Merck KGaA Posted October 12, 2026

Head of Marketing, Fertility BU

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Full time
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About this opportunity

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患者さんのためにひとつになって団結し、生命の誕生、QOLの向上、命をつなぐサポートをすることか、ヘルスケアにおける私たちの目的です。私たちは、腫瘍学、神経学、不妊治療などの疾患領域において、医薬品、インテリジェント装置、革新的技術を開発します。私たちのチームは、人生のすべてのステージで患者さんを助けるために、情熱と執拗な好奇心を持って6大陸全体で協力して働いています。ヘルスケアチームに入ることは、多様的で包含的、そして柔軟な職場文化の一部となることです。世界中で個人的な能力開発とキャリアアップの素晴らしいチャンスが待ち受けています。

Your Role

At the heart of one of the most meaningful areas of medicine, you will shape the strategic direction of a full fertility portfolio in Japan, driving growth, inspiring a team, and making a tangible difference for patients and healthcare professionals alike. In this senior leadership role, you will own the end to end marketing strategy for the Fertility Business Unit, translating deep market and customer insight into integrated brand and portfolio plans that deliver sustainable commercial performance. You will set the vision for how the portfolio is positioned across marketed brands, pipeline assets, and digital solutions, and you will lead disciplined execution in close partnership with Sales, Medical Affairs, Commercial Excellence, Market Access, Regulatory, Supply, and Finance. As a key member of the Fertility Business Unit leadership team, you will represent Japan's strategic priorities in regional and global forums, actively influencing decisions that shape the broader business. You will build a high performing, inclusive marketing team, foster a culture of accountability and psychological safety, and develop talent with a long term perspective. This role is recognized as a key successor position within the Business Unit leadership structure.

Who You Are

You bring at least 10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including a minimum of 5 years in marketing and 3 years leading and developing a team.

You have a proven track record of developing and executing successful brand, portfolio, or customer strategies in a complex, regulated healthcare environment; experience leading multiple brands or a full portfolio is a strong advantage.

You are skilled at synthesizing market, customer, competitive, and financial information to define clear strategic choices, translate them into executable plans, and manage performance with rigor.

You are an effective people leader who coaches and develops direct reports, builds team capability, and creates a culture of accountability, collaboration, and inclusion.

You communicate with clarity and confidence, and you are able to align and influence senior stakeholders across local, regional, and global organizations.

You demonstrate high personal accountability, sound judgment, and resilience; you are comfortable operating with ambiguity, prioritizing competing demands, and following through on decisions.

You possess AI literacy: an understanding of how artificial intelligence technologies work, their practical applications in a commercial context, and the ethical considerations, including bias, fairness, privacy, and accountability, needed to make informed and responsible decisions.

You hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; an advanced degree in business, life sciences, marketing, or a related field is preferred.

You are fluent in Japanese and have business level English proficiency, with the ability to lead discussions, influence decisions, and present in an international business environment.

Location

Japan

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今すぐ応募して、発見を促し、人類の発展を高めることに専念するチームの一員になりましょう!

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Marketing
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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
Japan68
Germany47
United Kingdom40

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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

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