Senior Global Director Medical Affairs (GDMA) – Genitourinary Malignancies

# Job Description

## Role Summary
The Global Senior Director, Medical Affairs (GDMA) is a subject matter expert in their area of responsibility (e.g., defined tumor, asset, vaccine) and is responsible for driving execution of the Global Medical and Scientific Affairs (GMSA) portion for their assigned Therapeutic Areas (TA) as part of the Global Value & Implementation (V&I) Plans. As a highly specialized SME, they bring business savviness to the organization, serve as key decision makers, and focus on the US while also supporting the Rest of the World (ROW).

The GDMA may also be appointed as a V&I Lead for their disease/asset area, which includes additional organizationally aligned responsibilities. The GDMA works as part of a high‑performing, results‑driven team focused on executional excellence.

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## Responsibilities and Primary Activities
– 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.

– Serves as the subject matter expert (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 GMSA vision to drive strategic planning, outcome delivery, and tactical execution. Communicates pertinent information to stakeholders (e.g., EDMA, RSL, RDMA, US DMA, PASLs) to inform and influence country and regional planning.

– Acts as the subject matter expert, collaborating closely with V&I Outcomes Research (VIOR), 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 (US, China, Japan) with no RDMA role. Plays a pivotal role in bridging global strategy with local execution, including understanding the needs of the US market. Proactively collaborates with USDMA and equivalent roles in China and Japan, ensuring that country‑specific insights are integrated into global V&I plans and that global strategies are contextualized for local relevance.

– Consolidates actionable medical insights from countries and regions.

– Engages with a network of international scientific leaders and other key stakeholders (therapeutic guideline committees, payers, public groups, government officials, medical societies) about the company’s emerging science, building an important network and partnership internally and externally. Monitors the external environment in partnership with the competitive intelligence (CI) team.

– Organizes global expert input events (advisory boards and expert input forums) to answer the company’s questions about how to develop and implement new medicines or vaccines.

– Collaborates with Global Human Health (commercial) executive directors to inform the GMSA portion of V&I plans to ensure alignment, while independently leading the execution of these plans.

– Organizes global symposia and 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 prior to headquarters submission (ex‑USA) and in collaboration with RDMAs, while also serving as a review panel member on TA‑specific MISPs to support the EDSA review process.

– Manages programs (patient support, educational, or risk management) to support appropriate and safe utilization of company medicines or vaccines.

– Demonstrates and champions Ways of Working, emphasizing innovation, medical modernization, defining team priorities, and focusing on patient impact.

– Manages assigned budget with strong financial stewardship, ensuring delivery within a 3% variance. Responsible and accountable for making informed decisions when budgets change throughout the year.

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## Required Qualifications, Skills & Experience

### Minimum
– M.D., Ph.D., or Pharm.D. (M.D. preferred) and recognized medical expertise.
– Minimum of 5 years’ experience in country/region medical affairs or clinical development.
– Strong prioritization and decision‑making skills.
– Ability to effectively collaborate with partners across divisions in a matrix environment.
– Excellent interpersonal, analytical, and communication skills (written and oral), along with results‑oriented project management skills.

### Preferred
– At least 3 years of regional medical affairs experience (e.g., Regional Director Medical Affairs) in GU cancers with a proven track record of contributing to medical affairs strategies.
– Customer expertise, especially with scientific leadership and other key stakeholders (payers, public groups, government officials, medical professional organizations) in the assigned therapeutic area.

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## Required Skills
Bladder Cancer, Clinical Development, Decision Making, Genitourinary, Medical Affairs, Medical Knowledge, Oncology, Pharmaceutical Medical Affairs, Prostate Cancer, Scientific Communications, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Planning

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## US and Puerto Rico Residents Only
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## Salary Range
**$210,400.00 – $331,100.00**

This is the lowest to highest salary we believe in good faith we would pay for this role at the time of posting. An employee’s position within the range will depend on factors including 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 benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information 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 is stated on the posting.

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## Location‑Specific Notices
**San Francisco Residents:** We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

**Los Angeles Residents:** We will consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, consistent with applicable state and local laws, including the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

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