[Hiring] Associate Director, Regional Marketing @MSD

Role Description

Lead regional strategy, influence critical business decisions, and partner with markets to bring meaningful outcomes to patients across the region.

Partner with global, regional, and market leaders to align teams, shape decisions, and drive execution that makes a real difference.

Coach and inspire marketers across Asia Pacific, helping markets unlock opportunities, strengthen commercial capabilities, and deliver lasting brand success.

The Regional Commercial Manager (Associate Director) Specialty Care/Immunology will report to the Regional Franchise Director Pharma and is the regional commercial owner and ambassador for assigned brand(s) within Specialty Care/Immunology across Asia Pacific. The role is responsible for:

• Shaping brand strategy
• Planning and market prioritization
• Forecasting and lifecycle strategy
• Driving strong cross‑functional execution to help markets deliver business results

As the regional commercial lead for Specialty Care/Immunology, the Regional Commercial Manager is a trusted commercial partner to market brand teams, global marketing colleagues, and regional cross-functional teams—bringing clarity, discipline, and momentum to strategy, execution, launch readiness, and ongoing performance.

The role requires strong strategic thinking, business judgment, analytical discipline, and cross-functional collaboration. The Regional Commercial Manager will translate market insights, competitive intelligence, access realities, customer needs, and financial assumptions into clear actionable brand plans, and high-quality business decisions within the context of Specialty Care/Immunology across Asia Pacific.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years marketing or commercial experience required
• At least 3 years of marketing or commercial experience in Pharmaceuticals with digital and omni-channel experiences preferred
• In-line marketing and/or commercial experience, including launch and LOE
• Strong understanding of or experience in market access, policy, digital, and value evidence generation in Specialty Care/Immunology
• Solid grounding in marketing excellence and structured commercial capabilities
• Strong curiosity and ability to apply AI in analysis, communication, and execution
• Business and financial acumen, strong analytical ability

Requirements

• Asia Pacific market experience preferred
• Strong storytelling and executive communication capability
• Comfort operating with stakeholders at regional and global levels

Benefits

• Flexible Work Arrangements: Hybrid

Company Description

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have brought forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases.

What We Look For

We are looking for a leader who combines strategic thinking, operational discipline, and clear, compelling communication. If you bring intellectual rigor, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to convert ideas into measurable outcomes across a complex matrix, we invite you to help shape how Asia Pacific turns strategy into sustained performance and patient impact.