Oncology Market Access Strategy Director

MSD; North Wales (Montgomery County); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid holidays

Vacation

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. is seeking an Associate Director for the Oncology Organized Customer Access and Reimbursement (OCAR) team to shape market access strategies for our PD-1 asset. You will collaborate with multisector teams to enhance payer value propositions and ensure successful access across channels.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives, analyze healthcare trends, and drive strategic planning and execution. This hybrid role involves regional responsibilities and travel up to 10%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and minimum of 5 years combined experience in Pharmaceutical Marketing, Marketing Customer Management, Managed Care or Sales.
• Strategic thinking, problem solving, analytical critical thinking and planning skills.
• Proactive nature and ability to manage change, anticipate risks and design controls or mitigation.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills (written & verbal).
• Proficient at leading across diverse department and roles and effectively engaging senior management.
• Strong judgement, prioritization, and decision making skills with understanding of broader context of corporate strategies.
• Comfort and confidence in working with diverse teams and backgrounds; routinely demonstrates inclusive behaviors.
• Demonstrated understanding of healthcare trends and policy issues and their potential impact upon our Company's business opportunities.
• Travel: 10%

Responsibilities

• Support the lifecycle management (LCM) strategy for our PD-1 asset.
• Work cross-functionally within our Company, including Organized Customer Access and Reimbursement, Market Research, policy team, Global Market Access, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, compliance, legal, pricing.
• Develop comprehensive payer/ market access strategies and execute across relevant teams.
• Input into development and then execute on payer value propositions, pricing strategies, channel specific strategies and branded promotional initiatives.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Analytical thinking

Leadership

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Marketing

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Job description

Merck & Co., Inc. is seeking an Associate Director for the Oncology Organized Customer Access and Reimbursement (OCAR) team to shape market access strategies for our PD-1 asset. You will collaborate with multisector teams to enhance payer value propositions and ensure successful access across channels.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives, analyze healthcare trends, and drive strategic planning and execution. This hybrid role involves regional responsibilities and travel up to 10%.