Senior Specialist, Global Professional Engagement, GEMS
Merck
4 hours ago
Remote friendly (North Wales, PA)
United States
Medical Affairs
Responsibilities
- Manages the organization and execution of end-to-end therapeutic-focused group input meetings (GIMs) and consulting service agreements (CSAs) aligned with strategy, scientific platform, and market needs.
- Reviews action memos for expert input activities for global and U.S. programs, ensuring the business need is clearly articulated.
- Leads planning and execution of GIMs: partners with medical stakeholders on agendas/discussion guides, selects global scientific leaders, executes programs compliantly, and finalizes executive summaries capturing relevant scientific input.
- Ensures final program documentation complies with policies/procedures and is archived in the appropriate online repository.
- Manages end-to-end therapeutic-focused global (ex-U.S.) medical education program organization and execution aligned to strategy, scientific platform, and market needs.
- Develops medical-education program agendas (independent and with selected societies) aligned with regulatory governance and country-specific guidance to improve patient outcomes.
- Informs selection of key scientific leaders; oversees planning documentation/content development and supervises program execution.
- Ensures program plans are communicated timely to company subsidiaries.
- Ensures global (ex-U.S.) meetings, medical education programs, and CSAs adhere to company and country policies/standards.
- Ensures complete conflict of interest checks (including FCPA) and that expert contracts reflect appropriate terms/conditions consistent with country guidance and fair market value (FMV) guidelines.
- Maintains deep knowledge of internal/external policies and regulations for medical education across geographies.
- Works across multiple markets to achieve franchise strategic medical-business objectives via program selection/execution and relationships with key ex-U.S. medical societies.
- Maintains high scientific and market knowledge through participation in relevant forums.
- Oversees and reconciles budgetary and financial transactions for each activity.
Qualifications (Minimum)
- Bachelor’s degree in science, business, or health care.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating and leading cross-functional teams to achieve measurable objectives.
- 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.
- Strong project-management skills.
- Ability to solve complex problems and identify innovative solutions to manage daily processes within compliance and local laws/regulations.
- Willingness to travel 25%.
Qualifications (Preferred)
- Advanced degree (e.g., master’s or doctorate such as MA, MS, PhD, PharmD, DO, MBBS) in science, business, or health-care fields.
Required Skills
- 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.
Application Instructions
- Apply through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (application deadline stated on the posting).
- Manages the organization and execution of end-to-end therapeutic-focused group input meetings (GIMs) and consulting service agreements (CSAs) aligned with strategy, scientific platform, and market needs.
- Reviews action memos for expert input activities for global and U.S. programs, ensuring the business need is clearly articulated.
- Leads planning and execution of GIMs: partners with medical stakeholders on agendas/discussion guides, selects global scientific leaders, executes programs compliantly, and finalizes executive summaries capturing relevant scientific input.
- Ensures final program documentation complies with policies/procedures and is archived in the appropriate online repository.
- Manages end-to-end therapeutic-focused global (ex-U.S.) medical education program organization and execution aligned to strategy, scientific platform, and market needs.
- Develops medical-education program agendas (independent and with selected societies) aligned with regulatory governance and country-specific guidance to improve patient outcomes.
- Informs selection of key scientific leaders; oversees planning documentation/content development and supervises program execution.
- Ensures program plans are communicated timely to company subsidiaries.
- Ensures global (ex-U.S.) meetings, medical education programs, and CSAs adhere to company and country policies/standards.
- Ensures complete conflict of interest checks (including FCPA) and that expert contracts reflect appropriate terms/conditions consistent with country guidance and fair market value (FMV) guidelines.
- Maintains deep knowledge of internal/external policies and regulations for medical education across geographies.
- Works across multiple markets to achieve franchise strategic medical-business objectives via program selection/execution and relationships with key ex-U.S. medical societies.
- Maintains high scientific and market knowledge through participation in relevant forums.
- Oversees and reconciles budgetary and financial transactions for each activity.
Qualifications (Minimum)
- Bachelor’s degree in science, business, or health care.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating and leading cross-functional teams to achieve measurable objectives.
- 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.
- Strong project-management skills.
- Ability to solve complex problems and identify innovative solutions to manage daily processes within compliance and local laws/regulations.
- Willingness to travel 25%.
Qualifications (Preferred)
- Advanced degree (e.g., master’s or doctorate such as MA, MS, PhD, PharmD, DO, MBBS) in science, business, or health-care fields.
Required Skills
- 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.
Application Instructions
- Apply through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (application deadline stated on the posting).