Merck KGaA Posted September 8, 2026

Global Medical Director Evidence Generation Ogsiveo

Billerica, Massachusetts, United States FULL_TIME
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About this opportunity

Work Location:  Billerica, Massachusetts

Shift:  No

Department:  HC-RD-GB Medical Unit Oncology

Recruiter:  Michele Lee Stabinsky

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Your Role: As a Medical Director within the Global Medical Unit, you will serve as a key scientific leader responsible for shaping and driving evidence generation strategy for a high-priority oncology asset. In this role, you will shape how medical evidence is defined, prioritized, generated, planned, and executed to support the asset strategy and address critical evidence gaps. You will work in close partnership with the Global Medical Strategy Lead and a broad network of internal and external stakeholders, translating scientific insights and external landscape intelligence into actionable evidence plans that advance medical decision-making and support the long-term success of the asset.

You will:

Lead the development and execution of the integrated evidence generation strategy, ensuring alignment with Global Medical Unit priorities and broader asset objectives.

Lead the Identification and prioritization of medical evidence gaps and translate them into a differentiated integrated evidence plan

Lead the development of evidence generation concepts from scientific questions through study design and execution, ensuring scientific rigor, feasibility, differentiation, and strategic relevance.

Build strategic partnership with external experts and clinical investigators to challenge and validate evidence priorities, inform study design and identify emerging evidence needs

Support advisory boards, scientific exchange, and selected external engagements to gather insights and refine evidence priorities

Provide scientific leadership in cross – functional strategy forums, ensuring evidence priorities inform and are aligned with broader asset strategy.

Partner with the Global Medical Strategy Lead and cross-functional stakeholders to translate asset strategy into prioritized evidence generation activities.

Support advisory boards, scientific exchange, and selected external engagements to gather insights and refine evidence priorities.

Maintain a deep scientific, clinical, and competitive landscape expertise and translate emerging insights into strategic implications for the asset. Translate insights from internal and external interactions into actionable recommendations for evidence generation and medical planning.

Foster strong collaboration across Global Medical and partner functions to support aligned and efficient execution.

Contribute to the development and review of scientific materials, medical content, and evidence-focused communications

Who You Are

Basic / Minimum Qualifications:

Medical degree (MD) is required

5+ years in Medical Affairs or clinical development in global position in oncology

5+ years of oncology experience required including experience with rare tumor types such as desmoid tumors, neurofibromatosis-related tumors, or tenosynovial giant cell tumors.

8+ years of relevant pharmaceutical industry experience in medical affairs, clinical development, research and development, or evidence generation.

Demonstrated experience developing and executing evidence generation strategies, including interventional studies, real word evidence, and investigator-sponsored research.

Preferred Qualifications:

Proven ability to work independently and influence outcomes within matrixed, cross-functional teams.

Experience developing evidence plans, medical gap analyses, or evidence generation strategies across the product lifecycle.

Experience supporting advisory boards, scientific exchange initiatives, and external stakeholder engagements.

Pay Transparency

US Pay Range for this position – $185,800 – $278,600. The offer range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base pay compensation for this position. The actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level of experience, education, skills, and other job-related factors. Position may be eligible for sales or performance-based bonuses. Benefits offered by the Company include health insurance, paid time off (PTO), retirement contributions, and other perquisites. For more information  click here .

The Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. No employee or applicant for employment will be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, transgender status, marital status, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.  This policy of Equal Employment Opportunity applies to all policies and programs relating to recruitment and hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Any applicant or employee who believes they have been discriminated against by the Company or anyone acting on behalf of the Company must report any concerns to their Human Resources Business Partner, Legal, or Compliance immediately. The Company will not retaliate against any individual because they made a good faith report of discrimination.

Job details

Seniority
Director
Function
Medical Affairs
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Billerica, Massachusetts, United States
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

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We currently track 227 comparable Director Medical Affairs roles across 50 biopharma companies.

227Comparable roles tracked
221Currently active
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16Countries represented

Salary context

111 of 227 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 $185,800/yr – $278,600/yr
Lowest disclosed · Principal Strategic Medical Writer · AbbVie $109,500/yr – $208,500/yr
Highest disclosed · Sr Medical Director (Heme Oncology) (Boston, US) · Servier $298/hr – $350/hr (≈ $619,840–$728,000/yr)
Peer group range $159,000 – $673,920 (median $264,000)

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