Director Global Oncology Marketing SacTMT Breast Cancer

Merck•North Wales, PA

3d•$190,800 - $300,300•Hybrid

About The Position

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. Our marketing team is passionate about bringing our oncology products to our customers around the world to help them drive improved patient outcomes. We have an exciting opportunity to join our global oncology marketing team focusing on sac-TMT, a TROP2 antibody drug conjugate (ADC) in late-stage development across a range of disease areas and treatment settings. We are recruiting a Global Oncology Marketing Director. This role requires exceptional leadership, deep product strategy, brand development and launch preparation experience. It focuses on commercial strategy and execution for the launches of sac-TMT in breast cancer, with close coordination with relevant disease, cross functional and geographic counterparts. This role has the potential to launch our first combination of sac-TMT. The position will be based in Rahway, NJ or Upper Gwynedd, PA. As part of the sac-TMT global commercial team, this individual will create trusted relationships with other disease-and asset-focused counterparts, cross-functional colleagues and regions/markets on key aspects of global marketing, including the following responsibilities:

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree
Minimum 10+ years Pharmaceutical Business experience - marketing, sales, market access & pricing, or related experiences in pharmaceutical or biotechnology industries
Understanding of healthcare trends and reimbursement and policy issues and their potential impact upon our Company's business opportunities
Experience leading strategy development and implementation
Strong business acumen and ability to drive forward key initiatives
Strong collaboration skills, both within commercial teams and cross divisional teams
Strong leadership, problem solving, teamwork, analytical, written/verbal communication, and presentation skills
Ability to clearly articulate messages/information across the enterprise and to leadership
Ability to work within complex organizations and markets and leading sub-teams and influencing without authority

Nice To Haves

Advanced Degree (i.e. MBA)
Global Marketing experience + Regional/Local Marketing experience
Launch experience
Oncology experience

Responsibilities

Leading the commercial strategy development for the sac-TMT launch indications in Breast, with a focus on TF-10 and TF-11 trials, including driving the development of indication-level L3 marketing strategy deliverables, scientific narrative, nurse/care team strategies, in close collaboration with relevant disease teams, ensuring consistency and cohesion with the overarching sac-TMT asset strategy and relevant disease portfolio strategies
Includes responsibilities for market research, SL insights and other related insight-gathering needs for initial launch indications
Includes coordination with precision medicine team on biomarker strategies related to initial launch indications
Leading commercial planning and execution for the initial launch indications for sac-TMT, including: Development of promotional strategies, messaging and any necessary global content deliverables, in collaboration with relevant disease, cross functional and regional teams, and ensuring consistency and cohesion with the overarching sac-TMT asset strategy and relevant disease portfolio strategies
AOR oversight and management
Management of the launch planning process for sac-TMT in breast, ensuring close cross-functional and cross-geographic coordination
SL engagement/congress strategy for initial launch indications, in coordination with relevant disease teams and broader sac-TMT asset planning workstreams
Data analytics, performance metrics tracking for initial launch indications, in close coordination with relevant disease teams and sac-TMT analytics team
Coordination with precision medicine team on BMx strategy scenario plans
Leading the launch GCT for sac-TMT for Breast indications
Preparation for launch readiness and other governance discussions related to the initial launches of sac-TMT