MSD

Global Director – Medical Affairs, Atherosclerosis

MSD

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Pennsylvania • United States

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Salary

💰 $210,400 - $331,100 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Drives execution of the annual V&I plan with medical affairs colleagues from key countries and regions with a focus on the 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 (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 (U.S., China, Japan) with no RDMA role.
  • Plays a pivotal role in bridging global strategy with local execution, including understanding the needs of the U.S. Market.
  • Consolidates actionable medical insights from countries and regions.
  • Engages with a network of international scientific leaders and other key stakeholders about our company’s emerging science.
  • Monitors external changing environment in partnership with the competitive intelligence (CI) team.
  • Organizes global expert-input events to answer our company’s questions about how to develop and implement new medicines or vaccines.

Requirements

  • Minimum M.D., Ph.D. or Pharm.D. (M.D. preferred) and recognized medical expertise.
  • 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) 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
  • compassionate and sick days
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Hard Skills & Tools
medical expertiseclinical developmentstrategic planningdata generationproject managementmedical value narrativesoutcome deliverytactical executioncompetitive intelligence
Soft Skills
prioritizationdecision-makingcollaborationinterpersonal skillsanalytical skillscommunication skillsresults-oriented
Certifications
M.D.Ph.D.Pharm.D.