Director, Global Market Access

Merck • North Wales, PA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Our market access team is passionate about bringing our medicines and vaccines to our customers around the world. We strive to understand our customers’ needs and provide solutions to meet their needs. The Director, Global Market Access Oncology, will have the GMAx responsibilities for our company's Immuno-Oncology Early Bladder indications. In this capacity, the candidate will lead all Oncology global market access activities for the Early Bladder indications, including access strategy work, development of payer value proposition messages as well as payer value tools leading up to launch and after. As a disease lead, the candidate would need to synthesize extensive and complex information from internal and external insights to independently formulate the market access considerations, deliver a concise market access narrative, and lead discussion in key forums to support the Early Bladder indications in enabling patient access. The candidate will work closely with value and Implementation teams under clinical development to ensure all Early Bladder clinical trials include the appropriate design input needed for successful reimbursement and ensure alignment across Clinical, as well as with Commercial teams on pricing & reimbursement strategies, product positioning and impact assessments of competitive pricing/access activities. The candidate will work in close collaboration with the Regional Market Access teams to ensure execution of the strategy and to collect regional and local access insights to inform internal stakeholders and strategy. A close collaboration and alignment with the Late Bladder indications GMAx lead is also expected to ensure consistency and to ensure success in the broader Bladder access launches. The selected candidate is expected to operate with integrity and transparency, as well as respect and adherence for the laws and regulations that govern our industry and our company policies. The position will include, but is not limited to the following responsibilities:

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• Master's degree (MBA/MS) or other post-graduate Degree required.
• At least 5 years of experience in marketing, market research, pricing/ reimbursement, outcomes research or managed markets or business development.
• Knowledgeable about product development and commercialization process
• Relevant functional area experience in product launch.
• Understanding of the global payer environment and perspectives.
• Proven success working within large and complex strategic initiatives.
• Experience successfully leading cross functional matrix teams.
• Strong financial and analytical skills.
• Strong project management and implementation/operational skills.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Strong commercial orientation and business acumen.
• Strategic thinking and integration skills.
• Global Market
• Healthcare Reimbursement
• Health Economics
• Job Descriptions
• Market Access
• Market Access Strategies
• Market Development
• Pricing Processes
• Results-Oriented
• Strategic Planning
• Strategic Thinking

Nice To Haves

• 7 years in oncology and/or market access & pricing and business development
• Market access and product launch experience
• Oncology including knowledge on the clinical development space

Responsibilities

• Lead the cross functional Global access, Team.
• Actively collaborate with the global functions including Oncology Global Market Access and Pricing Team, Oncology Global Marketing team, Global Pricing, Value and Implementation Team, Policy, and the US & ex-US Regional Oncology Payer Strategy teams, to provide critical market access viewpoints across stakeholder work streams.
• Engage with key stakeholders to ensure market access considerations in the target product profile and deliver a reimbursable payer value proposition.
• Plan for various landscape and pricing research to support pricing of new products in US and ex-US key countries.
• Manage analysis and price forecasting of Oncology Brands and Business Development Opportunities.
• Work closely with the cross-functional teams to develop payer value proposition and scientific narratives.
• Develop and launch efficient payer value tool for launch products.
• Serve as active standing member for Value and Implementation teams and ad-hoc member for Pharmaceutical Development/ Early Development teams.
• Monitor Oncology global competitors and comparator prices and implement innovative global access/pricing strategies for new products.

Benefits

• 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 https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees