Senior Director, Global Medical Affairs – Pulmonary Hypertension

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🕒 May 20

🏖️ New Jersey – Remote

🏖️ New Jersey – Remote

💵 $210.4k - $331.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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MSD

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1891

🧬 Biotechnology

💊 Pharmaceuticals

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Biotechnology • Pharmaceuticals • Healthcare Insurance

MSD is a leading biopharmaceutical company known as Merck & Co. , Inc. in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, and as MSD globally. The company focuses on scientific innovation to deliver medicines and vaccines for various health challenges, including oncology, vaccines, infectious diseases, and cardio-metabolic diseases. MSD operates multiple divisions, including Human Health, Animal Health, and Research & Development. With approximately 75,000 employees worldwide and a significant investment in research and development, MSD is committed to improving global health through its scientific advancements. Additionally, the company places a strong emphasis on diversity, inclusion, and corporate responsibility. MSD’s operations extend worldwide, offering opportunities in numerous regions and promoting diversity and innovation in all aspects of its business.

📋 Description

• Drives execution of the annual V&I plan with medical affairs colleagues from key countries and regions including U.S. • Acts as an empowered partner, making informed decisions with a strategic and agile mindset. • Serves as the SME and connector across assigned therapeutic areas, translating global scientific platforms into actionable Medical Value Narratives (MVNs). • 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. • Serves as the medical representative within Product Development sub-teams (including Clinical, V&I, Commercial, Publications, and Label), leveraging the V&I GMSA vision to drive strategic planning, outcome delivery, and tactical execution. • Communicates pertinent information to stakeholders to inform and influence country and regional planning. • Acts as the subject-matter expert, collaborating closely with V&I Outcomes Research, Policy, Commercial, and Market Access teams to identify and address opportunities and barriers in key countries. • Serves as a strategic partner for Big Country Markets (U.S., China, Japan) with no RDMA role. • Plays a pivotal role in bridging global strategy with local execution. • Proactively collaborates with the US DMA and equivalent roles in China and Japan. • Consolidates actionable medical insights from countries and regions. • Engages with a network of international scientific leaders and other key stakeholders. • Monitors external changing environment in partnership with the competitive intelligence (CI) team. • Organizes global expert-input events (advisory boards and expert-input forums). • Collaborates with Global Human Health (commercial) executive directors to inform of the GMSA portion of V&I plans to ensure alignment. • Organizes global symposia and medical educational meetings. • Supports key countries with the development of local data-generation study concepts and protocols when requested. • Reviews Investigator-Initiated Study proposals from key countries (ex-U.S.) prior to headquarters submission. • Manages programs (patient support, educational or risk management) to support appropriate and safe utilization of medicines. • Demonstrates and champions our company’s Ways of Working, emphasizing innovation and focusing on the impact to the patient. • Manages assigned budget with strong financial stewardship, ensuring delivery within a 3% variance.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum M.D., Ph.D. or Pharm.D. (M.D. preferred) and recognized medical expertise in Pulmonary Hypertension space. • Minimum 5 years experience in pulmonary hypertension. • Experience in country/region or global medical affairs or clinical development. • Strong prioritization and decision-making skills. • Strategic thinking skills and broad understanding of therapeutic area, scientific knowledge. • Ability to effectively collaborate with partners across divisions in a matrix environment. • Excellent interpersonal, analytical, and communication skills (written and oral) in addition to results-oriented project management skills.

🏖️ Benefits

• 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 • eligibility for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable