Director Global Oncology Marketing, Early Commercial Team

Merck•Rahway, NJ

1d•$190,800 - $300,300•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director – Early Commercial Team will provide leadership in pipeline portfolio management for the company's pharmaceutical business. The role leads asset prioritization with clinical development, develops approaches for a high-quality, balanced and sustainable portfolio, and drives analytics and executive-level dialogue to recommend portfolio investments. It also informs governance reviews of portfolio health and helps develop disease-area strategy frameworks with Commercial and R&D teams. The position contributes to diagnostic strategy, pricing and reimbursement plans, competition tracking, and internal and external communications. The successful candidate will identify solutions in complex organizations and markets and lead sub-teams supporting pipeline strategy. As a cross-functional leader, the Director will help create plans to accelerate drug development and work with partners across research and development, medical affairs, regulatory affairs, manufacturing, market access, business development and licensing, analytics, operations, legal, communications, education, training, and compliance. The role provides commercial input to product development, target product profiles, global regulatory filing strategy, market research, demand forecasting, business development activities, and agency partner management; supports commercial organizations; and works with manufacturing and business planning to manage demand forecasts. The position is based in Rahway, New Jersey, with a hybrid work arrangement. A minimum of a master's degree is required, with a PhD preferred. The salary range for the primary location is $190,800 to $300,300, and the successful candidate is eligible for an annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

Requirements

Minimum of a master's degree; a PhD is preferred.
At least 5 years of pharmaceutical business experience.
Demonstrated leadership experience in pipeline strategy development and marketing.
Strong leadership, problem-solving, teamwork, analytical, written and verbal communication, and presentation skills.
Experience collaborating, influencing without authority, and working successfully with cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience in pipeline portfolio management.
Oncology experience.
PhD.

Responsibilities

Lead asset prioritization in collaboration with clinical development.
Develop constructs and approaches for a high-quality, balanced, sustainable portfolio.
Drive analytics and management dialogue to determine optimal portfolio investment choices, including executive-level synthesis of final recommendations.
Provide insights and recommendations through governance processes to review the near- and long-term health of the portfolio.
Develop frameworks to guide disease-area strategy in collaboration with Commercial and R&D teams.
Contribute to diagnostic strategy and pricing and reimbursement plans.
Coordinate competition tracking to inform planning assumptions, strategy, and asset positioning.
Create and implement internal and external communications.
Identify solutions within complex organizations and markets and lead sub-teams supporting key pipeline strategy areas.
Lead cross-functional work to create plans that accelerate drug development.
Provide commercial input on product development, target product profiles, global regulatory filing strategy, market research, demand forecasting, business development and licensing activities, and agency partner management.
Provide leadership, support, and expertise to commercial organizations.
Work with manufacturing and business planning to manage the demand forecast process.