Associate Director, Oncology Field Communications and Execution

Job Description

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Make recommendations to leaders in both the marketing and customer facing organizations on prioritization and trade-off decisions based on customer facing teams’ capacity

• Proactively make recommendations for the content and delivery of marketing communications, field execution guidance, and communication of brand strategy to the customer facing organizations

• Lead and coordinate marketing efforts for launch and national sales meetings

• Partner with marketing, learning and development, and customer facing leaders to provide a clear line of sight into marketing meeting plans

• Support and advise marketing partners on execution plans for new indications or new product approvals, drawing from best practices across the oncology business unit

• Contribute and maintain execution oversight of internal marketing communication plans ensuring alignment with business unit priorities

• Assist in the development and oversight of metrics to track the effectiveness of a variety of internal initiatives and programs in support of the customer facing organization

• Lead cross functional (customer facing and marketing) meetings with both front line employees and leaders to support a two way feedback loop between customer facing teams and marketing teams

• Identify and provide recommendations for continues process improvement specific to non-promotional based marketing operations, customer facing team execution, and HQ to customer facing team communication content and channels

Education Minimum Requirements

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree (BA/BS)

• Preferred: Masters Degree (MBA or other advanced degree)

Required Experience and Skills

• Minimum of five years of combined experience in marketing, marketing support, or field sales in the life sciences industry

• Experience influencing without direct authority and working with cross-functional teams

• Extremely strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate complex content in a simplified manner

• Strong independent problem solving skills

• Ability to adapt to and deliver results in a very fast paced and frequently changing environment

• Proven track record to work successfully under tight and often fluctuating timelines

• Proficiency with the Microsoft suite of applications: Teams (especially virtual presentation skills), PowerPoint, word, outlook

Preferred Experience and Skills

• Front-line field sales management, ideally in the oncology pharma space

• Strong preference for oncology field sales experience

• Experience managing commercial projects in the pharmaceutical industry

• Experience creating and managing strategic communication plans

Required Skills:

Biopharmaceutical Industry, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Field Communications, Marketing Communications (MarCom), Meeting Goals, Microsoft Office, Oral Communications, Pharmaceutical Industry, Product Prioritization, Project Management Basics (Inactive), Team Operations, Written Communication

Preferred Skills:

Account Management, Sales Management, Strategic Communication Planning

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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 https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.

You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (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:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Remote

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

no

Job Posting End Date:

05/2/2026

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