Senior Global Director Medical Affairs (GDMA) - Genitourinary Malignancies
Merck
June 25, 2026
Remote friendly (Upper Gwynedd, PA)
United States
Medical Affairs
Responsibilities:
- Drive execution of the annual Global Value & Implementation (V&I) plan with medical affairs colleagues, with a focus on the US; make informed, strategic decisions.
- Serve as SME/connector across therapeutic areas; translate global scientific platforms into Medical Value Narratives (MVNs) and align with country stakeholders to support data generation, congress planning, and advisory boards.
- Act as medical representative in Product Development sub-teams (Clinical, V&I, Commercial, Publications, Label); communicate with EDMA, RSL, RDMA, US DMA, PASLs to influence country/regional planning.
- Collaborate with VIOR, Policy, Commercial, and Market Access to identify and address opportunities/barriers in key countries.
- Partner with Big Country Markets (US, China, Japan); integrate country insights into global V&I plans and contextualize global strategy locally.
- Consolidate actionable medical insights; build networks with international scientific leaders and stakeholders; monitor external environment with competitive intelligence.
- Organize expert input events and global symposia/educational meetings.
- Support local study concept/protocol development; review investigator-initiated study proposals (ex-USA) and participate in TA-specific MISP review panels.
- Manage patient support/education/risk management programs to enable appropriate, safe use.
- Champion Ways of Working and manage assigned budget with strong stewardship (deliver within 3% variance).
Minimum Required Qualifications/Experience:
- M.D., Ph.D. or Pharm.D. with recognized medical/scientific expertise.
- Experience in country/region medical affairs or clinical development.
- Strong prioritization/decision-making; collaboration in matrix environments.
- Excellent interpersonal, analytical, written/oral communication; results-oriented project management.
Preferred:
- 3+ years regional medical affairs (e.g., Regional Director Medical Affairs) with medical affairs strategy impact.
- Customer/stakeholder expertise, especially scientific leadership and stakeholders in genitourinary cancers.
Required Skills:
Cross-functional collaboration, healthcare strategic planning, medical affairs (pharmaceutical medical affairs), project/stakeholder management, training/education.
Apply:
Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (application deadline is listed on the posting).
- Drive execution of the annual Global Value & Implementation (V&I) plan with medical affairs colleagues, with a focus on the US; make informed, strategic decisions.
- Serve as SME/connector across therapeutic areas; translate global scientific platforms into Medical Value Narratives (MVNs) and align with country stakeholders to support data generation, congress planning, and advisory boards.
- Act as medical representative in Product Development sub-teams (Clinical, V&I, Commercial, Publications, Label); communicate with EDMA, RSL, RDMA, US DMA, PASLs to influence country/regional planning.
- Collaborate with VIOR, Policy, Commercial, and Market Access to identify and address opportunities/barriers in key countries.
- Partner with Big Country Markets (US, China, Japan); integrate country insights into global V&I plans and contextualize global strategy locally.
- Consolidate actionable medical insights; build networks with international scientific leaders and stakeholders; monitor external environment with competitive intelligence.
- Organize expert input events and global symposia/educational meetings.
- Support local study concept/protocol development; review investigator-initiated study proposals (ex-USA) and participate in TA-specific MISP review panels.
- Manage patient support/education/risk management programs to enable appropriate, safe use.
- Champion Ways of Working and manage assigned budget with strong stewardship (deliver within 3% variance).
Minimum Required Qualifications/Experience:
- M.D., Ph.D. or Pharm.D. with recognized medical/scientific expertise.
- Experience in country/region medical affairs or clinical development.
- Strong prioritization/decision-making; collaboration in matrix environments.
- Excellent interpersonal, analytical, written/oral communication; results-oriented project management.
Preferred:
- 3+ years regional medical affairs (e.g., Regional Director Medical Affairs) with medical affairs strategy impact.
- Customer/stakeholder expertise, especially scientific leadership and stakeholders in genitourinary cancers.
Required Skills:
Cross-functional collaboration, healthcare strategic planning, medical affairs (pharmaceutical medical affairs), project/stakeholder management, training/education.
Apply:
Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (application deadline is listed on the posting).