Director Global Oncology Marketing - Breast cancers

MSD Malaysia; Rahway (NJ); On-site; USD 191,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision healthcare

401(k) retirement benefits

Paid holidays

Vacation

Compassionate and sick days

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. in Rahway, NJ seeks a Global Marketing Women’s Cancers Director focused on breast cancers to shape market strategies across settings and drive successful product launches.

You will lead cross-functional teams, align disease-area assessments, and influence regional execution to maximize global opportunities. The role requires 8+ years in pharmaceutical commercial roles, oncology launch experience, and strong leadership in market development and forecasting.

Qualifications

• Education: BA/BS required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of Pharmaceutical Commercial experience, including Oncology and product launch experience.
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills.
• Strong business acumen, problem solving, and ability to drive initiatives forward.
• Ability to work through ambiguity and lead strategy development/implementation.
• Ability to articulate insights and strategies across the enterprise and leadership.
• Ability to engage with complex scientific information and distill insights into commercial implications.
• Agility to learn quickly and adapt to changing environment.
• Must influence without authority and collaborate cross-functionally.
• Preferred: In-market commercial/launch experience and experience with fast-paced environments.
• Preferred: Scientific background/experience and commercial input on activities like forecasting, market research, and portfolio strategy.

Responsibilities

• Develop commercial strategies aligned with our L3 approach with cross-functional partners to navigate evolving environments and deliver value to customers.
• Support disease area assessment including burden of disease, patient journeys, unmet need, and competitive landscape.
• Input to long-term pipeline development and commercial input on activities in Product Development Team (PDT) including TPP and commercial implications.
• Provide commercial leadership and inputs in governance teams: launch readiness reviews, data gaps, market research, revenue forecasting, budgeting, and customer interactions.
• Lead launch and commercialization strategies and deliver global strategy and execution plans and tactics.
• Generate market and customer insights through quantitative and qualitative methods to identify opportunities.
• Partner with Medical Affairs and CI to understand clinical trials vs competition and drive product differentiation.
• Ensure materials comply with company standards and approvals; refresh where needed.
• Engage with regions and markets; collect feedback on strategy and materials across the enterprise.
• Lead development of strategic and tactical plans; accountable for execution and budgets across the team.
• Drive operational efficiency and deployment of global strategies; promote cross-regional learning and One Team mindset.
• Maintain alignment to compliance goals and policies.

Skills

Breast Cancer

Collaboration

Launch Readiness

Market Analysis

Market Assessments

Market Development

Market Intelligence

Market Research

Oncology Marketing

Portfolio Strategies

Product Launch Support

Results-Oriented

Revenue Projections

Strategic Planning

Strategic Thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree (BA/BS)

Masters, MBA or other advanced degree

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Global Marketing Women’s Cancers Director, with a main focus on breast cancers, will play a vital role in building and maximizing the Global opportunity for the Women’s Cancers franchise and will be responsible for shaping Women’s Cancers indications across treatment settings. This position will require outstanding leadership in market assessment, disease strategy, product clinical development, launch strategy, market development, thought leader engagement, competitive dynamics, issues management, forecasting, opportunity valuations, and overall flawless launch execution.

Key Responsibilities

Develop commercial strategies aligned with our strategic marketing approach "L3" with cross-functional partners to successfully navigate the evolving internal and external environments and deliver value to our customers. Support our overall disease area assessment, including burden of disease, patient journeys, unmet need, evolving competitive landscape and pipeline. Provide input to long term pipeline development and commercial input on activities in the Product Development Team (PDT) incl., target product profile development (TPP), commercial implications of development plans and their evolution, drive inputs to revenue forecasting, NPV, business case, develop scenario planning and analysis. Provide commercial leadership, develop aligned perspectives and input in various settings, incl. other cross-functional working and governance teams: launch readiness reviews, identification of data gaps and approaches, market research, revenue forecasting, budget, organized customer interactions, events/congresses, agency partner management. Responsible for launch and commercialization strategies and deliver global strategy and execution plans and tactics, including: Generate market and customer insights (incl. drivers, barriers, competitive dynamics, and ecosystems) through a combination of quantitative and qualitative ways to engage on portfolio and indication opportunities. Partner with Medical Affairs and CI to establish a deep understanding of our clinical trials vs competition to drive product differentiation. Ensures that all materials and initiatives are aligned to our Company compliance standards, receive necessary approvals and are appropriately refreshed. Engage effectively with regions and markets. Provide leadership, support, and expertise as well as gain input and feedback from region and country colleagues on strategy, marketing materials approaches and omnichannel marketing. Lead and contribute to development of strategic and tactical plans annually and be accountable for execution of their responsibilities as tracked through QBR and budgets management. Lead initiatives to drive operational efficiency and effective deployment of global strategies across the team. Demonstrate "One Team" approach of integrating best practices and facilitating cross-regional learning. Demonstrate our Company's way of working leadership behaviors including building networks, sharing, focusing on the customer, and driving results. Maintain alignment to compliance goals and policies.

Position Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) required Masters, MBA or other advanced degree (Preferred)
• Required: 8+ years of Pharmaceutical Commercial experience, including Oncology and product launch experience
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills
• Strong business acumen, problem solving skills, managing large complex initiatives, strong business judgment and ability to drive initiatives forward
• Ability to work through ambiguity, experience leading strategy development and implementation
• Ability to clearly articulate insights and strategies messages/information across the enterprise and to leadership
• Ability to engage with complex scientific information and clinical data, with subject matter experts and distill insights into commercial implications
• Agility to learn quickly and adapt to changing environment
• Must be able to influence without authority as well as work collaboratively in cross-functional teams
• Preferred: In market commercial / launch experience
• Preferred: Experience working with stakeholders in fast paced environments
• Preferred: Scientific background/ experience
• Preferred: Experience providing commercial input on such activities as: target product profile development, market research, forecasting, customer interactions, disease/portfolio strategy

Required Skills

• Breast Cancer
• Collaboration
• Launch Readiness
• Market Analysis
• Market Assessments
• Market Development
• Market Intelligence
• Market Research
• Oncology Marketing
• Portfolio Strategies
• Product Launch Support
• Results-Oriented
• Revenue Projections
• Strategic Planning
• Strategic Thinking

Equal Employment Opportunity

Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities.

As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.

Salary Range

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.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
• retirement benefits, including 401(k)
• paid holidays
• vacation
• compassionate and sick days

Eligibility and Compliance

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: 10%

Shift: 1st - Day

Valid Driving License: No

Hazardous Material(s): NA

Job Posting End Date

10/14/2026

Company Information

Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Our company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where we have codified our legacy for over a century. Our success is backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.