Head of Medical, CEE

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

📋 Description

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

• Take personal responsibility for the regional scientific agenda for a designated asset, encompassing scientific communication, KOL engagement, evidence generation, and field execution.

• Develop, mentor, and lead the CEE+ medical platform Medical Leads.

• Spearhead the creation, resourcing, implementation, and follow-up of CEE+ Medical Affairs plans while supporting affiliate LMIP plans.

• Propel the designated asset and business development strategy.

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

• Chair the CEE+ Medical Leadership Team and assist in the CEERJ Medical Agenda, focusing on local planning, execution quality, prioritization, and launch readiness.

• Define roles, responsibilities, objectives, KPIs, performance expectations, and development plans for the medical platform team.

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

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including commercial, regulatory, pharmacovigilance, quality, portfolio, finance, HR, and other partner organizations.

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

• Assist with grant committee activities, leadership-team workflows, ISS, MAP approvals, and Veeva processes.

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

⛳️ Requirements

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

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

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

• A strong track record of engaging with KOLs at both local and international levels.

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

• Experience in managing multi-stakeholder projects and leadership roles, ensuring timely and budget-conscious delivery.

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

• Comprehensive people leadership experience, including recruiting, managing, and developing a medical team with performance plans and coaching across varying capability levels and country maturity.

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

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

• Capacity to swiftly build therapeutic-area expertise for the assigned asset and supervise 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 multi-disciplinary teams.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Above-average computer proficiency.

• Proficiency in written and spoken English; knowledge of other CEE languages is an asset.

• Willingness to travel approximately 30% regionally and internationally.

• 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 setup.

🏝️ Benefits

• A competitive benefits package designed to support the health and well-being of staff.