Head of Medical, CEE

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the CEE+ Medical Affairs strategy across various affiliates, platform resources, and partner markets.

• Take personal responsibility for the regional scientific agenda associated with a designated asset.

• Convert Sobi's strategic objectives into scientific communication, KOL engagement, evidence generation, and execution in the field.

• Direct the development, allocation of resources, implementation, and follow-up of CEE+ Medical Affairs plans, while supporting affiliate LMIP strategies.

• Propel the agenda for the assigned asset and business development initiatives.

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

• Lead the CEE+ Medical Leadership Team and assist with the CEERJ Medical Agenda, ensuring local planning, quality of execution, prioritization, and readiness for launch.

• Mentor, coach, and develop the CEE+ medical platform team.

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

• Ensure high-quality scientific engagement, effective field execution, structured insight generation, evidence-based activities, and compliant medical communication.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Commercial, PACE, RDMA, Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, Quality, Geo-Expansion, Portfolio Management, Finance, HR, and partner organizations.

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

• Support the line manager in the CEE Grant Committee, CEERJ Leadership Team, and associated workflows, including ISS, MAP approvals, and Veeva.

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

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Preferred medical, clinical, or research experience in the relevant disease area.

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

• Strong history of engaging KOLs at both local and international levels.

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

• Experience in multi-stakeholder project management and leadership, ensuring timely and budget-compliant delivery.

• Demonstrated matrix leadership skills, influencing affiliates, general managers, and global teams without formal authority.

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

• A focus on personal accountability, ownership, performance, and operational excellence.

• Ability to discuss scientific concepts with KOLs and HCPs and present scientific data to both small and large audiences.

• Capacity to rapidly acquire therapeutic-area expertise for the designated asset and manage oversight of other disease areas through the team.

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

• Experience with reimbursed patient access projects is highly desirable.

• Ability to work effectively in virtual and multidisciplinary teams.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, along with above-average computer proficiency.

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

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

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

• A valid driver's license may be required based on local role specifications.

🏝️ Benefits

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

• Options for home-based or hybrid work arrangements, depending on country, local employment setup, and business requirements.