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Job Description

Role Summary

• The Regional Medical Scientific Senior Director Team Lead, is a credentialed (i.e., MD, PhD, PharmD, DNP, or DO,) therapeutic and disease expert whose primary role is the leadership, management, and accountability of a field-based team of Regional Medical Scientific Senior Director and their deliverables.

• The Regional Medical Scientific Senior Director Team Lead ensures team members adhere to Company policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs,) execute on field medical plans, and engage in company research initiatives. The role may have additional responsibilities for executing on US Medical Affairs and/or Global Medical & Scientific Affairs objectives or other corporate initiatives.

• The primary focus of this role will be Rheumatology and Dermatology

Responsibilities and Primary Activities

Leadership and Management

• Manages, recruits, and on-boards a team of field-based medical affairs professionals

• Assesses Regional Medical Scientific Senior Director performance to objectives and competencies through routine field observation/coaching visits, internal and external stakeholder feedback, and field/customer metric analysis

• Assists with personal development plans and monitors goals for each Regional Medical Scientific Senior Director

• Communicates assigned disease state field execution plans to the team and monitors performance to plan, aligned to: Scientific Exchange, Insights, Scientific Congresses, and Research

• Keeps current with resources and uses those resources to enhance the development of the team and its members

• Provides input on internal resource development

• Ensures that all team members comply with the intent and application of company ethics and compliance with respect to guidelines and policies, including driver safety in the field environment

Planning and Project Management

• In alignment with Executive Director, Field Medical Affairs, provides project management to ensure development and execution of the assigned disease support plans

• As needed, provides input and/or project management with US Medical Affairs and/or Global Medical and Scientific Affairs organizations

Budget Management

• Reviews and approves expense reports

• Acts as a financial steward of Our Company resources with respect to individual and employee actions

Inclusive Mindset and Behavior

• Demonstrates eagerness to contribute to an environment of belonging, inclusion, equity, and empowerment

• Leads by example and serves as a role model for creating, leading, and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce

Required Qualifications , Skills, & Experience

Minimum

• MD, PhD, PharmD, DNP, or DO with demonstrated ability to effectively lead and coach scientific/medical colleagues at all skill and knowledge levels

• 3+ years of experience in a field-based medical role with proven competency in customer engagement and education

• Relevant therapeutic area knowledge

• Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills, strong personal integrity, teamwork abilities (including the ability to lead a therapeutic team across a geographical area), business acumen, and focus on scientific education and dialogue

• A thorough understanding of FDA, OIG, HIPAA, and other ethical guidelines, laws, and regulations relevant to the pharmaceutical industry and its customers to ensure compliance with all external and internal guidelines and standard operating procedures

• Ability to organize, prioritize, and work effectively in a constantly changing environment and to motivate a team to do the same

Desire to develop and manage a team in an environment of belonging, engagement, equity, and empowerment by:

• Working to transform the environment, culture, and business landscape

• Leveraging diversity and inclusion to ensure business value, per global diversity and inclusion strategy

• Ensuring accountability to drive an inclusive culture

• Strengthening the foundational elements of diversity

Preferred

• Previous experience managing professional employees, especially field-based medical personnel

• Strong working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access), and ability to interface effectively with a variety of technical platforms for the collection, review, and dissemination of medical information

• Scientific/medical research experience, including demonstrated record of scientific/medical publication

• Knowledge of Rheumatology, and Dermatology therapeutic areas

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US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:

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U.S. Hybrid Work Model

Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.

San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

50%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Remote

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

Yes

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

02/12/2025

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Requisition ID: R333146