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Field Medical Affairs, Team Lead – Eastern US – Pulmonary Hypertension

Job in Salem, Marion County, Oregon, 97308, USA
Listing for: Merck
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-20
Job specializations:
  • Management
    Change Management
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 210000 - 331000 USD Yearly USD 210000.00 331000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Job Description

Role Summary

The Field Medical Affairs, Team Lead of US Medical Affairs (USMA) drives strategic clarity, operational excellence, and cross-functional collaboration to enable impactful scientific engagement and insight generation. The Senior Director, Team Lead is a key leader responsible for guiding, coaching, and developing Field Medical Affairs Professionals (FMAP) to execute high-quality scientific and medical activities in alignment with USMA and enterprise priorities.

In addition, they ensure all work reflects our company's commitment to scientific integrity, ethical leadership, and patient-centered value.

Responsibilities and Primary Activities

Strategic Leadership

  • Ensures adherence to company policies and SOPs, execution of field medical plans and strategies, and support of research initiatives as appropriate.
  • Provide clear direction, vision, and alignment to USMA strategy and enterprise priorities.
  • Foster team cohesion, morale, and resilience through effective communication, recognition, and accountability.
  • Create a culture of trust and psychological safety (i.e. safe to speak up) that promotes continuous learning and growth.
  • Empower team members to lead, take ownership, and drive innovation across the organization.
  • Serve as a trusted partner to senior leaders, offering insights that shape decisions and strategic planning.
  • Set clear, measurable objectives aligned to USMA goals and monitor progress against established performance expectations.
  • Ensure accountability by the disciplined use of performance documentation, highlighting impact, and addressing gaps in a timely manner.
  • Act as a responsible data steward to inform decision making and demonstrate impact by the use of data, metrics, and reporting tools.
  • Model integrity and ensure team adherence to compliance, medical governance, and regulatory requirements, fostering a culture of transparency and accountability.
  • Contribute to annual budget planning through a clear understanding of future needs, effectively manage team budget, and act as a financial steward of company resources.

Medical & Scientific Strategy

  • Ensure team understanding and execution of medical and scientific strategies within assigned therapeutic areas or functions.
  • Translate strategic objectives into actionable engagement plans and measurable team deliverables.
  • Monitor execution quality, scientific accuracy, and compliance with regulatory, legal, and governance requirements.
  • Guide teams to engage confidently in scientific exchange, strengthening scientific rigor and external stakeholder value. Ensure teams assert the company's evidence-based scientific perspective with fair-balance and professionalism.
  • Integrate field insights into strategic planning, enabling continuous refinement of USMA medical and scientific priorities.

Mentoring & Talent Development

  • Coach, mentor, and develop team members through structured feedback, goal setting, and guiding individualized development plans.
  • Recruit, onboard, and train while providing ongoing coaching and performance management.
  • Strengthen team capability by identifying growth opportunities.
  • Partner with HR and leadership to ensure succession readiness within your team.

Required Qualifications, Skills, & Experience

Minimum

  • MD, PhD, PharmD, DNP, or DO with demonstrated ability to effectively lead and coach scientific/medical colleagues at all skill and knowledge levels.
  • 3 years in customer-facing, field medical affairs role or relevant experience. Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills, strong personal integrity, teamwork abilities (including the ability to lead a therapeutic team across a geographical area), business acumen, and focus on scientific education and dialogue.
  • Reside in the Eastern US region
  • Ability to organize, prioritize, and work effectively in a constantly changing environment and to motivate a team to do the same.
  • Desire to develop and manage a team in an environment of belonging, engagement and empowerment by:
  • Navigating change in an evolving health care landscape
  • Leveraging to ensure business value, per global strategy.
  • Ensuring accountability to drive an inclusive culture.
  • Strengthening the foundational elements.

Preferred

  • 5 years of experience in a field facing role plus prior people management experience.
  • Relevant therapeutic area knowledge and/or knowledge of the US healthcare delivery system.
  • Previous management experience, especially field-based medical professionals.
  • Strong working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite and…
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