Merck KGaA Posted October 30, 2026

Medical Manager, Rare - Canada (Field)

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada FULL_TIME
Medical Affairs Manager
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About this opportunity

Work Your Magic with us!  Start your next chapter and join EMD Serono.

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.

This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.

Your Role:

In your role as Medical Manager, Rare Tumours, you will shape and deliver the medical affairs strategy for the therapeutic area, advancing scientific understanding of our products and helping improve patient outcomes. You will partner with Medical Scientific Experts, Medical Education and cross-functional brand teams, translating scientific advances and competitive insights into impactful medical initiatives. You will lead medical advisory boards, build trusted relationships with national key opinion leaders and patient associations, and provide scientific input to Regulatory, Market Access and Marketing while maintaining appropriate medical independence. You will strengthen colleagues’ medical capabilities through training and collaborate with global teams to generate local clinical evidence through company-sponsored studies. Across all your work, you will uphold applicable laws, regulations, company policies and industry codes.

 

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications:

You bring experience in medical affairs, including launch experience, and the ability to develop and deliver strategic plans for a therapeutic area.

You hold a postgraduate degree in a scientific or medical discipline, such as a PhD, MD or PharmD; equivalent professional degrees will also be considered. A PhD focused on the therapeutic area is an advantage.

Preferred Qualifications:

Bilingual English and French is preferred.

Knowledge of regulatory affairs, market access, drug safety, research and development is an asset.

You communicate scientific information clearly to varied audiences and build effective, ethical relationships with internal colleagues, key opinion leaders and global partners.

You bring strategic, analytical and operational judgment, cultural awareness, a strong sense of urgency and a valued customer focus.

Location:  Field, travel 60%

This is an existing vacancy.

Pay Range for this position: $145,400 - $177,700 CAD ​

Our ranges incorporate all levels and career types available within this specific role and are derived from relevant industry market data within Canada. Should we decide to make an offer, we will consider several factors, including but not limited to your skills, experience, career level, and other job-related factors. This role may offer the following benefits: health, vision, and dental coverage; life insurance; disability; a Defined Contribution Pension Plan program; paid time off; and paid holidays; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses. We use AI in the process of screening, assessing and/or selecting applicants. Further details on how we use AI in our recruitment process can be found  here .

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
Manager
Function
Medical Affairs
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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 399 comparable Manager Medical Affairs roles across 91 biopharma companies.

399Comparable roles tracked
373Currently active
91Companies hiring similar roles
46Countries represented

Salary context

102 of 399 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 $145,400/yr – $177,700/yr
Lowest disclosed · PSL&D Compliance Training Ops & Business Lead (Manager) · Pfizer $88,500/yr – $147,500/yr
Peer group range $118,000 – $255,000 (median $185,938)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 399 comparable roles

United States145
China53
Japan36
India19
Germany18
United Kingdom14

+ 40 more countries

Seniority mix

399 of 399 peers have a known seniority level

Manager230
Associate Director88
Associate81

Therapeutic area mix

141 of 399 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology57
Neuroscience30
Immunology27
Rare Disease6
Cardiovascular / CVRM6
Dermatology & Aesthetics5
Vaccines & Infectious Disease4
Respiratory3
Gastroenterology2
Ophthalmology1

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