Global Scientific & Value Content and Implementation - Payor

Merck; Rahway (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck in Rahway, NJ seeks a Director of Global Scientific & Value Content (GSVC) to lead payer-facing scientific content development for the Oncology portfolio within the Value & Implementation organization, reporting to the Sr Director, Payor Team Lead.

You will drive annual GSVC content planning, collaborate with V&I, USMA Payer & Health Systems, GST, and GEMS, and oversee creation of medical letters, VRDs, slides, and training materials for field deployment.

Responsibilities

• Engaging with Key Stakeholders: Actively engage with key stakeholders in the execution of the V&I Plan, developing payer and health systems scientific content and translating it into field-ready training, onboarding, and capability-building resources.
• Incorporating Payor and Medical Insights: Proactively engage key stakeholders and incorporate payor and medical Insights into GSVC Annual product plans. This individual serve as a key integration point across V&I OR, U.S. Medical Affairs (USMA) Payer & Health Systems stakeholders, and Global Scientific Training (GST).
• Annual Planning and Content Development: Creates, adapts and prioritizes annual GSVC content Plan(s) aligned with V&I Plan and informed through insights and feedback from key internal stakeholders cross-functionally and worldwide.
• Executes GSVC Plans that include, but are not limited to, medical information letters, verbal response documents (VRD), infographics, disease- and product-related slide decks, global congress medical booth materials, and digital/web-based medical content.
• Develop oncology payer and health systems scientific content, applying knowledge of payer landscape (US and global) to support launches, anticipated approvals, guideline updates, Phase 3 data releases, non-interventional real-world evidence, Health Care Economic Information (HCEI), and relevant competitive intelligence.
• Ensures appropriate stakeholders are engaged in the development, review and approval of GSVC materials. For the Payor team, this includes attending CRT prioritization, review and approval of proactive content as well as Medical Legal Review (MLR) of reactive content.
• Maintains awareness of scientific, policy, methodological, and competitive developments relevant to oncology and health systems.
• Coordinates with Global Expert Management and Strategy Consulting & Medical Education (GEMS) to provide appropriate coverage for group input meetings (GIMs) relevant to TA and participates as medical writer for GIMs aligned to priorities and responsibilities.
• Partners with V&I OR, Payer Access Strategy Leads (PASLs), and Global Scientific Training (GST) to translate complex scientific, value, and outcomes evidence into content with clear field-ready curricula, and practical learning experiences.
• Establish approval-readiness milestones, coordinate implementation timelines, and lead the timely deployment of scientific training on key GSVC payor content, aligned with portfolio and field priorities by coordinating with Knowledge Management, V&I Global Medical and Value Capabilities (V&I GMVC), Global Scientific Training (GST), and the Field Medical organization.
• Support structured onboarding for new Payer & Health Systems colleagues engaging across oncology products, evidence, and payer stakeholder types.
• Coordinate the maintenance, updating, retirement, reuse, and redeployment of training resources to keep materials aligned with evolving evidence, approved resources, guidelines, and field needs.
• Support performance measures related to launch readiness, onboarding effectiveness, mastery of scientific exchange, and training completion.
• Serves as a therapeutic-area subject-matter expert, leading initiatives that shape V&I plan strategy and address external customer needs by translating complex scientific, clinical, HEOR/HCEI, guideline, and access-related information into scientific content and actionable field resources.
• Drives the solution to complex problems through identification of innovative solutions and is a go-to person within the core GSVC team for colleagues across stakeholder departments and demonstrated ability to lead across matrixed teams, influence without direct authority, align stakeholders, and manage multiple priorities.
• Work independently and collaboratively while demonstrating Integrity, Precision, Motivational Ambition, Respect, and Inclusion.
• Leads departmental initiatives that impact GSVC process improvements, fostering innovation and cross-functional collaborations.

Job description

Job Description

• The Director, Global Scientific & Value Content (Dir GSVC) position resides in the Value & Implementation (V&I) organization. This position will report to the Sr Director, Payor Team Lead, GSVC.
• The role has several key responsibilities within the V&I team and will support the Oncology portfolio. These responsibilities highlight the comprehensive and collaborative nature of the role, emphasizing leadership, strategic planning, and cross-functional engagement:
• Engaging with Key Stakeholders: Actively engage with key stakeholders in the execution of the V&I Plan, developing payer and health systems scientific content and translating it into field-ready training, onboarding, and capability-building resources.
• Incorporating Payor and Medical Insights: Proactively engage key stakeholders and incorporate payor and medical Insights into GSVC Annual product plans. This individual serve as a key integration point across V&I OR, U.S. Medical Affairs (USMA) Payer & Health Systems stakeholders, and Global Scientific Training (GST).

Responsibilities And Primary Activities

Annual Planning and Content Development:

• Creates, adapts and prioritizes annual GSVC content Plan(s) aligned with V&I Plan and informed through insights and feedback from key internal stakeholders cross-functionally and worldwide.
• Executes GSVC Plans that include, but are not limited to, medical information letters, verbal response documents (VRD), infographics, disease- and product-related slide decks, global congress medical booth materials, and digital/web-based medical content.
• Develop oncology payer and health systems scientific content, applying knowledge of payer landscape (US and global) to support launches, anticipated approvals, guideline updates, Phase 3 data releases, non-interventional real-world evidence, Health Care Economic Information (HCEI), and relevant competitive intelligence.
• Ensures appropriate stakeholders are engaged in the development, review and approval of GSVC materials. For the Payor team, this includes attending CRT prioritization, review and approval of proactive content as well as Medical Legal Review (MLR) of reactive content.
• Maintains awareness of scientific, policy, methodological, and competitive developments relevant to oncology and health systems.
• Coordinates with Global Expert Management and Strategy Consulting & Medical Education (GEMS) to provide appropriate coverage for group input meetings (GIMs) relevant to TA and participates as medical writer for GIMs aligned to priorities and responsibilities.

Resource Implementation

• Partners with V&I OR, Payer Access Strategy Leads (PASLs), and Global Scientific Training (GST) to translate complex scientific, value, and outcomes evidence into content with clear field-ready curricula, and practical learning experiences.
• Establish approval-readiness milestones, coordinate implementation timelines, and lead the timely deployment of scientific training on key GSVC payor content, aligned with portfolio and field priorities by coordinating with Knowledge Management, V&I Global Medical and Value Capabilities (V&I GMVC), Global Scientific Training (GST), and the Field Medical organization.
• Support structured onboarding for new Payer & Health Systems colleagues engaging across oncology products, evidence, and payer stakeholder types.
• Coordinate the maintenance, updating, retirement, reuse, and redeployment of training resources to keep materials aligned with evolving evidence, approved resources, guidelines, and field needs.
• Support performance measures related to launch readiness, onboarding effectiveness, mastery of scientific exchange, and training completion.

Cross-function Collaboration And Leadership

• Serves as a therapeutic-area subject-matter expert, leading initiatives that shape V&I plan strategy and address external customer needs by translating complex scientific, clinical, HEOR/HCEI, guideline, and access-related information into scientific content and actionable field resources.
• Drives the solution to complex problems through identification of innovative solutions and is a go-to person within the core GSVC team for colleagues across stakeholder departments and demonstrated ability to lead across matrixed teams, influence without direct authority, align stakeholders, and manage multiple priorities.
• Work independently and collaboratively while demonstrating Integrity, Precision, Motivational Ambition, Respect, and Inclusion.
• Leads departmental initiatives that impact GSVC process improvements, fostering innovation and cross-functional collaborations.