Country Medical Affairs Head

Major accountabilities:

• Shape and execute the Philippines medical strategy in alignment with global and international priorities.
• Serve as the scientific, ethical, and medical authority within the Country Leadership Team.
• Drive medical excellence, governance, evidence generation, and scientific leadership across therapeutic areas.
• Lead end-to-end launch readiness in partnership with commercial, access, regulatory, and cross-functional teams.
• Build strategic partnerships with healthcare professionals, scientific societies, payers, policymakers, patient groups, and broader ecosystem stakeholders.
• Champion innovative and digital approaches to data generation, stakeholder engagement, and medical insights.
• Lead and transform the medical organization to be future-ready, agile, compliant, and digitally enabled.
• Build a high-performing culture by attracting, developing, coaching, and retaining strong medical talent.

Requirements:

• Medical Doctor (MD) qualification
• 10+ years of experience in Medical Affairs, including 3–5 years in senior medical leadership roles such as Medical Director, Medical Unit Lead, or TA Medical Lead.
• Proven people leadership experience, including building, developing, and leading high-performing medical or scientific teams.
• Strong understanding of the local healthcare system, payer dynamics, policy frameworks, and therapeutic area science.
• Successful track record in pre-launch and launch strategy across therapeutic areas.
• Experience shaping HTA, reimbursement, pricing, access, and local evidence strategies.
• Strong background in evidence generation, including IITs, MAPs, real-world evidence, observational studies, and clinical trial collaboration.
• Established external engagement experience with KOLs, scientific societies, policymakers, payers, regulators, and broader healthcare ecosystem partners.
• Experience leading transformation, capability building, and digital enablement within Medical Affairs.