Associate Director, Urology - Oncology Key Accounts (West)

Merck; Pierre (SD); Remote; USD 191,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) + matching

Job summary

Merck is seeking an Associate Director, Urology - Oncology Key Accounts to lead strategic engagement with large community urology groups in the West geography. The role emphasizes clinical proficiency, data-driven account management, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to optimize access and outcomes.

You will build strong relationships with senior healthcare executives, navigate complex decision ecosystems, and drive pull-through with approved company resources.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or 4+ years of relevant work experience in sales, marketing, healthcare/science fields.
• Minimum of 2 years in healthcare, life sciences, sales, account management, or managed care.
• Valid Driver’s License.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams to execute long-term account plans.
• Analyze account performance and market trends to identify engagement opportunities.
• Coordinate with marketing, HBPs, and other stakeholders to optimize access and outcomes.
• Build trust with senior healthcare executives and key opinion leaders.

Skills

Account Management

Healthcare Sales

Negotiation

Communication

Cross-functional Collaboration

Financial Acumen

Relationship Building

Leadership

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

High School Diploma + 4 years experience

Job description

Job Description

Our Company’s purpose is to use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world in the areas of prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and animal health products and technology solutions. We are committed to patients. Our Account Management roles are critical in helping to drive the success of our mission and to ensure profitable access to our products.

The Associate Director, Urology - Oncology Key Accounts is the main point of contact for Our Company with large community urology group practices. They play a crucial role in establishing Our Company as an industry leader, supporting healthcare partners and providers, improving patient health outcomes, and becoming a trusted resource. The Associate Director, Urology - Oncology Key Accounts role will have responsibility for accounts in the West geography, which covers California, Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah. It is preferred that candidates live in areas close to a major airport. The candidate should live within the geography.

PRIMARY ACTIVITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES will include and are not limited to the following:

Leadership

• Builds and maintains trust with colleagues, stakeholders, and customers through effective communication, integration, and collaboration.
• Ability to lead through challenging and ambiguous situations while ensuring that deadlines and objectives are met, by effectively prioritizing tasks based on urgency, impact, and resource availability.
• Ability to influence others and lead without authority during complex situations, fostering collaborative problem-solving and reaching consensus. Experience in navigating various teams or stakeholders to achieve common goals.

Clinical Proficiency

• Understands applicable product portfolio to provide approved disease and product information to key decision makers and stakeholders within account(s).
• Leads Our Company's efforts to maximize appropriate utilization of its portfolio while bringing resources to customers that contribute to better outcomes for patients.
• Understanding of external quality initiatives with the ability to clearly align and tailor response to customer’s needs using approved Company resources and messages.
• Understand all aspects of treatment decision factors, including but not limited to knowledge of pathways, protocols, sites of care, guidelines or quality initiatives.

Business Acumen

• Utilizes internal data and data analytics to understand account performance and identify opportunities for appropriate engagement.
• Knowledge of account ecosystems and current emerging markets and business trends impacting assigned accounts. Develop and pull-through a coordinated and longitudinal account plan.
• A deep understanding of the unique dynamics of the business to business (B2B) market, including the various factors that influence buying decisions, such as competitive landscape, industry trends, and economic conditions. Ability to utilize approved messages and resources with appropriate healthcare business partners (HBPs) across the account.
• Coordinate across a network of local account teams to ensure contract pull-through and address local requests for contract terms or conditions.

Operational/Account Management

• Establishes strategic approach to the account in alignment with approved guidance from the marketing teams. Aligns brand strategy and tactics with customer needs and business objectives to improve patient health outcomes.
• Build trust and relationships with key decision makers and stakeholders and influencers to understand their objectives, goals, and challenges. Identifies approved resources that align with the customer’s needs. Develops a thorough understanding of all entry access points and knowledge of stakeholders who influence and operationalize access for the entire enterprise.
• Use approved tools to capture, share and appropriately communicate internally about the customer.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree OR a minimum of high school diploma with at least 4 years of relevant work experience which could include: professional sales, experience in marketing, military, or healthcare/scientific field (pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical devices)
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in healthcare, life sciences industry, sales, account management or managed care
• Valid Driver’s License
• Ability to build and develop meaningful customer relationships with senior healthcare executives and key opinion leaders
• Demonstrated financial acumen with ability to communicate value proposition and negotiate, if applicable
• Strong understanding of healthcare ecosystem
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, internally and externally, with ability to interact with individuals from a variety of cultures and disciplines
• Strong leadership skills and ability to collaborate in cross-functional, matrix organizations
• Ability to travel ~50%

Preferred

• Advanced degree
• Local market relationships and customer knowledge
• Current account management experience in large Oncology group practices and integrated delivery networks that have a focus on Oncology and Hematology

Required Skills: Accounting, Accounting, Account Management, Accounts Development, Clinical Studies, Collaborative Leadership, Confidential Data Handling, Contract Management, Contract Processing, Corporate Accounting, Customer Management, Data Analysis, Financial Acumen, Goal Setting, Influencing Without Authority, Internal Reporting, Interpersonal Relationships, Managerial Courage, Managing Ambiguity, Market Dynamics, Marketing Capabilities, Oncology Marketing, Operational Delivery, Organizational Leadership, Product Knowledge {+ 6 more}

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The salary range for this role is

$190,800.00 - $300,300.00

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this 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 .

San Francisco Residents Only:

We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Los Angeles Residents Only:

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

50%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Remote

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

Yes

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

10/15/2026

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Requisition ID:

R413629