Senior Specialist, Global Professional Engagement, GEMS

Job Description

Role Summary

The Senior Specialist, Global Professional Engagement, Global Expert Management & Strategy (GEMS) Consulting and Medical Education, position resides in the Value & Implementation (V&I) organization, which includes Global Medical and Scientific Affairs as well as Outcomes Research.

This position serves as a key professional interface with global and regional internal stakeholders, scientific leaders, health-care professionals, and scientific/medical societies. The individual in this critical role must be detail-oriented to ensure the successful end-to-end planning and execution of group input meetings and ex-U.S. global medical-education programs. This role requires a person with strategic insight and the ability to develop a comprehensive assessment, which includes reviewing and approving an action memo documenting the legitimate business need for each program. In collaboration with business and strategy teams, this position develops an annual plan of programs that considers status of product life cycles, as well as the business goals of V&I and our company’s Research & Development.

Responsibilities and Primary Activities

Expert Input

• Manages the effective organization and execution of end-to-end therapeutic focused group input meetings (GIMs), and consulting service agreements (CSAs) that align with the strategic plan, scientific platform, and market needs.
• Reviews all action memos for expert input activities for global and U.S. programs and is fully accountable for ensuring the memos have clearly articulated the business need.
• Leads the planning and execution of GIMs, which includes partnering with medical stakeholders to ensure appropriate development of agendas and discussion guides, selecting appropriate global scientific leaders, compliantly executing each program, and finalizing the executive summary to capture the most relevant scientific input as it relates to each program’s objectives.
• Ensures that all final program documentation is in line with policies and procedures and archived in the appropriate online documentation-storage repository.

Medical Education

• Manages the effective organization and execution of end-to-end therapeutic-focused global (ex-U.S.) medical education programs that are in alignment with the strategic plan, scientific platform, and market needs.
• Develops medical-education program agendas (independent and with select professional and medical societies) that are aligned with regulatory-body governance and country-specific guidance, with the objective to improve patient outcomes through education of global delegates.
• Informs the selection of key scientific leaders based on expertise and audience needs and requirements of home country of expert(s), oversees the development of planning documentation and program content, and supervises the execution of the program.
• Ensures program plan is communicated in a timely manner to our company subsidiaries.

Other

• Ensures that all global (ex-U.S.) group input meetings, medical education programs, and CSAs adhere to our company and country policies and standards.
• Ensures that appropriate Conflict of Interest (COI) checks are complete, including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and that contracts for U.S. and Global experts reflect appropriate terms and conditions that are consistent with country-specific guidance and Fair Market Value (FMV) guidelines.
• Deeply understands internal and external governing policies and regulations in implementing medical education across different geographies.
• Works effectively across multiple markets globally to ensure that franchise strategic medical-business objectives are understood and effectively accomplished through selection/execution of program type and through the effective relationships with key ex-U.S. medical societies.
• Maintains high level of scientific and market knowledge through ongoing participation at relevant internal and external forums.
• Oversees and reconciles all budgetary and financial transactions for each activity.

 

Required Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Minimum

• Bachelor’s degree in science, business, or health care.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating and leading cross-functional teams to achieve a measurable objective.
• Demonstrated ability to establish relationships with key external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated attention to compliance and legal expectations.
• Excellent organization and time-management skills.
• Experience in U.S. and ex-U.S. Regulatory, Compliance and Risk Management aspects.
• Strong project-management skills.
• Ability to solve complex problems and identify innovative solutions to manage daily processes within compliance and according to local laws and regulations.
• Willingness to travel 25% of the time.

Preferred

• Advanced degree such as a master’s or a doctorate (e.g., MA, MS, PhD, PharmD, DO, MBBS) in science, business, or health-care fields.

Required Skills:

Adaptability, Adaptability, Advisory Board Development, Biopharmaceuticals, Biopharmaceutics, Data Analysis, Healthcare Education, Health Economics, Health Professional Education, Medical Affairs, Medical Marketing Strategy, Medical Staff Training, Medical Teaching, Medical Writing, Oncology Marketing, Osteopathy, Pharmaceutical Industry, Pharmacology, Product Lifecycle, Product Risk Management, Project Management, Regulatory Compliance Consulting, Scientific Communications, Scientific Publications, Stakeholder Relationship Management {+ 2 more}

Preferred Skills:

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The salary range for this role is

$142,400.00 - $224,100.00

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.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

25%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

05/2/2026

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