Team Lead East - Senior Director, US Medical Affairs, GI Oncology, (Remote)

Regional Medical Scientific Senior Director Team Lead

The Regional Medical Scientific Senior Director Team Lead (RMSD TL) is a credentialed therapeutic and disease expert who owns leadership, management, and full accountability for a regional, field-based team of Regional Medical Scientific Directors (RMSD) and their prioritized deliverables. The RMSD TL drives consistent, compliant execution of field medical plans, ensuring the team delivers high-impact scientific exchange, insights, congress engagement, and research contributions that advance US Medical Affairs (USMA) and Value and Implementation (V&I) goals and other corporate priorities. This role requires a proactive, accountable leader who combines scientific credibility with strong people leadership, strategic focus, and operational discipline. The RMSD TL must be willing to make and own difficult decisions, influence cross-functional partners, and deliver measurable field impact.

Leadership and Management

• Clearly communicates USMA-aligned field execution plans and expectations; monitor progress and course-correct to meet country medical affairs plans and Field Engagement Plan objectives and timelines aligned to : Scientific Exchange, Insights, Scientific Congresses, and Research.
• Champions the team's contribution to USMA and V&I priorities; ensure field insights and research outputs are captured, synthesized, and translated into actionable recommendations.
• Manages, recruits, and onboards a team of field-based medical affairs professionals.
• Assess RMSD performance to objectives and competencies by using our company's performance principles through routine field observation / coaching visits, internal and external stakeholder feedback, and field / customer metric analysis.
• Supports the professional growth and development plans of each RMSD through coaching, guidance, and partnership in developing and implementing individualized employee development.
• Advocates for and contributes to the development of internal resources and processes that elevate field effectiveness and operational excellence.
• Leverages external and internal resources to advance team capability, scientific credibility, and strategic impact.

Compliance and Ethical Leadership

Strategic Planning and Execution

Required Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

Preferred

Additional Skills

Required Skills

Preferred Skills

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

The salary range for this role is $206,200.00 - $324,600.00. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs. The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare, and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https : / / jobs.merck.com / us / en / compensation-and-benefits. You can apply for this role through https : / / jobs.merck.com / us / en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.

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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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