Merck & Co, Inc

Associate Director, Global Marketing Oncology

Merck & Co, Inc$156K — $247K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 6+ years in pharmaceutical or biotechnology marketing
  • Experience in brand and marketing strategy development
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage stakeholders
  • Excellent collaboration skills with diverse teams
  • Knowledgeable in customer-centric marketing and messaging
  • Understanding of launch readiness in pharma or biotech

Responsibilities

  • Support brand development for a new oncology product with a cross-functional team
  • Develop thorough marketing strategies by understanding customer segments and healthcare ecosystems
  • Create brand hallmarks and global creative campaigns
  • Design a brand messaging platform for a consistent customer experience
  • Ensure launch readiness in coordination with key stakeholders
  • Collaborate with regional teams to balance global strategy and local needs
  • Manage relationships with promotional agencies to align strategy and execution

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and family
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Paid holidays, vacation, and sick days
  • Flexible hybrid work arrangements
  • Opportunities for annual bonuses and long-term incentives
Full Job Description

Job Description

Associate Director, Global Oncology Marketing - KRAS Team

We are recruiting for an Associate Director, Global Oncology Marketing to join a dynamic team supporting a new targeted therapy planned for launch in the coming years. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape brand strategy, lead launch preparations, and help expand our oncology portfolio to benefit patients worldwide. If you are passionate about making a difference in the field of oncology and have a strategic mindset, we invite you to apply.

Responsibilities

  • Support foundational brand development for a new oncology product in collaboration with a broad cross-functional team

  • Develop marketing strategy, leveraging strategic frameworks, to obtain a deep understanding of customer segments, drivers & barriers, and the healthcare ecosystem in which they operate

  • Develop brand hallmarks and global creative campaign

  • Create a brand messaging platform, simplifying complexity, and ensuring a consistent customer experience

  • Ensure launch readiness in collaboration with key cross-functional stakeholders, regions, and launch planners

  • Collaborate and co-create with regions and key markets to develop global strategy, while supporting local needs

  • Manage relationship with promotional agency, ensuring that work meets the strategic and communication objectives and projects are delivered on time and on budget

  • Work collaboratively with key stakeholders and cross-functional teams including Precision Medicine, Market Research, and Training

  • Exhibit a learning mindset, agile ways of working, and general proficiency with AI

Qualifications

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree

  • Minimum 6 years of experience in marketing, marketing communications, or marketing support of pharmaceutical or biotechnology industries

  • Experience in development of brand strategy and marketing strategy

  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in complex organizations, managing different stakeholders, influencing without authority, and driving results

  • Outstanding collaboration skills with commercial teams, cross-divisional teams, and regional counterparts

  • Knowledge of marketing and promotion principles, including customer-centric campaign and message development

  • Strong understanding of launch readiness requirements within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industries

Preferred

  • Master’s degree (e.g., MBA)

  • Oncology experience, preferably in NSCLC or CRC

  • Global Marketing experience

Role may require some travel including weekends. Additionally, candidate must be able to visit both Rahway and Upper Gwynedd offices. There is flexibility on the actual site of the job, but candidate must be willing and able to visit both offices as business needs arise.

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Required Skills:

Adaptability, Adaptability, Brand Communications, Brand Development, Brand Planning, Brand Strategy, Commercialization Strategies, Cross-Functional Project Management, Data-Driven Decision Making, Global Marketing Strategy, Market Development, Marketing, Marketing Communications Planning, Marketing Management, Marketing Programs, Marketing Strategies, Market Research, Messaging Strategies, New Brands, Oncology Marketing, Pharmaceuticals Marketing, Product Launches, Product Management, Product Rollouts, Project Management {+ 2 more}

Preferred Skills:

Current Employees apply

Current Contingent Workers apply

The salary range for this role is

$156,900.00 - $247,000.00

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 .

You can apply for this role through (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

25%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

N/A

Job Posting End Date:

09/23/2026

*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFOREthe listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.

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Schering-Plough Corporation is a major U.S.-based manufacturer of pharmaceuticals. It operates in three segments: Prescription Pharmaceuticals, Animal Health, and Consumer Health Care. Schering-Plough develops products targeting on allergy, cancer, hepatitis, cardiovascular, central nervous system, respiratory system, and more.  It was founded in 1851 by Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering as Schering AG in Germany. Schering-Plough manufactured several pharmaceutical drugs, the most well-known of which were the allergy drugs Claritin and Clarinex, an anti-cholesterol drug Vytorin, and a brain tumor drug Temodar. It also developed drugs targeting on central nervous system and the respiratory system. Schering Plough also owned and operated the major foot care brand name Dr. Scholl's and the skin care line Coppertone. These also became a part of the new company. Schering-Plough was a full member of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), a membership which is also maintained by the new Merck.

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Net Income
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1668
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