Job Description
Medical Team Member
The Customer Service Management (CSM) team has responsibility to drive manage and implement remote two-way customer service engagements. The CSM team manages customer consumer and employee service interactions in our company National Service Center Field Service Center Promotional Contact Center and our company Switchboard. These interactions occur across communication channels such as digital social chat phone and mail for all our company products/vaccines and company information requests. The CSM team also serves as the designated point of contact for the intake of adverse events and product quality complaints for the U.S. market.
The Medical Team Member is a customer facing role which has primary responsibility for managing unsolicited inquiries from Healthcare Providers who reach out to our company National Service Center. This role will also answer select Consumer and Employee inquiries as needed. While current volumes are predominately from phone these are multi-channel contact centers and volumes from other channels are expected to increase (i.e. chat text email). The expected working hours for this role are 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM EST.
Primary Activities:
Resolve questions and concerns effectively and efficiently by actively listening communicating clearly and assuring understanding of the question/issue. Respond to our company National Service Center and Field Service Center inquiries using knowledge base documents Prescribing Information/Medication Guide documents and databases.
Provide off-label scientific/medical information to Healthcare Professionals in response to unsolicited inquires
Document interactions recording details of inquiries complaints comments and actions taken to include intake of Adverse Events and Product Quality Complaints
Ensures the delivery of the desired customer experience for all customer/employee engagements
May manage development and execution of customer/consumer/employee multi-channel communications workflow processes and operating procedures to ensure effective and efficient contact center operations and consistent delivery of the desired customer experience.
May collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop and execute changes in processes/ procedures plan and implement new strategies share status of operations and key performance metrics and manage escalated issues.
Manage escalated customer requests to resolution for assigned projects and assess customer interactions to continually enhance the customer experience and achieve operational excellence
Education Minimum Requirement:
Bachelors Degree (BA/BS)
Healthcare Professional Degree (e.g. RN/BSN)
Required Experience and Skills**:
Healthcare experience or experience as a pharmaceutical Field Sales Representative
Scientific Acumen
Customer service/ experience
Strong communication; written & verbal
Ability to summarize clinical trial/scientific information
Customer centric focus
Attention to detail
Good typing/computer skills
Ability to understand scientific information contained in Prescribing Information for products
Must pass certification upon the completion of training to demonstrate proficiency in role
Preferred Experience and Skills:
Project Management
Required Skills:
Adaptability Adaptability Change Management Clinical Trials Communication Communication Strategy Development Contact Center Operations Customer Centric Focus Customer Experience (CX) Customer Experience Design Customer Experience Management Customer Management Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Customer Service Management Detail-Oriented Digital Marketing Direct Marketing Knowledge Base Management Management Development Market Development Marketing Marketing Campaign Development Market Research Pharmaceutical Sales Product Management 3 morePreferred Skills:
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The salary range for this role is
$106200.00 - $167200.00This 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.
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Employee Status:
RegularRelocation:
No relocationVISA Sponsorship:
NoTravel Requirements:
10%Flexible Work Arrangements:
RemoteShift:
Not IndicatedValid Driving License:
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02/12/2026*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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA is known as “Merck” in the United States, Canada & Puerto Rico. We are known as “MSD” in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America & Asia Pacific. We are a global biopharmaceutical leader with a diverse portfolio of prescription medicine ... View more