Head of Medical Affairs, EUCAN, Oncology Business Unit(m/w/x)

Requirements

• Understanding of pharmaceutical industry and Medical Affairs
• Experience with national and international regulatory agencies
• Knowledge of Regional healthcare market and trends
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to advance clinical trial recruitment
• Effective teamwork and credibility-building skills
• Ability to simplify complex issues and ideas
• Executive leadership presence and confidence
• Diversity and inclusion mindset and behaviors
• Ability to make complex enterprise-impact decisions
• Ability to drive innovative stakeholder solutions
• Ability to incorporate feedback for execution
• Ability to establish robust development strategies
• High-level negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to build strong functional partnerships
• Ability to drive organizational change
• Willingness to learn technology and AI
• Ability to take risks for innovation
• Ability to work in complex ecosystems
• Broad knowledge across therapeutic areas
• Experience in multi-disciplinary drug development
• Ability to build relationships with KOLs
• Ability to represent Medical thought leadership
• PhD, PharmD, or MD degree
• Understanding of modern global Medical Affairs
• Familiarity with commercialization and marketplace dynamics
• Management experience in Global Medical Affairs
• Track record of business process transformation
• Ability to develop and coach talent
• Ability to lead in matrix environments
• Experience managing diverse stakeholder relationships
• Expertise in leveraging interpersonal skills
• Health care business acumen

Tasks

• Act as a medical thought partner for regional executive teams
• Deliver a unified regional perspective on priorities and portfolio optimization
• Oversee strategic medical activities across Europe and Canada
• Guide and mentor Regional Medical Leads
• Ensure alignment with global medical strategies
• Provide scientific and clinical expertise for assigned products
• Lead development of medical strategies and deliverables
• Drive data generation and analysis
• Manage scientific communications and training
• Oversee medical information and congress planning
• Engage thought leaders to advance strategic objectives
• Drive launch excellence and strategic priorities for EUCAN OBU
• Gather medical insights to inform global and regional strategies
• Lead and support Oncology Local Operating Country Medical Heads
• Represent Medical Affairs at Global Product and Brand Teams
• Provide clinician insights to enable patient-centric planning
• Identify clinical trial sites and research partners in EUCAN
• Partner with Country Heads to recruit and retain Medical Heads
• Deliver high-impact external engagement initiatives and advisory boards
• Represent the regional perspective on the Global Medical Affairs leadership team
• Serve as a member of the EUCAN Leadership Team
• Coach direct reports to support career growth and talent development
• Identify marketplace changes that offer scientific or commercial opportunities
• Design and implement Global Standard Operating Procedures with operations teams
• Oversee regional communication and implementation of SOPs
• Participate in regional medical forums and scientific conferences

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