+ years of pharmaceutical marketing experience

• Oncology marketing experience

• Core marketing experience including strategy development and tactical execution

• Promotional medical education strategy and execution

• Strong relationship building, problem solving, innovative thinking, teamwork, analytical, and written/verbal communication skills

• Strength managing complexity and multiple competing priorities

• Experience influencing without direct authority and working successfully with cross-functional teams and multiple agency partners

• Requires up to 20% travel, including some weekends

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Experience working in Prostate cancer

• Launch experience with new products/indications

• Direct customer experience (sales, sales leadership, etc.)

• Test-and-learn mindset to drive a culture of innovation

Our Human Health Division maintains a “patient first, profits later” ideology. The organization is comprised of sales, marketing, market access, digital analytics and commercial professionals who are passionate about their role in bringing our medicines to our customers worldwide.

Who we are …

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for …

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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Requisition ID:R139144