Job Description

Role Summary

• The Associate Director, Global Medical Information , is a mid-level, headquarters-based role within V&I Global Medical and Scientific Affairs (GMSA), responsible for the US and global core functions of the GMI organization: Medical Information, which includes handling of all US healthcare professional (HCP) inquiries and escalated complex global HCP inquiries as well as generating insights and analysis; Medical Review of promotional and non-promotional scientific materials; Medical Education and Training of internal stakeholders; and Compendia and Pathways Submissions

• The Associate Director, has an advanced educational background and reports into the Director, Team Lead, GMI or Director, GMI.

• The Associate Director has demonstrated advanced competency and leadership in the US and global core functions of GMI and acts as a mentor for GMI colleagues.

Responsibilities and Primary Activities

• Medical Information: Customizes responses to standard and complex US Medical Information requests (MIRs) from HCPs/scientific leaders/payers in writing and/or verbally utilizing scientific response documents (SRDs), conducting literature searches, and/or reaching out to subject matter experts (SMEs) in another area of the Company. Staffs Medical Information booths at HQ-sponsored US and international congresses to verbally answer unsolicited inquiries from HCPs. Responsible for generating insights from Medical Information capabilities to inform strategic planning and identify gaps in data for appropriate stakeholders.

• Medical Review of US and global promotional and non-promotional scientific materials: Reviews and approves US and global promotional materials from internal Human Health (HH) stakeholders and external partners and non-promotional scientific materials from the Global Scientific & Value Content (GSVC) team to ensure content, messaging, and comparisons are relevant, medically and scientifically accurate, balanced, provide appropriate context, and are consistent with cited appropriate scientific literature, internal scientific information and all applicable Company policies, local regulations, and department SOPs. Conducts medical/scientific review of certain study results plain language summaries (RPLS) that will be posted publicly as part of the Company’s commitment to study results transparency in the EU and US (in partnership with Regulatory Affairs) and submissions to CMS for price negotiations for certain products under the Inflation Reduction Act to ensure that the medical information put forth by the Company is relevant, complete, balanced, and valuable to decision-makers (in partnership with V&I Outcomes Research).

• Training: Collaborates with internal stakeholders to determine the educational objective of training materials and identifies training gaps. Contributes to the development/creation and delivery of medical/scientific training materials to Our Company’s National Service Center (NSC), field sales representatives, and US Medical Affairs field-based employees. Participates in training of standard operating procedures and processes for internal stakeholders.

• Leadership and Mentoring: Leads product-related projects/initiatives that directly impact the franchise/brand strategy and objectives to meet external customer needs. Drives the solution of complex problems through identification of innovative solutions and serves as a go-to person within the three core functions for colleagues across stakeholder departments. Mentors/empowers GMI P3 entry-level colleagues to develop within their functional roles.

• Compendia and Pathways Submissions: Engages and collaborates with SMEs and relevant stakeholders in the planning, development, review, and approval of product data submissions to Compendia and Pathways organizations.

Leadership

• Has a deep understanding of own therapeutic area, including product knowledge, disease state management, emerging therapies, and the competitive landscape.

• Helps identify medical information gaps based on inquiries and provides generated internal/external insights into the Global Scientific and Value Content (GSVC) Team and US Medical Affairs Strategy.

• Participates in and/or leads departmental initiatives that impact GMI process improvements and fosters innovation and cross-functional collaborations.

• Acts as a mentor to other GMI (e.g. new-hire and entry-level) colleagues; helps them onboard and upskill in the product/disease areas as well as in the core functions of GMI.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Develops and/or maintains relationships and partners with Director, Team Lead, GMI colleagues, and other key internal stakeholders (across V&I Global Medical & Value Capabilities [GMVC], V&I GMSA, V&I Outcomes Research, NSC, Clinical, Labeling, Safety, Manufacturing Division, Legal, Compliance, OPAR, Marketing, Promotions, Regulatory Affairs, etc.) as well as external stakeholders to share capabilities/ideas and meet priorities and business needs. Serves as a go-to resource and SME within the therapeutic area for the US and global core functions of Medical Information, Medical Review, Medical Education/Training, and Compendia and Pathways Submissions.

Required Minimum Qualifications, Skills, & Experience

• Relevant advanced degree (PhD, PharmD, MSN, MS or equivalent)

• 3 (three) years of medical information and medical/scientific review experience

• Advanced knowledge of clinical trial methodology, statistical concepts, and evaluation and interpretation of complex scientific literature

• Leadership experience via initiatives, mentoring, process improvements, and innovation

• In depth knowledge of the function and value of Medical Information

• Excellent interpersonal, communication (written and oral), and presentation skills

• Strong organizational, prioritization, and multi-tasking skills

• Advanced critical thinking and analytical skills and ability to consolidate and understand complex data sets

• Ability to travel up to travel up to 5% of the time overnights to staff Medical Information Booths at worldwide congresses

Preferred

• Advanced experience or knowledge in Infectious Disease/Vaccines.

• Strong negotiation skills for interaction with cross-functional teams

• Ability to work in a complex organizational environment and effectively operate in a team-oriented structure as well as by oneself

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The salary range for this role is

$169,700.00 - $267,200.00

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:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Required Skills:

Adaptability, Adaptability, Brand Strategy, Clinical Marketing, Clinical Testing, Critical Thinking, Data Analysis, Healthcare Education, Insight Generation, Interpersonal Relationships, Literature Searches, Management Process, Medical Affairs, Medical Care, Medical Knowledge, Medical Marketing Strategy, Medical Review, Medical Teaching, Mycology, Pharmaceutical Medical Affairs, Pricing Negotiations, Prioritization, Project Management, Scientific Communications, Scientific Publications {+ 5 more}

Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

08/23/2025

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