Brand Manager, Cardiovascular

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About the role

  • Brand Manager shaping cardiovascular product launches for Merck’s cholesterol franchise. Developing market insights, campaigns, medical education, and field readiness.

Responsibilities

  • Build a strong understanding of the cholesterol market, customer needs, product landscape, and competitive environment
  • Develop customer and patient insights through market research and journey analysis to inform brand priorities
  • Translate strategic priorities and business opportunities into actionable plans, deliverables, and execution timelines
  • Support HCP/HCC disease and product awareness campaigns with targeted, customer-centric messaging
  • Support compliant medical education strategies, educational initiatives, and congress planning
  • Track and report tactical objectives, key results, performance indicators, and spending to identify risks and optimization opportunities
  • Support field-team launch readiness through internal training, capability building, and compliant customer-facing resources
  • Lead HCP/HCC market research execution and competitive intelligence reporting
  • Identify and manage external agencies and consultants, ensuring project objectives and agreed standards are met
  • Collaborate with Customer Engagement, Medical, Sales, Access, Learning and Development, and external agencies
  • Report to the Marketing Director, Cholesterol Franchise

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business administration, or a related field
  • Experience in cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, or a related therapeutic area is an asset
  • Strong analytical mindset and comfort using customer and patient insights, business intelligence, performance data, digital analytics, competitive intelligence, and market research
  • Ability to work successfully in a competitive market environment
  • Customer- and patient-focused, with curiosity to understand unmet and evolving needs
  • Ability to combine insights from various sources into clear recommendations and practical actions
  • Adaptability in fast-paced environments and ability to manage complexity and multiple projects
  • Ability to collaborate, influence, and work successfully with cross-functional colleagues, agencies, and external partners
  • Results-driven and entrepreneurial mindset
  • Experience supporting product launches within competitive specialty or hybrid markets is an asset
  • Fluency in French is required for candidates based in Quebec
  • No visa sponsorship

Benefits

  • Discretionary short-term incentive plan
  • Rewards and benefits programs beyond traditional medical plans and retirement programs
  • Flexible, inclusive workplace supporting employee well-being, development, and long-term success
  • Reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process
  • 25% travel allowance/requirement

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

CA$110,800 - CA$160,800 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

OnsiteKirklandCanada

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