Director, U.S. Marketing, Atherosclerosis (HCC Strategy)

About the role

MSD is recruiting a Director, U.S. Marketing, HCC Strategy, Atherosclerosis, a highly visible U.S. pharmaceutical marketing role. The position owns the comprehensive HCC strategy, including the holistic HCC experience and activation plan, the end-to-end Direct to Patient (DtP) strategy and health equity initiatives. It sits in the HCC Customer Agile team, reports to the Executive Director, U.S. Commercial Leader, Atherosclerosis and is based in the Upper Gwynedd, PA office.

Key responsibilities

• Develop the comprehensive HCC strategy, experience and activation plan, and establish governance, decision forums, KPI reviews and performance routines.
• Build an integrated, patient-centered experience covering education, access, affordability, fulfillment and ongoing engagement.
• Own the end-to-end Direct to Patient strategy, including roadmap, prioritization, launch readiness, performance management and cross-functional execution.
• Lead integrated launch readiness, including milestone tracking, risk identification, issue resolution and escalation of key decisions.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration across marketing, access, payer marketing, customer experience, digital, analytics, legal, compliance, privacy, medical, supply chain, training and external partners.
• Work in an agile model, turning strategic priorities into outcomes, backlog priorities, sprint goals and deliverables, and partner with Product Marketing Owners.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent; MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred.
• Significant consumer marketing, patient access, digital health, product ownership or platform-based solution experience.
• Pharmaceutical experience preferred.
• Ability to lead in a matrixed environment and influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.

Required skills

• Strategy, roadmap, launch execution, budget, forecasting and performance management.
• Understanding of U.S. healthcare access, affordability, pharmacy fulfillment, patient support and regulatory/compliance considerations.
• Preferred: experience building or scaling Direct-to-Patient, patient support, digital access, e-commerce or consumer-facing healthcare capabilities, and familiarity with patient journey analytics, CRM and omnichannel engagement.

What we offer

• Base salary range of $190,800 to $300,300, with eligibility for annual bonus and long-term incentives.
• Medical, dental, vision and other insurance benefits for employee and family, retirement benefits including 401(k).
• Paid holidays, vacation and compassionate and sick days.