Merck KGaA Posted October 19, 2026

Head of Discovery Solutions (DS) Commercial Japan _ Life Science

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Full time
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The Head of Japan, Discovery Solutions

Role Summary 

Your role is responsible for leading, developing, implementing and executing a GTM strategy for the Discovery Solutions in the commercial region of Japan.   The role leads the development, implementation and execution of strategic and operational plans that optimise sales outcomes and market share.

Key Responsibility 

·       Define and execute a multi-year growth strategy that accelerates market penetration, customer acquisition, and share gain.

·       Expand strategic relationships with major accounts and high-growth customers and translate customer research workflows into integrated commercial opportunities across the Discovery Solutions portfolio.

·       Seeking for new opportunities /initiatives within business point of view to drive long term business sales and growth

·       Develop and execute a comprehensive distributor growth strategy and build executive relationships with key distribution partners.

·       Ensure alignment of distributor activities with country growth priorities and implement distributor performance management through KPI-driven reviews.

·       Build a high-performance team by hiring high-quality people, training and developing them, providing ongoing mentoring, retaining the best talent through motivation and recognition.

·       Lead organizational change initiatives that improve commercial productivity and scalability.

·       Supervising field force execution to ensure compliance with business conduct agreements

·       Supervising goods supply from various supply points to ensure stock availability at Distributor's warehouses, and closely supervising stock levels at customers and ensuring that they are at acceptable levels.

·       Provide leadership (direction, market feedback, recommendations, support, development) to field sales& marketing staffs and management as appropriate

·       Optimally drive and ensure the achievement of sales targets and company objectives.

·       Foster and promote high levels of teamwork, motivation from cross-functional teams.

Who You Are:

·        At least 15 years of experience in Sales/Business related field

·        Extensive demonstrated experience in a sales management role, including directly leading a sales teams cross countries

·        Experience in leading a high performing and diverse team

·        Extensive experience in implementing multi-channel sales strategies

·        Demonstrated experience in working collaborative in a cross functional leadership team

·        High- level of commercial acumen and numerical reasoning

·        High-level of analytical and reporting skills

·        Excellent verbal, written, negotiation and interpersonal communications skills & Fluency and proficient in spoken and written English

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Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Drug Discovery & Preclinical Research
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Drug Discovery & Preclinical Research role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 421 comparable Drug Discovery & Preclinical Research roles across 55 biopharma companies.

421Comparable roles tracked
404Currently active
55Companies hiring similar roles
17Countries represented

Salary context

154 of 421 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.

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Highest disclosed · AVP/ Head, Quantitative Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics - Oncology · Merck $282,200/yr – $444,200/yr
Peer group range $0 – $363,200 (median $186,375)

Where these roles are based

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United States317
India16
China13
United Kingdom12
Switzerland10
Canada9

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Seniority mix

346 of 421 peers have a known seniority level

Senior101
Principal69
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc53
Director40
Associate Director23
Associate23
Senior Director18
Manager10
Executive/VP9

Therapeutic area mix

67 of 421 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology31
Neuroscience15
Immunology8
Cardiovascular / CVRM7
Respiratory2
Vaccines & Infectious Disease1
Gastroenterology1
Ophthalmology1
Rare Disease1

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