The posting
Job Description
The Oncology Marketing team is seeking an experienced Associate Director, Oncology Brand and Congress Strategy.
As our company's oncology portfolio expands, promotional and congress efforts will need to evolve to support changing business needs. This role will help shape and execute the annual oncology plan in partnership with key stakeholders across the organization. The Associate Director will develop and execute master brand, promotional, and congress strategy and lead a Customer Agile Team (CAT) to drive implementation.
This individual will collaborate across functional teams to leverage market insights, competitive intelligence, customer perspectives, and business objectives to inform strategy and execution.
Primary Responsibilities
- Assess evolving oncology business needs to inform promotional prioritization and national congress strategy
- Support promotional planning for indications requiring continued promotion through end of lifecycle
- Lead development and execution of the annual oncology congress strategy
- Partner with cross-functional and global team members to advance marketing initiatives
- Align stakeholders on priorities, timelines, and dependencies to ensure effective execution
- Define and prioritize work for the CAT using Agile principles
- Lead regular progress reviews to track priorities, milestones, and risks; ensure action items are documented, assigned, and completed
- Summarize progress, risks, and key decisions in a clear and concise manner; maintain visibility into critical workstreams and outcomes
- Lead the annual profit planning process and manage associated budget responsibilities
Compliance and Execution Excellence
- Partner with Medical and Legal teams to ensure compliant development and execution of promotional materials and customer-facing resources
- Drive high-quality execution while fostering a culture of accountability, compliance, and customer focus
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or a related commercial field
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in marketing, sales, market access, commercial strategy, or a related area
- Demonstrated experience developing commercial strategies and leading cross-functional execution
- Experience presenting recommendations to leadership and influencing business decisions
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to translate insights into actionable recommendations
- Experience working within Medical and Legal review processes
Preferred Qualifications
- Oncology experience preferred
- Field sales or oncology sales experience preferred
- Experience in commercialization strategy or oncology marketing
- Demonstrated success working across complex matrix organizations
Required Skills:
Customer-Focused, Market Access, Marketing, Market Research, Oncology, Oncology Marketing, Strategic Thinking, Strategy Development, Vendor Management
Preferred Skills:
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The primary location for this posting is:
USA - Pennsylvania - North Wales (Upper Gwynedd)
Where required by law, the compensation range for this role is provided below.
The salary range for the primary location of this role is:
$156,900.00 - $247,000.00
This range reflects the Company's reasonable expectation of the base salary applicable to this role at the time of 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 https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.
Additional location(s): Please note the salary range above applies to the Primary Location of the position. Where a role has other listed locations, different compensation guidelines may apply. You may find the salary ranges for additional locations below. If the salary range is not listed for the location you are applying to, our Talent Acquisition team will provide further information to you relevant to your location.
Additional location(s) Compensation Information:
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Employee Status:
Regular
Relocation:
No relocation
VISA Sponsorship:
No
Travel Requirements:
10%
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Hybrid
Shift:
1st - Day
Valid Driving License:
No
Hazardous Material(s):
NA
Job Posting End Date:
11/7/2026
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