Global Medical Excellence Director (GMED) - (COPD)

Merck
📍 Des Moines, IA, United States 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 29, 2026

Job Description

**Job Description**

**Role Summary**

The Global Medical Excellence Director (GMED) reports to the Sr. Director, Global Medical Excellence, and is an experienced leader/subject matter expert (SME) in General and Specialty Medicine. The GMED is responsible for overseeing and driving Value & Implementation (V&I) General & Specialty Medicine Therapeutic Area (TA) medical excellence initiatives. The role entails developing and implementing strategies to enhance Medical Affairs operations, coordination across multiple functions, ensuring the highest scientific standards, and increasing the effectiveness of Medical Affairs planning.

The GMED provides strategic and operational leadership in the achievement of our Medical Affairs global strategies, serving as part of the Global General & Specialty Medicine TA Leadership Team and as a member of several cross-functional strategy teams with a scope that spans external strategic objectives and implementation/creation of c...

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Job Details

  • Location Des Moines, IA
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category other-general
  • Posted Date June 29, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 04, 2026