Country: Hungary
Functional area: Medical Affairs
Carbyne has been retained by a global top-tier original pharmaceutical company to appoint a Regional Medical Director to lead all medical affairs activities and personnel with a multi-country scope. In this pivotal role, you will define and execute medical strategies for several countries in the region, ensuring the medical team provides high-level strategic input to both Global Medical Affairs and local commercial plans. You will be responsible for fostering a culture of ethics and compliance, managing the medical department’s budget, and providing visionary leadership and mentorship to your team to drive scientific excellence and business alignment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute the local Medical Affairs strategy in alignment with regional and global objectives, providing critical medical input to cross-functional business plans.

  • Team Management & Development: Lead, mentor, and resource the medical department, overseeing talent management, succession planning, and the professional growth of all medical staff.

  • Financial Accountability: Manage the affiliate medical budget and headcount resources with full transparency, collaborating closely with Finance, HR, and Regional leadership.

  • Clinical Research Oversight: Direct the development and compliant execution of local clinical research plans, ensuring alignment with strategic therapeutic areas and national regulations.

  • Medical Governance & Compliance: Act as the primary lead for medical governance, overseeing risk assessment, internal controls, and adherence to all company standards and ethical policies.

  • Safety & Pharmacovigilance: Ensure a robust pharmacovigilance system is in place, proactively managing safety signals and fulfilling all reporting requirements to competent authorities.

  • Scientific Communication: Oversee the medical information service and the promotional review process, serving as the final medical signatory for scientific and promotional materials.

  • Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain professional relationships with external experts and academic centers, identifying opportunities for high-integrity scientific collaborations.

  • Executive Representation: Serve as the organization’s key medical spokesperson with governmental agencies, professional associations, and the broader healthcare community.

  • Cross-Functional Partnership: Act as a strategic collaborator within the Leadership Team to ensure medical activities support overall business goals while maintaining scientific integrity.

Qualifications

  • Life Science Degree; candidates with a very strong scientific background and exceptional industry experience could be considered.

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience managing large medical/scientific teams within the pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry.

  • Proven track record in drug development, commercialization processes, and the regulatory environment.

  • Strong leadership presence with the ability to motivate interdisciplinary teams and navigate complex matrix organizations.

  • Excellent business acumen and the ability to manage departmental budgets effectively.

  • Outstanding communication and negotiation skills, with high proficiency in English.

  • Commitment to ethics, with a reputation for integrity and sound judgment in a compliant environment.
     

    ​​​​Should you be interested in the details of this vacancy feel free to submit your CV for this role, our colleagues will contact you soon.



     

Carbyne has been retained by a global top-tier original pharmaceutical company to appoint a Regional Medical Director to lead all medical affairs activities and personnel with a multi-country scope. In this pivotal role, you will define and execute medical strategies for several countries in the region, ensuring the medical team provides high-level strategic input to both Global Medical Affairs and local commercial plans. You will be responsible for fostering a culture of ethics and compliance, managing the medical department’s budget, and providing visionary leadership and mentorship to your team to drive scientific excellence and business alignment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute the local Medical Affairs strategy in alignment with regional and global objectives, providing critical medical input to cross-functional business plans.

  • Team Management & Development: Lead, mentor, and resource the medical department, overseeing talent management, succession planning, and the professional growth of all medical staff.

  • Financial Accountability: Manage the affiliate medical budget and headcount resources with full transparency, collaborating closely with Finance, HR, and Regional leadership.

  • Clinical Research Oversight: Direct the development and compliant execution of local clinical research plans, ensuring alignment with strategic therapeutic areas and national regulations.

  • Medical Governance & Compliance: Act as the primary lead for medical governance, overseeing risk assessment, internal controls, and adherence to all company standards and ethical policies.

  • Safety & Pharmacovigilance: Ensure a robust pharmacovigilance system is in place, proactively managing safety signals and fulfilling all reporting requirements to competent authorities.

  • Scientific Communication: Oversee the medical information service and the promotional review process, serving as the final medical signatory for scientific and promotional materials.

  • Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain professional relationships with external experts and academic centers, identifying opportunities for high-integrity scientific collaborations.

  • Executive Representation: Serve as the organization’s key medical spokesperson with governmental agencies, professional associations, and the broader healthcare community.

  • Cross-Functional Partnership: Act as a strategic collaborator within the Leadership Team to ensure medical activities support overall business goals while maintaining scientific integrity.

Qualifications

  • Life Science Degree; candidates with a very strong scientific background and exceptional industry experience could be considered.

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience managing large medical/scientific teams within the pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry.

  • Proven track record in drug development, commercialization processes, and the regulatory environment.

  • Strong leadership presence with the ability to motivate interdisciplinary teams and navigate complex matrix organizations.

  • Excellent business acumen and the ability to manage departmental budgets effectively.

  • Outstanding communication and negotiation skills, with high proficiency in English.

  • Commitment to ethics, with a reputation for integrity and sound judgment in a compliant environment.
     

    ​​​​Should you be interested in the details of this vacancy feel free to submit your CV for this role, our colleagues will contact you soon.