Associate Director, US Marketing – Ophthalmology Scientific Strategy
MSD
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: North Wales • Pennsylvania • United States
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Salary
💰 $142,400 - $224,100 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead the end-to-end planning, coordination, and execution of ophthalmology congress activities, ensuring alignment with marketing and scientific priorities.
- Translate scientific strategy into operational congress plans, including product theater, booth design, scientific engagement activities, and stakeholder interactions.
- Guide logistical planning and vendor coordination to support pre-, during-, and post-congress deliverables, ensuring scientific quality, compliance, and execution excellence.
- Execute medical education initiatives aligned with the Ophthalmology scientific strategy, including branded and unbranded medical education (IME) programs for various scientific exchange platforms.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to identify unmet educational needs and deliver high-quality, evidence-based educational content.
- Engage external scientific experts, KOLs, and medical societies to ensure relevance, credibility, and excellence of educational deliverables.
- Define and monitor congress and medical education KPIs and success metrics with robust post-event analysis to inform future strategy and maximize impact.
- Serve as a strategic partner to Scientific Strategy leadership, providing input on congress and integrated medical education needs and prioritization.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders across the enterprise including Medical Affairs, Outcomes Research, Global Marketing, Clinical, Regulatory, Communications, Legal/Compliance to ensure cohesive, data-driven communication objectives and operational plans.
- Partner with fellow colleagues to invest in each other’s development, build a culture of inclusivity, psychological safety, transparency and stretch our collective team’s thinking by challenging the status quo for the purpose of creating stronger outcomes.
Requirements
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in pharmaceutical or biotech; ophthalmology, retina, or specialty biologics preferred.
- Ability to understand complex medical science and translate it into clear, compelling communications.
- Strong people leadership and the ability to influence without direct authority.
- Demonstrated strategic thinking, problem‑solving, analytical skills, and the ability to convert complex data into actionable strategies; leverages innovation to drive impact.
- Proven success working in matrixed environments and partnering effectively with cross‑functional teams to achieve shared objectives.
- Strong operational and project management capabilities with a focus on delivering a positive customer experience.
- Prior launch experience preferred.
- Ability to interpret data analytics and customer/market insights to inform business decisions.
- Strong written and verbal communication demonstrated through strategy development, business case creation, customer engagement, and/or sales presentations.
- Solid understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements in the biopharmaceutical industry.
- Familiarity with the broader healthcare landscape and stakeholder dynamics.
- Embraces learning, collaboration, adaptability, and continuous improvement.
- Demonstrates a high level of professionalism, integrity, and ethical judgment.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
- retirement benefits, including 401(k)
- paid holidays
- vacation
- compassionate and sick days
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementdata analyticsmedical educationstrategic planningcompliancescientific engagementKPI monitoringvendor coordinationoperational executionbiopharmaceutical knowledge
Soft Skills
leadershipinfluence without authoritystrategic thinkingproblem-solvinganalytical skillscollaborationadaptabilitycommunicationprofessionalismintegrity