Merck & Co, Inc

Director, Individualized Therapy Operations, US Oncology Marketing

Merck & Co, Inc$190K — $300K *
US-Anywhere
+ 2 other locationsRemote
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent, MBA preferred.
  • Minimum of 8 years in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, or healthcare, with a leadership focus on complex therapy operations.
  • Proven track record leading complex operational models involving numerous stakeholders.
  • Experience in developing operational capabilities, governance structures, and customer support models.
  • Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills with a focus on execution.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the US commercial owner of the Intismeran end-to-end operational ecosystem, ensuring coordination and optimization.
  • Define and lead operational strategy and governance for launch readiness and commercial execution.
  • Own orchestration of operational workflows and integration across various functions.
  • Lead alignment across stakeholders, including manufacturing, supply chain, and treatment sites.
  • Oversee Treatment Site Operations Coordinator to streamline treatment journey execution.
  • Establish operational performance management metrics for data-driven decisions.
  • Proactively manage operational governance and address bottlenecks.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance for employees and their families, including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Retirement benefits with a 401(k) plan.
  • Paid holidays, vacation, and sick days for employee work-life balance.
  • Annual bonus eligibility and long-term incentives for performance.
Full Job Description

Job Description

Reporting to the Executive Director, U.S. Oncology Marketing,Moderna Alliance, theDirector, Individualized Therapy Operationsserves as theU.S. commercial leader accountable for the strategy, design, and execution of theproductend-to-endoperational ecosystem, ensuring a seamless, and scalable process to support this individualized therapy product.  

This leader will oversee the operational strategy, capabilities, processes, and governance across the Intismeran operational ecosystem to ensure seamless coordination and integration across sample and tissue operations, logistics coordination, manufacturing demand planning, operational performance management, and customer support. The role will coordinate across our company, alliance partner, sequencing providers, distributors, and treatment sites to ensure reliable therapy delivery and treatment completion.

As the commercial owner of theend-to-end operational ecosystem, this individual will lead the development of the capabilities, governance, and operational infrastructure required to support launch readiness, commercial scale, and future growth. The role will also oversee the organization responsible for centralized coordination, partner management, capacity planning, analytics, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities 

  • Serve as the US commercial owner of the Intismeran end-to-end operational ecosystem,accountable for designing, integrating, and optimizing the capabilities, processes, and stakeholder interactions required to support a seamless, scalable, and compliant treatment journey from order through treatment administration.

  • Define and lead the end-to-endoperational strategy and governance frameworkrequired to support launch readiness, commercial execution, future growth, and long-term scalability, including governance, operating cadence, escalation pathways, and performance standards.

  • Own the Intismeran orchestration ecosystem, including operational workflows, digital orchestration capabilities, sample and tissue operations, logistics coordination, customer support capabilities, and treatment journey process integration.

  • Lead cross-functional alignment across internal and external stakeholders, including Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Precision Medicine, IT, Market Access, Patient Support Programs, Treatment Site Strategy, alliance stakeholders, sequencing providers, distributors, and treatment sites to ensure reliable therapy delivery and treatment completion.

  • Provide strategic leadership and oversightofthe Treatment Site Operations Coordinator (TSOC) capability, ensuring the centralized coordination model, workflows, governance, andperformance standards effectively support seamless treatment journey execution across treatment sites, manufacturing, logistics, and internal partners.

  • Establish and oversee operational performance management, including enterprise KPIs, service level objectives, dashboards,operational demand planning, capacity planning, risk management, and executive reporting to drive data-based decision making and operational excellence.

  • Lead operational governance and control tower activities,proactively identifying and resolving operational barriers, exceptions, and capacity constraints while driving initiatives that improve efficiency, customer experience, and treatment completion.

  • Build and evolve future-state capabilities required to support individualized therapies,including scalable operational capabilities, advanced analytics, orchestration technologies, process innovation, and operational readiness for future growth.

  • Lead the IntismeranIndividualized TherapyOperations organization, including oversight of treatment journeystrategy, centralized coordination capabilities,manufacturing demand planning, partner management, and operational excellence, whilebuildingthe organizational capabilities required to support future scale and growth.

Education:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent (BA/BS)

  • MBA or equivalent preferred

Required Experience and Skills:

  • Minimum of 8years of experience in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, or related industries, including leadership experience incomplex therapy operations or operational strategy roles.

  • Demonstrated success designing and leading complex operating models that require coordination across multiple internal functions and external partners to deliver seamless customer and patient experiences.

  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence senior stakeholders acrossvarious stakeholders includingcommercial, manufacturing, supply chain, market access,IT,and external partner organizations.

  • Experience building and scaling operational capabilities, including governance structures, operating procedures, customer support models, orchestration platforms, analytics, and performance management systems.

  • Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving capabilities, with a demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity, resolve complex operational challenges, and translate strategy into execution.

  • Experience establishing and managing KPIs, dashboards, capacity planning processes, and operational performance metrics to drive business decisions and continuous improvement.

  • Excellent communication and executive presence, with the ability to influence without authority and effectively communicate across all organizational levels.

  • Experience leading and developing high-performing teams, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and operational excellence.

Preferred Skills:

  • Experience supporting the commercialization of complex therapies, including, cell therapy, gene therapy, radioligand therapy, or other highly coordinated treatment models.

  • Experience with treatment journey orchestration platforms, case management systems, workflow technologies, operational control towers, or customer support ecosystems.

  • Experience in manufacturing demand planning, integrated business planning, supply chain operations, or capacity management.

Required Skills:

Ability to Coordinate, Ability to Coordinate, Building Capability, Clinical Development, Clinical Reporting, Clinical Trial Development, Commercial Operations Management, Competency Management, Cross-Functional Project Management, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Digital Marketing Campaigns, Direct Marketing, Executive Presence, Healthcare Personnel (HCP) Marketing, Innovation, Liaison Work, Market Access, Market Research, Oncology, Oncology Marketing, Operating Models, Operational Activities, Operational Architecture, Operations Management {+ 10 more}

Preferred Skills:

Current Employees apply

Current Contingent Workers apply

US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:

Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.

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.

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 .

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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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