Associate Director, US Oncology Marketing HCP Strategy & Field Execution Lead – Endometrial Cancer

Associate Director, US Oncology Marketing —Endometrial Cancer HCP Strategy & Field Execution Lead

The Associate Director, US Oncology Marketing —Endometrial Cancer HCP Strategy & Field Execution Lead is a high-visibility, high-impact commercial leader responsible for shaping and executing growth-driving initiatives across the Gynecological cancers portfolio. This role will refine and accelerate the marketing strategy to capture new opportunities in an intensely competitive and rapidly evolving treatment landscape.

You will combine strategic rigor with flawless execution: building clear plans, operationalizing them across cross-functional partners, and driving measurable outcomes. Success requires exceptional stakeholder management, the ability to influence at all levels, and the judgement to balance bold thinking with compliance and scientific integrity.

The ideal candidate brings strong leadership presence, relentless drive, and a collaborative mindset grounded in humility. You are equally comfortable leading teams and working independently, you hold yourself to high standards, and you continuously seek to elevate your impact and skills.

This role is a pivotal commercial development opportunity: you will lead priority initiatives at scale, gain broad exposure across global and cross-functional stakeholders, and be prepared to step into expanded commercial leadership roles in the future.

As marketing roles across the US Oncology organization are evolving and broadening, this position is designed to be a flexible marketing role that may focus on any aspect of marketing over time based on business needs and/or the capabilities and development needs of the team.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Own and refine the HCP Endometrial strategy across customer segments to maximize commercial performance and align field and non-field tactics to drive business priorities.
• Lead and manage the evolution of L3 for endometrial portfolio (KN868 and launch of C93) including identification of new strategic choices, segmentation, messaging evolution, and resource needs/development.
• Lead market research and activity metric/performance monitoring to inform strategic and execution opportunities.
• Collaborate with field leaders, field execution team, ORTs, and Team 2 marketing to support pull through of executional excellence.
• Translate customer segmentation insights into targeted personal and non-personal promotional plans that positively impact the business.
• Establish and report on clear KPIs to measure promotional effectiveness, market share movement, and commercial ROI; iterate plans based on results and changing market dynamics.
• Manage and hold team accountable for timely delivery, creative excellence, budget discipline, and measurable impact.
• Partners with Global Marketing, Precision Medicine, DHH, Finance, Forecasting and other stakeholders to monitor the evolving treatment landscape, inform scenario planning, and support counter-competitive strategy development when appropriate.
• Manage the Endometrial Cancer budget

Required Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 5 years of pharmaceutical/biotech experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of brand marketing experience.
• Proven self-starter with a hands-on, results-driven approach: proactively identifies opportunities, removes barriers, and delivers outcomes with minimal supervision.
• High emotional intelligence and collaborative leadership: adept at leading cross-functional teams, mentoring colleagues, and adapting style—knowing when to lead, coach, or support to maximize team performance.
• Strong program and project management capability: track record of managing multiple concurrent initiatives, setting priorities, meeting deadlines, and consistently delivering high-quality results on time and within scope.
• Strategic thinker with operational discipline translates long-term strategy into executable plans while maintaining rigorous attention to detail and measurable KPIs.
• Comfortable operating in high-visibility environments: performs effectively under pressure, embraces stretch assignments, and navigates changing priorities with resilience.
• Exceptional communicator and active listener: persuasive presenter with polished written and verbal communication skills tailored to diverse audiences, from field teams to senior leadership.
• Rapid learner with the ability to simplify complexity: quickly assimilates technical or scientific information and distills it into clear, actionable messages.
• Strong analytical orientation uses data and market insights to drive decisions; demonstrated success competing in high-intensity pharmaceutical/biotech markets.
• Influential collaborator and negotiator: builds strong internal and external relationships, navigates stakeholder dynamics, and secures alignment and commitment across functions.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Advanced degree (Masters Business Administration/MBA)
• Previous experience as an HCP marketing lead or scientific strategy lead or Product Owner.
• Oncology experience.
• US Market experience in Marketing/Commercial roles.
• Developing brand strategy and implementation.
• Launch experience.
• Agile frameworks expertise.

Position location: Upper Gwynedd, PA (hybrid) OR Remote

Required Skills: Adaptability, Brand Strategy, Customer-Focused, Market Access, Marketing Strategies, Market Research, Oncology Marketing, Project Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Strategy Development

Preferred Skills:

Salary range for this role is $156,900.00 - $247,000.00

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.