Associate Director Medical Affairs (“MSL Lead”)

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, coach, and develop the MSL team to ensure high performance and achievement of Medical Affairs objectives.
• Conduct regular field coaching and performance reviews.
• Identify, develop, and retain top talent.
• Define resource requirements and optimize field medical activities.

Medical & Scientific Leadership

• Maintain deep scientific expertise in hematologic and nephrologic diseases and products relevant to Alexion.
• Serve as a trusted scientific expert internally and externally.
• Build and maintain relationships with key healthcare professionals, scientific experts, and professional organizations.
• Gather and communicate medical insights to inform strategy and decision-making.

Medical Strategy & Execution

• Support the development and execution of local Medical Affairs strategies for marketed and pipeline products.
• Lead regional medical education initiatives, including scientific meetings and congress activities.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations and company policies.
• Support medical information activities, evidence generation, publications, registries, and investigator-initiated research.
• Manage the assigned Medical Affairs budget.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Medical Affairs, Commercial, Market Access, Clinical Development, and Global teams to achieve business objectives.
• Deliver scientific training to internal stakeholders.
• Support reimbursement initiatives and clinical research activities, including study feasibility and study implementation.

Your profile

You will need to have:

• Relevant life-science degree (MD, PharmD, PhD, Master or Diploma) 5+ years experience in pharmaceutical/ biotechnology industry in the Medical Affairs field
• 4+ years experience as an MSL Lead or comparable position
• Proven leadership experience in leading, coaching, and developing MSL teams
• Proven strategic thinking with the ability to prioritize resources and activities based on business and patient needs
• Ability to translate medical strategy into actionable field medical plans
• Good communication and convincing skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

We would prefer for you to have:

• Demonstrated ability to foster a high-performance culture and drive employee engagement
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Experience of launching new, novel drugs
• be proactive and innovative
• Ability to develop and build resilience networks internally and externally

We offer

Date Posted

07-Sep-2026

Closing Date

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Posted Oct 11, 2026

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