Executive Director, Global Marketing, Ophthalmology

Job Description

Our company is dedicated to delivering innovations that extend and improve the lives of people worldwide. We are committed to supporting accessibility to medicine providing new therapeutic options and collaborating with governments and payers to help people who need our medicines and vaccines gain access to them. We focus on innovation translating breakthrough science into innovative medicines and launch execution excellence to help people globally. We are seeking a dynamic and visionary Executive Director for our Ophthalmology Global Marketing division.

This leadership role involves driving our global marketing strategy and commercialization efforts for our Ophthalmology pipeline assets. With a focus on innovative treatments for DME wAMD RVO and other retinal diseases the Executive Director will play a pivotal role in maximizing the value and differentiation of our assets in the global market.

For more than 35 years our company has been committed to scientific research and discovery in ophthalmology. Today we are developing a series of options designed to help people manage and treat retinal conditions with the goal of reducing the growing burden of eye diseases worldwide. We remain committed to working together with our partners in the global ophthalmology community to address the complex challenges that impede progress toward improving eye health.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead Global Marketing Strategy: Develop and execute comprehensive strategies for the Ophthalmology pipeline encompassing treatments for DME wAMD RVO and other programs. Drive the development of asset strategies tailored to specific treatment modalities and target patient populations.

• Collaborate closely with our Research and Development (R&D) Division to influence the development of innovative treatments and ensure commercial viability.

• Support Launch Readiness and Commercialization: Drive the development of launch strategies and commercial plans for new retinal treatments across global markets. Ensure timely and effective commercial launch alignment across all cross-functional teams and commercial affiliates. Develop comprehensive market access strategies including pricing guidance to maximize patient access and uptake.

• Foster Leadership Excellence and Global Influence: Champion diversity equity and inclusion within the team and across the organization. Lead a team that will focus on key cross-functional activities such as L3 EGTM market research and global forecasting.

• Lead the commercial transformation and leadership of Ophthalmology including new ways of working embedding advanced analytics evolving the commercial models and building value for patients payers and healthcare professionals.

• Provide oversight and direction for a cross-functional cross-geography team supporting the ophthalmology pipeline.

Education:

• Required: Bachelors Degree

• Preferred: Advanced Degree (MBA)

Required Experience and Skills:

• Minimum of 12 years of progressive experience across marketing sales market access or related experiences in pharmaceutical or biotechnology industries.

• Prior launch experience

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Leadership and Impact: Proven track record of high-performance launches and driving business results. Global Marketing experience and country and/or regional marketing experience.

• Ophthalmology commercial experience.

• Demonstrated leadership in the development of brand strategy brand positioning and brand marketing.

• Communication and executive presence: Ability to clearly articulate messages/information across the enterprise and to all levels including highest levels of senior leadership.

• Innovative Thinking: Demonstrated ability to leverage innovation to drive results.

• Collaboration & Influence without authority: Strong collaboration skills both within commercial teams and cross divisional teams including R&D and manufacturing medical affairs Outcomes Research and Access.

• Understanding of Drug Development Process (Early and Late Stage).

• Strategic Thinking: Proven ability to analyze complex data and create clear patient and customer centric strategies.

• Challenging Status Quo:Ability to push past internal obstacles to drive initiatives forward.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Current Employees apply HERE

Current Contingent Workers apply HERE

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 click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.

As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race color age religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status disability status or other applicable legally protected a federal contractor we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws visit:

EEOC Know Your Rights

EEOC GINA Supplement

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together talented and committed people with diverse experiences perspectives skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas broad experiences backgrounds and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one anothers thinking and approach problems collectively.

Learn more about your rights including under California Colorado and other US State Acts

U.S. Hybrid Work Model

Effective September 5 2023 employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week Monday - Thursday although the specific days may vary by site or organization with Friday designated as a remote-working day unless business critical tasks require an on-site Hybrid work model does not apply to and daily in-person attendance is required for field-based positions; facility-based manufacturing-based or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as remote.

The salary range for this role is

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 employees 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 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.

San Francisco Residents Only:We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Los Angeles Residents Only:We will consider for employment all qualified applicants including those with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co. Inc. Rahway NJ USA also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Rahway NJ USA does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place introductions are position specific. Please no phone calls or emails.

Employee Status:

Relocation:

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Shift:

Valid Driving License:

Hazardous Material(s):

Job Posting End Date:

*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.