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About this role
Merck is a leading pharmaceutical company, and they are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Director for New Products Marketing within US Oncology. This role involves leading commercial strategy for selected pipeline assets and collaborating with global marketing partners and cross-functional teams to ensure successful product launches.
Responsibilities:
- Develop US commercial strategies for pipeline assets in collaboration with global commercial teams and other cross-functional partners
- Ensure strong integration of US commercial insights into global brand strategic plans, clinical trial planning, and decision‑making
- Guide creation of US forecasts for upcoming launches in collaboration with finance, forecasting, and other partners
- Shape early scientific, unbranded, and go‑to‑market strategies (positioning, segmentation, channel)
- Ensure seamless, well‑documented handoff to US launch teams as assets progress toward commercialization
- Navigate internal and external environments successfully to deliver exceptional value
- Proactively monitor market dynamics, competitive evolution, and emerging trends to anticipate future opportunities and risks and guide our positioning in market
- Identify gaps in product, disease, or customer understanding and implement plans to address these gaps with market insights
Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor's degree required
- 10 years of experience in marketing or new products strategy within the pharmaceutical industry
- Excellent scientific acumen and strategic thinking, with a proactive approach to identifying and addressing gaps
- Strong communication, presentation, and leadership skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts clearly
- Proven ability to partner effectively across teams, such as tumor marketing, cross‑functional teams, and global stakeholders, to maximize business impact
- Education: MBA, PharmD, or PhD
- Experience in US oncology/hematology marketing
- Experience leading development and commercialization of new products