Merck KGaA Posted October 15, 2026

Field Marketing Specialist (Lab Water)

Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia FULL_TIME
Notify me about similar jobs

Merck KGaA is the source of truth for this posting and owns the application process. We surface normalized context and market comparison you won't find on the original listing.

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.

About the role

We are looking for an energetic and commercially minded Field Marketing Specialist to develop and execute localised marketing plans for Lab Water across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

Working closely with internal teams, customers and partners, you will translate regional strategies into impactful market activities that strengthen customer relationships, increase brand awareness, generate qualified opportunities, and support profitable growth.

Key responsibilities

Develop and deliver localised marketing plans across Southeast Asia.

Coordinate campaigns, customer engagement initiatives, events, and partner activities.

Adapt global and regional strategies to local customer needs, cultures, languages, and market requirements.

Collaborate with cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams to deliver projects from planning through execution.

Build customer and market insight through market, customer, and competitor analysis.

Track campaign performance, pipeline contribution, and commercial impact, and communicate results clearly.

Support digital marketing, CRM, marketing automation, virtual collaboration, and event-management activities.

About you

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant science or business discipline, or equivalent experience in a science-based industry.

At least three years of experience in field marketing, product management, commercial sales, business development, or a related role, preferably in a technical B2B, laboratory, life science, healthcare, or instrumentation environment.

Experience working across multiple Southeast Asian markets is highly desirable.

Strong project management, analytical, communication, presentation, and stakeholder-influencing skills.

Comfortable working independently and collaboratively across multicultural, cross-functional, and geographically distributed teams.

Digitally minded, agile, proactive, solution-oriented, and eager to adopt new approaches and technologies.

Proficient in Microsoft Office and familiar with CRM, marketing, analytics, collaboration, and event tools.

Willing and able to travel within Southeast Asia as required.

Join us

If you are passionate about customer-focused marketing and enjoy turning regional strategies into measurable local impact, we would love to hear from you.

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
Not listed
Function
Marketing
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

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

We currently track 1331 comparable Marketing roles across 166 biopharma companies.

1331Comparable roles tracked
1190Currently active
166Companies hiring similar roles
63Countries represented

Salary context

345 of 1331 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Customer Experience Representative · AbbVie $16/hr – $29/hr (≈ $33,280–$60,320/yr)
Highest disclosed · Sr Director/Director, Neurology Patient Marketing (Remote, US) · Servier $251/hr – $307/hr (≈ $522,080–$638,560/yr)
Peer group range $46,800 – $580,320 (median $205,000)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 1331 comparable roles

United States566
China109
India92
Japan69
Germany47
United Kingdom40

+ 57 more countries

Seniority mix

1080 of 1331 peers have a known seniority level

Manager541
Director173
Associate Director169
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc59
Senior52
Senior Director42
Associate25
Executive/VP18
Principal1

Therapeutic area mix

257 of 1331 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology113
Neuroscience38
Rare Disease26
Vaccines & Infectious Disease19
Immunology16
Dermatology & Aesthetics15
Cardiovascular / CVRM14
Respiratory8
Gastroenterology4
Ophthalmology4

Similar opportunities

The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.

40%similar
Sanofi-Aventis (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Manager
Same function Same country
40%similar
Roche Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Same function Same country
40%similar
Pfizer (M) Sdn Bhd - MYS Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Manager
Same function Same country
40%similar
Amgen Biopharmaceuticals Malaysia Sdn Bhd Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Intern/Fellow/Postdoc
Same function Same country
40%similar
Roche Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Same function Same country
40%similar
Roche Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia Associate
Same function Same country

Notify me about similar jobs

Get an email when we spot other openings like this one – same job function, comparable seniority, roles you'd actually want to see.

Or follow a whole field: get every new Marketing job in Malaysia, and choose locations and companies.

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.

40%
Customer Engagement Manager, Vaccines MYSG
Sanofi-Aventis (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd · Petaling Jaya, Malaysia · Manager
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
40%
Pharmaceutical Marketing Intern
Amgen Biopharmaceuticals Malaysia Sdn Bhd · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Intern/Fellow/Postdoc
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
40%
Internship - Vaccines Marketing (Feb/Mar 2027 to Aug/Sept 2027)
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical Sdn. Bhd. · Petaling Jaya, Malaysia · Intern/Fellow/Postdoc
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
40%
Digital Marketing Operations Manager (Japanese Speaker)
Roche · Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia · Manager
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
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.