Head of Medical, CEE

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the development, resource allocation, execution, and follow-up of CEE+ Medical Affairs initiatives while supporting affiliate LMIP strategies.

• Propel the assigned asset and business development focus with an emphasis of around 40%.

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

• Lead the CEE+ Medical Leadership Team (MLT), assist in the CEERJ Medical Agenda, and ensure local planning, execution quality, prioritization, and launch readiness.

• Mentor and develop the CEE+ medical platform team.

• Define clear 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 CEE+ teams and departments such as 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, including CEERJ Executive Leadership Team (ELT) meetings and strategic projects.

• Support the line manager in the CEE Grant Committee, CEERJ Leadership Team (LT), and 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.

• Personally manage the regional scientific agenda associated with an assigned asset, including scientific communication, KOL engagement, evidence generation, and field execution.

• Build, coach, and guide CEE+ medical platform Medical Leads throughout the Sobi portfolio.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a medical-science field or a related discipline.

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

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

• Strong history of engaging Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) at 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, ensuring timely and budget-compliant delivery.

• Demonstrated matrix leadership, with the ability to influence affiliates, general managers, and global teams without formal authority.

• Extensive people leadership skills, including recruitment, management, and development of a medical team with performance plans and coaching across various capability levels and country maturity.

• Personal accountability and ownership, maintaining a continuous focus on performance and operational excellence.

• Ability to discuss scientific ideas with KOLs and healthcare professionals (HCPs) and present scientific data to both small and large groups.

• Capacity to rapidly build therapeutic-area expertise for the assigned asset and oversee additional disease areas through the team.

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

• Highly desirable experience with reimbursed patient access projects.

• Strong listening skills and the ability to collaborate in virtual and multidisciplinary teams.

• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities with above-average computer proficiency.

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

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

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

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

🏝️ Benefits

• Attractive benefits package designed to support employee health and well-being.

• Flexible home-based or hybrid work arrangements, depending on country-specific employment regulations and business needs.