Associate Director, Global Oncology – Alliances

MSD

Leading global marketing efforts for oncology brands and indications with a focus on strategic partnerships. Collaborating across teams to enhance customer engagement and drive brand success.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeRahway • New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $156,900 - $247,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead efforts in the marketing team for in-line indications in the highly innovative and competitive oncology arena
Drive alignment with regions and alliance partners in the development and execution of Global strategy
Develop global branding guidelines across the alliance structure, ensuring consistency and alignment with partner companies.
Build strong value propositions across customer personas and develop brand narratives that link to internal frameworks.
Collaborate with multiple functional teams including Market Research, Precision Medicine, oncology disease/tumor teams, Medical Affairs, Legal, and Compliance.
Generate deep customer insights by leading efforts to understand customer drivers, barriers, and ecosystems.
Partner with Market Research and Analytics functions to track and enhance KPI monitoring
Initiate brand strategy customer insight market research projects in collaboration with the market research function.
Lead the brand strategic planning in collaboration with the internal Global stakeholders and Global Alliance partners.
Lead content development designed to enable customer engagement in multiple channels.
Coordinate with agency partners on customer engagement material development and on the Promotional Review Team (PRT) process
Ensure the appropriate administration of promotional budgets for assigned products, in full compliance with company policies, values, and standards.
Manage day-to-day activities with Agency partners
Demonstrate "One Team" approach of integrating best practices and facilitating cross-regional learning
Embrace agile mindset through customer focus, co-creation, experimentation, and a metric-driven approach

Requirements

What you’ll need

5 years strong strategic thinking capabilities with commercial strategy development experience.
Material development/approval process (Veeva)
Brand planning experience.
Ability to operate in an environment of complexity and ambiguity.
Experience leading cross-functional teams.
Innovative mindset/Solution and action-oriented approach.
Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize effectively.
Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships cross-functionally.
Marketing experience (preferably Global)
Bachelor’s degree in science or business.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

strategic thinkingcommercial strategy developmentbrand planningmarket researchKPI monitoringcontent developmentpromotional budget administrationproject managementcustomer insights generationagile mindset

Soft Skills

cross-functional team leadershiprelationship buildinginnovative mindsetsolution-oriented approachaction-oriented approachprioritizationcollaborationcustomer focusco-creationexperimentation

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in scienceBachelor’s degree in business