Senior Manager, Medical Affairs, LATAM

Illumina

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Medical Affairs, LATAM will shape and deliver Illumina’s Medical Affairs strategy across Latin America, with primary responsibility for Brazil. The role translates regional and global priorities into practical plans advancing clinical evidence generation, scientific engagement, and healthcare professional education across oncology, reproductive health, rare and inherited diseases, infectious diseases, and emerging clinical applications. It also provides day-to-day guidance and oversight to a regional Medical Affairs colleague supporting Spanish-speaking Latin America. The position combines strategic planning and hands-on execution in a matrixed environment. The role builds relationships with external scientific stakeholders and supports compliant, evidence-based scientific exchange. It works with regional and global teams to generate scientific insights, support clinical implementation and adoption of Illumina technologies, and translate customer and market insights into recommendations. The position is based in São Paulo, Brazil, and requires approximately 50–70% travel across Latin America and internationally.

Requirements

Solid Medical Affairs experience within diagnostics, genomics, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, or a related healthcare field.
Strong scientific knowledge of molecular diagnostics, genomics, precision medicine, or related fields.
Experience supporting clinical evidence generation, scientific engagement, healthcare professional education, or clinical implementation initiatives.
Experience leading regional or cross-functional initiatives and providing guidance to colleagues in a matrixed organization.
Experience engaging key opinion leaders, healthcare providers, academic institutions, and cross-functional partners.
Strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
Fluency in English and Portuguese.
Ability to travel approximately 50–70% across Latin America and internationally.
Extensive, relevant experience in Medical Affairs, clinical research, molecular diagnostics, genomics, biotechnology, or a related healthcare field.

Nice To Haves

Experience working across multiple countries or diverse healthcare systems.
Spanish proficiency.
PhD, MD, PharmD, MSc, or equivalent advanced degree in Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, or a related field.
Previous formal people management experience; demonstrated leadership in matrix or project-based environments may substitute for formal management experience.

Responsibilities

Drive implementation of the Medical Affairs strategy for Latin America in alignment with regional and global priorities.
Lead Medical Affairs activities in Brazil and provide guidance to the Medical Affairs colleague covering Spanish-speaking Latin America.
Coordinate regional initiatives across clinical evidence generation, scientific engagement, and medical education.
Identify and qualify opportunities for investigator collaborations, clinical evidence generation, and healthcare professional education.
Build and maintain relationships with key opinion leaders, healthcare institutions, academic centers, and professional societies.
Support investigator-initiated studies, collaborative research, real-world evidence programs, and educational activities.
Partner with R&D and global Medical Affairs to provide scientific insights relevant to Latin American markets.
Collaborate with Account Management, Marketing, Market Access, Government Affairs, Customer Support, Regulatory, and other teams to support clinical implementation and adoption of Illumina technologies.
Contribute to scientific communications, publications, congress activities, advisory boards, and educational materials.
Provide regional scientific input into business planning and translate customer and market insights into actionable recommendations.
Monitor scientific, clinical, competitive, and healthcare policy developments across Latin America.
Ensure Medical Affairs activities comply with applicable regulatory, privacy, ethical, and company requirements.