Director, Medical Affairs, Can & LATAM
About The Position
The Director, Medical Affairs Americas provides strategic and operational leadership for Medical Affairs across the Americas region, ensuring the safe, compliant, and effective generation and communication of scientific and clinical evidence supporting DePuy Synthes products. This role plays a critical leadership position in shaping medical strategy, advancing evidence generation, and strengthening partnerships with healthcare professionals, scientific societies, and internal stakeholders. The role has a significant impact on patient outcomes, product adoption, and long‑term regional business success by ensuring medical insights inform strategy and execution across the product lifecycle.
Requirements
- Advanced degree in Medicine (MD), Pharmacy (PharmD), PhD, or equivalent life sciences discipline.
- Typically requires 10-12 years of experience in Medical Affairs within the pharmaceutical or medical device industry, including regional or multi‑country leadership.
- Demonstrated people leadership experience, including managing managers and senior professionals.
- Strong knowledge of regulatory, compliance, and ethical requirements governing Medical Affairs activities.
- Excellent strategic thinking, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills.
- Fluency in English.
Nice To Haves
- Medical specialty training or advanced scientific training relevant to orthopedics or medical devices.
- Experience supporting orthopedic or musculoskeletal medical technologies.
- Experience working in or leading Medical Affairs teams across Latin America and North America.
- Proven experience leading medical strategy, evidence generation, and scientific engagement activities.
- Track record of successful cross‑functional collaboration with commercial and R&D partners.
- Experience representing the organization in scientific forums, advisory boards, and congresses.
- Portuguese and/or Spanish strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead and execute the regional Medical Affairs strategy across the Americas, aligned with global medical strategy and regional business priorities.
- Provide scientific and clinical leadership for marketed and pipeline orthopedic products, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and compliance of all medical communications.
- Oversee evidence generation activities, including clinical studies, registries, post‑market surveillance, and real‑world evidence initiatives.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with key opinion leaders, investigators, and professional societies across the Americas.
- Partner cross‑functionally with R&D, Regulatory, Quality, Marketing, and Commercial teams to support product lifecycle decisions and regional strategies.
- Ensure regional Medical Affairs activities comply with all applicable laws, regulations, internal policies, and ethical standards.
- Lead, develop, and inspire a high‑performing regional Medical Affairs team, fostering a culture of scientific excellence and collaboration.
- Provide medical input into risk management, safety surveillance, and issue management activities.
Benefits
- inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual
- respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
