Merck KGaA Posted August 23, 2026

Senior Manager, US Medical Communications, Oncology (Seaport)

Boston, Massachusetts, United States FULL_TIME
Medical Affairs Oncology 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.

Your Role:

Responsible for leading the development and execution of strategic Medical Publication plans across assigned assets in Oncology. Responsible for all aspects of publication planning while working closely with the AD, Medical Communications, Medical Directors and Congress Planning leads. Receives minimal guidance or works independently. Impacts a range of important customer, operational, project and service activities within own team and other related teams. Guides and influences peers, and middle management regarding technical issues and challenges. Affects the results within own discipline with own contributions and contributes to the technical direction or the strategic direction and operational decision making in the field of specialization. Works effectively in a mixed environment and uses best practices and knowledge or interpretation of internal and external business issues to improve products or services and to define processes and standards. Solves complex problems.

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications:

Advanced scientific degree (Ph.D., PharmD) strongly preferred (Master’s degree or other scientific or clinical degrees considered) with pharmaceutical industry or medical communications agency experience (required)

6+ years of prior experience working within the pharmaceutical industry or related fields or jobs with a relevant medical/scientific focus

Experience managing medical communications agencies and associated budgets

Scientific and/or clinical experience within Oncology strongly preferred

Preferred Qualifications:

Excellent communication (written and verbal), writing, presentations, interpersonal, organizational, time management, and project management/planning skills

Demonstrated ability to provide strategic input to leadership and influence decision making, particularly on topics regarding publication planning, data dissemination, and data disclosure requirements

Ability to foster collaborative relationships with relevant stakeholder groups to enable development of robust and executable publication plans

Experience in medical writing and/or managing external publication vendors and medical writers

Ability to think strategically to guide communications-related activities in accordance with industry standards and good publication practice, and with scientific integrity and balance

Location:   Seaport office

Pay Range for this position: $143,600 - $215,400

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 .

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
Oncology
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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 282 comparable Manager Medical Affairs roles across 82 biopharma companies.

282Comparable roles tracked
253Currently active
82Companies hiring similar roles
38Countries represented

Salary context

62 of 282 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 $143,600/yr – $215,400/yr
Lowest disclosed · Clinical Research Associate · Pfizer $68,600/yr – $114,300/yr
Peer group range $91,450 – $231,700 (median $198,750)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 282 comparable roles

United States85
Japan29
China23
China's Mainland22
Germany16
India16

+ 32 more countries

Seniority mix

282 of 282 peers have a known seniority level

Manager148
Associate Director71
Associate63

Therapeutic area mix

85 of 282 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology36
Respiratory8
Neuroscience8
Immunology8
Dermatology & Aesthetics7
Cardiovascular / CVRM6
Gastroenterology5
Vaccines & Infectious Disease4
Rare Disease2
Ophthalmology1

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