Job Description

Role Summary:

• The Senior Director (SD), Oncology MISP (Investigator Studies Program)/Congress Operations, Value & Implementation (V&I) Global Medical and Value Capabilities (GMVC), leads a team of project management, or research management professionals to operationalize our company’s oncology portfolio of Investigator-Initiated Studies (IIS).

• The SD Oncology MISP/Congress Operations is responsible for the efficient and compliant end-to-end execution of research activities from committee review and approval through budgeting, contracting, study execution to publication and closeout.

• The SD Oncology MISP/Congress Operations oversees a multi-million-dollar budget supporting 900 predominately interventional IIS and interacts with 15 review committees.

• The SD Oncology MISP/Congress Operations is responsible for supporting alliance activities for IIS activities including establishing governance, ways of working, and training.

• The SD Oncology MISP/Congress Operations is responsible for effectively implementing GMVC and ourResearch & Development Division standard operating procedures across the relevant phases of IIS activities.

• The SD Oncology MISP/Congress Operations partners with Congress Operations for major Oncology congresses providing PM support from the team to facilitate our Research & Development Division debriefs, abstract planning, and SL engagements.

Responsibilities and Primary Activities:

Key Functions

• Manages operational support for IIS in collaboration with MISP Chairs (Executive Director of Scientific Affairs)

• Ensures scientific, strategic and operational alignment across multiple tumor and asset teams

• Optimizes MISP resources and study budgets to ensure linkage to strategic alignment with V&I Plans

• Instills a culture of best practice and knowledge sharing and continuous improvement

• Oversees coordination of clinical supply for IIS, partnering with Global Clinical Supplies (GCS) and our Company's Manufacturing Division

• Partners with legal, compliance and other research operations functions

• Monitors initiatives to ensure adequate resourcing and timely execution

• Identifies overlapping initiatives and if needed, aligns/stops activities to ensure efficient use of resources

• Oversees initiatives and communicates status to senior management on a regular basis

• Ensures the efficient implementation of operational excellence and process improvement initiatives across the entire Oncology MISP portfolio

• Assists in building and maintenance of the MISP research operating model and processes

• Recruits and develops new team members into their assigned roles and responsibilities

• Fosters sharing of relevant best practices across the enterprise

Critical Competencies/Key Functional Skills and Knowledge

• Expertise and experience overseeing an operations team

• Ability to develop talent throughout the organization

• Ability to collaborate in cross-functional and cross-enterprise teams and working groups

• Ability to lead in a matrix organization, including managing of direct and indirect reports and other functions without direct authority

• Demonstrated skills working in complex corporate environments and exercising influence without positional authority

• Demonstrated skills in identifying process gaps and building new processes

• Demonstrated decision-making skills and effective communication skills

• Demonstrated leadership in working with networks, experimentation, sharing information and learning from best practices

• Strong strategic thinking, creating an organizational vision and empowering teams to achieve success

• Strong interpersonal skills, communication, collaboration, and internal/external networking capabilities

• Exhibits executive presence, deep subject matter expertise and strong business acumen

Required Qualifications , Skills & Experience:

Minimum :

• Bachelor’s Degree in scientific, research, operational or business discipline

• 10+ years of leading, teams responsible for global research operational activities

• Experience leading and directly managing teams, including leading cross-functional teams and managers of managers

• Ability to navigate new or ambiguous situations

• Experience initiating, developing and leading broad-scale process improvement projects and programs

• Experience making complex decisions and strategic choices

Preferred :

• Master’s Degree (business, operations, or scientific discipline)

• Experience with the compliance landscape required for research, e.g. Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Good Pharmacovigilance Practice (GPP)

• Leading a diverse workforce and managing mix of full-time and contractor employees

• Demonstrated ability to build, mentor and develop talent

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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”.

The Company is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this job in certain states and cities within the United States. 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 US salary range:

$164,800.00 - $259,400.00

Available benefits include bonus eligibility, long term incentive if applicable, health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and sick days. A summary of benefits is listed here (https://www.benefitsatmerck.com/) .

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

N/A

Job Posting End Date:

12/31/2024

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Requisition ID: R326315