Executive Director, Global Oncology Marketing, Breast Cancer

PR Girl Manifesto, Inc.; Rahway (NJ); Hybrid; USD 256,000 - 403,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck is seeking an Executive Director, Global Oncology - Breast Cancer, to set and lead the global strategy across Breast cancer indications. The role collaborates with Women’s Cancers leadership to align priorities and drive shared initiatives, with accountability for portfolio planning, market access, and partner engagement.

The candidate will build a high-performing team and drive long-term growth, combining strategic vision with pragmatic execution in a complex, regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years in pharma or life sciences commercial roles.
• At least 2 years in marketing with global scope.
• Proven ability to lead strategy, portfolio planning and execution.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end global Breast Cancer commercial strategy.
• Translate science and data into differentiated value propositions.
• Lead global sales forecasting in collaboration with asset teams.
• Align cross-functional partners across regions and functions.
• Mentor and develop a high-performing team.

Skills

Global oncology strategy

Portfolio leadership

Forecasting

Market insights

Strategic thinking

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree

MD/MSc/PhD/MBA or equivalent

Job description

# Executive Director, Global Oncology Marketing, Breast CancerMerckRahway, NJFull-TimeNov 11, 2026Marketing## Job Description**Job Description**Within Human Health, our Global Oncology organization is currently recruiting for an **Executive Director, Global Oncology - Breast Cancer**, within Women's Cancers, reporting to the Vice President, Women's Cancers, sac-TMT and Early Commercial team. This role is for a strategic leader with an enterprise mindset who is a self-starter, enjoys solving complex and strategic issues/topics, can effectively engage senior internal stakeholders, and thrives on leading and influencing broadly across the organization to drive positive, tangible outcomes across the Breast cancer portfolio. As a leader for the Women's Cancers portfolio, the leader will partner closely with the leader for Gyn cancers to shape a connected Women's Cancers portfolio strategy. Additionally, the leader will help build and develop a high performing team who will cultivate a winning attitude and resilience operating in a challenging and rapidly evolving therapeutic area. **Primary Responsibilities**The Executive Director, Global Oncology - Breast Cancer will be responsible for defining and executing the global commercial strategy for our Breast cancer portfolio, while partnering across Women's Cancers to drive shared priorities, insights, and best practices. Key responsibilities include: **Set and lead the global Breast Cancer strategy*** Define the end-to-end global commercial strategy for current and future Breast cancer indications, ensuring it is aligned with and contributes to the broader Women's Cancers strategy.* Translate scientific innovation and clinical data into clear, differentiated value propositions and strategic frameworks for Breast cancer, including Market Overviews and Assessments, Target Product Profiles, and Forecasts.* Ensure strategies are informed by robust insights into customers, competitors, and the evolving standard of care across key Breast cancer subtypes.* Provide strategic partnership to various asset teams on development and commercialization strategies* Steer the development and delivery of global sales forecast guidance for Breast cancer indications in collaboration with Asset Teams, Forecasting and Finance.* Drive cross-functional and cross-regional alignment on key planning assumptions.* Partner across Women's Cancers with leaders of Gyn cancer portfolios to share insights and best practices, align on common customers, shared platforms and priorities, and coordinate resources and launch timing.* Partner closely with key functions, including Global Market Access, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Development, HEOR, Manufacturing, IP/Legal, Competitive Intelligence, and Finance to build integrated Breast cancer strategies and execution plans.* Collaborate with Regional and Local Marketing Organizations to ensure local market needs and insights shape global Breast cancer strategy and to support in-market execution.* Represent the commercial Breast cancer perspective in key internal governance forums and cross-functional asset/tumor teams, and contribute to Women's Cancers-level discussions.* Contribute to portfolio and business development discussions related to Breast cancer and Women's Cancers, including assessment of external business development opportunities.* Identify and drive impactful disease level initiatives that support the achievement of goals across the Breast cancer portfolio, and collaborate on initiatives that benefit the wider Women's Cancers franchise (e.g., biomarker testing, early detection/screening initiatives). **Lead and develop a high-performing team*** Provide leadership/line management to a team of global marketers and/or tumor leads supporting the Breast cancer portfolio.* Build and develop core commercial competencies and oncology expertise across the team, fostering talent development and succession planning.* Champion our ways of working and drive a culture of collaboration, accountability, and innovation within the team and across Women's Cancers.* Manage ad hoc strategic and operational issues related to the Breast cancer portfolio, including access, supply, competitive response, and policy/environmental changes.* Ensure timely communication and alignment with senior leaders on key risks, opportunities, and performance drivers within the Breast cancer business and its interdependencies across Women's Cancers. **Key Leadership Competencies*** A dynamic executive with significant business acumen and demonstrated leadership in oncology and/or specialty pharmaceutical markets.* Proven ability to articulate a compelling vision and direction for a complex, global tumor area and to translate that vision into clear strategies and execution plans.* Inspirational and motivational personal leadership qualities that inspire trust, respect, credibility, and confidence of peers, colleagues, and external partners.* Demonstrated ability to lead teams through ambiguity and organizational change, with a willingness to challenge the status quo.* Strong collaboration skills and ability to influence without direct authority across geographies, cultures, functions, and peer tumor teams within Women's Cancers.* Action- and solution-oriented approach with a strong sense of accountability for business outcomes. **Education*** Required: Bachelor's Degree* Preferred: MD, MSc, PhD, MBA or other advanced degree in life sciences, business, or related field **Required Experience and Skills*** Minimum of 12 years experience in Pharmaceutical or Life Science commercial roles (e.g., marketing, access, insights, portfolio/brand management)* Of the 12 years above, at least 2 years must be in marketing roles, with an emphasis on global marketing and on complex scientific therapeutic areas and/or highly competitive markets.* Demonstrated experience in leading strategy development, portfolio/brand planning, and execution in a complex, highly regulated environment. Clinical Development, Critical Thinking, Data Analytics, Decision Making, Forecasting, Market Development, Market Research, Oncology Marketing, People Leadership, Problem Solving, Product Launch Support, Scientific Knowledge, Strategic Thinking USA - New Jersey - Rahway $255,800.00 - $402,700.00 RegularDomestic/InternationalNo25%Hybrid1st - DayNoNA11/25/2026### About MerckAt Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, we are unified around our purpose: We use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. For more than 130 years, we have brought hope to humanity through the development of important medicines and vaccines. We aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world – and today, we are at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions that advance the prevention and treatment of diseases in people and animals. We foster a diverse and inclusive global workforce and operate responsibly every day to enable a safe, sustainable and healthy future for all people and communities.