Merck KGaA Posted August 15, 2026

Medical Advisor Neurology and Immunology (fixed term)

Rome, Rome, Italy FULL_TIME
Medical Affairs Neuroscience Associate

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About this opportunity

Work Your Magic with us!

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

Your role: 

You will participate in developing and implementing the Medical Affairs strategy in collaboration with the TA in accordance with global/international guidelines. You will propose, coordinate and implement scientific activities with high added value. Contribute to the development of internal and external training materials relating to pathology, such as documents for the proper use of the products and the management of clinical study data. Identify and develop collaborations/partnerships with groups of experts and key opinion leaders for the relevant TA. Ensuring proper budget management and monitoring. Launch activities.

Who you are: 

You have a scientific degree (Biology, Chemistry, Medicine and similar)

Proficiency both in English and in local language

3–5 years in the Pharmaceutical Industry as Medical Advisor or other Medical Experience

Experience in Neurology and Immunology is a nice to have

Excellent communication skills across a variety of internal and external stakeholders

Strategic thinking

Salary Package:

Annual Base Salary (RAL): €30.000 - €45.000

One year fixed term

Variable Compensation (SIP)

Welfare and Benefits Package

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!

Job details

Seniority
Associate
Function
Medical Affairs
Therapeutic area
Neuroscience
Location
Rome, Rome, Italy
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Medical Affairs role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 187 comparable Associate Medical Affairs roles across 69 biopharma companies.

187Comparable roles tracked
183Currently active
69Companies hiring similar roles
39Countries represented

Salary context

14 of 187 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Manager, Medical Operations · Merck KGaA $92,900/yr – $139,300/yr
Peer group range $116,100 – $198,000 (median $168,695)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 187 comparable roles

Japan25
China22
Germany19
India18
United States17
China's Mainland12

+ 33 more countries

Seniority mix

187 of 187 peers have a known seniority level

Manager130
Associate56
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc1

Therapeutic area mix

55 of 187 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology24
Immunology9
Dermatology & Aesthetics4
Cardiovascular / CVRM4
Respiratory4
Neuroscience3
Vaccines & Infectious Disease3
Gastroenterology2
Rare Disease2

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How we calculate "similar"

No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.

Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

85%
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Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
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AbbVie · Seoul, Seoul · Associate
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Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.