Senior Specialist, US Payer Marketing

Merck Helena, MT
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November 27, 2022
Merck
Helena, MT

Job Description


Our Marketing Team are passionate about bringing our medicines and vaccines to our customers around the world. Through digital listening and patient analytics, we are able to understand our customers' needs and strive to provide solutions to meet them.


We are seeking a Growth and Improvement minded Senior Marketing Specialist that can help drive our Strategic Operating Priorities.




  • Invent | Pursue the Most Promising Internal and External Science to Address Significant Unmet Medical Needs




  • Execute | Prioritize Resources Behind Our Key Growth Drivers (Oncology, Vaccines, Select Specialty Areas, Animal Health) While Optimizing Our Base Business)




  • Adapt | Develop Our People, Culture and Business Model to Evolve with a Dynamic Landscape




  • Diverse Talent | We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment with supporting leadership behaviors because having a high-performing, engaged workforce is critical to our ability to deliver innovative solutions to patients and customers around the world




  • Values and Standards | Our Steadfast Commitment to Our Values and Standards will Continue to Guide Us as We Take on New Challenges and Will Always be Fundamental to Our Success - They are a Competitive Advantage for Us




Strategic Summary


Our Company's success is backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare. The organization is comprised of sales and marketing professionals who are passionate about their role in bringing prescription medicines, vaccines, and other medical products to our customers worldwide.


As a member of U.S. Payer Brand Marketing, the Senior Specialist works closely with Marketing Associate Directors to support customer segment strategies for specific products through the development of promotional resources and communications.


Key Responsibilities:




  • Development of the marketing promotion and communications materials aligned with brand strategy and within regulatory and company policy




  • Develop appropriate pull-through materials and payer-related solutions for field sales




  • Partner with the brand team and the assigned agencies to ensure that all offerings meet customer and product objectives




  • Provide analytical support to brand team and the Marketing Associate Director




  • Lead all promotion review activities for assigned brands including: Participate in all prioritizations and deliver meetings for each assigned brand




  • Represent the need of the payer segment within the brand priorities for scheduling review time




  • Work with attorney, scientific specialists and medical leads in the approval of materials for all assigned brands




  • Managed payer budgets for assigned brands




  • Fulfill administrative responsibilities consistent with company policy




  • Manage all agency partners to achieve successful marketing promotion and communication plan




  • Work with multiple segments (Pharmacy & Distribution, Hospital/Federal, Reimbursement) to provide resources and communications to support the commercial needs and objectives of each segment




  • Interface with point Account Executives through appropriate channels to obtain feedback and insight into payer resources and communications




  • Participate in annual planning activities




Education:



  • HS Diploma


Required:




  • HS Diploma with 7 years' or BA/BS with 5 years' of relevant experience




  • Work independently and as a Team member with Integrity | Precision | Accomplishment | Motivational Ambition | Respect | Inclusion




  • Demonstrated leadership and cross-functional teamwork




  • Strength managing multiple complex and competing priorities




  • Principled verbal and written communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate strategic choices, opportunities and risks




  • Strong knowledge of marketing fundamentals and ability to align marketing strategy to the development of tactical resources




  • Experience influencing without direct authority and working successfully with cross-functional teams




  • Requires up to 10% travel




Preferred:



  • Three years of professional work experience


Our Human Health Division maintains a "patient first, profits later" ideology. The organization is comprised of sales, marketing, market access, digital analytics and commercial professionals who are passionate about their role in bringing our medicines to our customers worldwide.


Who we are ...


We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.


What we look for ...


Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us-and start making your impact today.


NOTICE FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS


In accordance with Managers' Policy - Job Posting and Employee Placement, all employees subject to this policy are required to have a minimum of twelve (12) months of service in current position prior to applying for open positions.


If you have been offered a separation benefits package but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.


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For positions located in the United States and Puerto Rico - Subject to applicable law, all new hires (including internal transfers) must demonstrate that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or that they qualify for a medical or religious exemption to this vaccination requirement. New hires (including internal transfers) to a position that, as determined by the Company, requires routine collaboration with external stakeholders (such as roles in health services or customer-facing commercial or research-based roles) ("Customer-Facing Role") who are not vaccinated must qualify for a medical or religious exemption and be in a position that the Company determines can accommodate unvaccinated employees without causing an undue burden to business operations. If, following dialog with the candidate as appropriate, it is determined that the candidate either a) does not qualify for a religious or medical exemption or, b) for candidates applying for Customer-Facing roles, it is determined that allowing the candidate to work without vaccination would cause an undue burden to the Company, the candidate will be ineligible for hire or transfer, or any offer of employment or transfer (if applicable) will be revoked. Please note that notwithstanding the approval of any reasonable accommodation, the Company reserves the right to monitor, modify, or revoke any such accommodation if it is determined, following dialog with the employee, that the accommodation is no longer effective or results in an undue burden to the Company.


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Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here (~~~) if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.


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We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another's thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.


Under New York City law, the Company is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this job. Final determinations with respect to salary will take into account a number of factors, which may include, but not be limited to the primary work location and the chosen candidate's relevant skills, experience, and education.


Expected salary range:


$96,700.00 - $164,500.00


Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully


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:


10%


Flexible Work Arrangements:


Hybrid, Remote Work


Shift:


1st - Day


Valid Driving License:


Hazardous Material(s):


Number of Openings:


1


Requisition ID: R212531



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