Head of Medical, CEE

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Bulgaria.

📋 Description

• Lead the creation, resource allocation, implementation, and follow-up of CEE+ Medical Affairs strategies while supporting affiliate LMIP plans.

• Ensure medical plans are aligned with global strategies, brand initiatives, launch priorities, partner-market requirements, and business goals.

• Drive the agenda for the designated asset and business development, focusing approximately 40% of efforts in this area.

• Provide matrix medical leadership to CEE+ affiliates and partner markets.

• Head the CEE+ Medical Leadership Team while supporting the CEERJ Medical Agenda and local planning efforts.

• Guarantee the quality of execution, prioritization, and readiness for launches.

• Lead, mentor, and develop the CEE+ medical platform team.

• Define clear roles, responsibilities, objectives, KPIs, performance expectations, and development plans.

• Deliver high-quality scientific engagement, impactful field execution, structured insights generation, evidence-based initiatives, and compliant medical communications.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including commercial, PACE, RDMA, regulatory affairs, pharmacovigilance, quality, geo-expansion, portfolio management, finance, HR, partner organizations, and other departments.

• Represent CEE+ Medical Affairs at regional, global, and local forums as well as strategic projects.

• Assist the line manager in the CEE Grant Committee, CEERJ leadership team, ISS and MAP approval workflows, and Veeva activities.

• Ensure governance and compliance across medical plans, deliverables, materials, external interactions, field engagements, partner-market activities, advisory boards, medical education, and cross-functional projects.

• Personally oversee the regional scientific agenda for the assigned asset, including scientific communication, KOL engagement, evidence generation, and field execution.

• Build, mentor, and lead CEE+ medical platform Medical Leads across the Sobi portfolio.

⛳️ Requirements

• A university degree in a medical-science field or another relevant discipline.

• Preferably, medical, clinical, or research experience in the assigned disease area.

• Proven experience in both pre-launch and launch activities, at country and above-country levels, with increasing responsibilities.

• A strong history of engagement with KOLs at both local and international levels.

• Understanding of health systems and healthcare decision-making, including regulatory, safety, legal, and compliance frameworks.

• Experience in multi-stakeholder project management and leadership, delivering projects on time and within budget.

• Proven ability to lead through a matrix organization, influencing affiliates, general managers, and global teams without formal authority.

• Experience in recruiting, managing, and developing a medical team, including performance plans and coaching across various capability levels and country maturity.

• A sense of personal accountability and ownership, maintaining a continuous focus on performance and operational excellence.

• Capacity to discuss scientific ideas with KOLs and HCPs and present scientific data to both small and large audiences.

• Ability to rapidly build a competency in the therapeutic area for the assigned asset and oversee other disease areas through the team.

• Experience with evidence generation, publications, and scientific dissemination.

• Highly desirable experience with reimbursed patient access projects.

• Ability to work effectively in virtual and multidisciplinary teams.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• Above-average computer proficiency.

• Fluency in written and spoken English; proficiency in other CEE languages is an asset.

• Willingness to travel regionally and internationally, approximately 30% of working time.

• Availability for external meetings, congresses, and internal meetings outside of standard hours with prior notice.

• A valid driver's license may be necessary depending on the local role setup.

🏝️ Benefits

• A competitive benefits package that promotes employee health and well-being.

• A home-based or hybrid work arrangement depending on the country, local employment setup, and business needs.