Merck
Global Senior Director Medical Affairs (GDMA) -- Gyn
USA - New Jersey - Rahway · Director · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$282k-$444kDetected 71 days ago
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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
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About the role
- As a highly specialized SME, they bring business savviness to the organization, are important decision makers and will have a focus on the US, while also supporting the Rest of the World (ROW).
- The GDMA works as part of a high-performing, results driven team, focused on executional excellence.
- Serves as the subject matter expert (SME) and connector across assigned therapeutic areas, translating global scientific platforms into actionable Medical Value Narratives (MVNs).
Responsibilities
- Serves as a strategic partner for Big Country Markets (US, China, Japan) with no RDMA role.
- Proactively collaborates with USDMA and equivalent roles in China and Japan, ensuring that country-specific insights are integrated into the global V&I plans and that global strategies are contextualized for local relevance.
- Organizes global expert input events (advisory boards and expert input forums) to answer Our Company's questions about how to develop and implement new medicines or vaccines.
- Supports key countries with the development of local data generation study concepts and protocols when requested.
- Reviews Investigator-Initiated Study proposals from key countries prior to headquarters submission (ex-USA) and in collaboration with RDMAs, while also serving as a review panel member on TA specific MISP's to support the EDSA review process.
Nice to have
- Preferred Skills:
Skills
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- US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:
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Compensation
- Drives execution of the annual V&I plan with medical affairs colleagues from key countries and regions with a focus on the US. Acts as an empowered partner, making informed decisions with a strategic and agile mindset.
Benefits
- Collaborate with Global Human Health (commercial) executive directors to inform of the GMSA portion of V&I plans to ensure alignment, while independently leading the execution of these plans.
- The GDMA actively engages with country-level stakeholders-including medical advisors, payers, and scientific leaders-to ensure strategic alignment and support local data generation, congress planning, and advisory boards
- Consolidates actionable medical insights from countries and regions.
- Organizes global symposia and educational meetings.
- Manages programs (patient support, educational or risk management) to support appropriate and safe utilization of Our Company medicines or vaccines
- Demonstrates and champions our Ways of Working, emphasizing innovation, medical modernization, defining team priorities, and focusing on the impact to the patient.
Equal opportunity
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- 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 another's thinking and approach problems collectively.
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