Medical Director

About the Company

Exeltis is part of the Insud Pharma Group of biopharmaceutical organisations, with over 40 years of experience and operations in more than 50 countries. Exeltis UK was established in 2022 to bring Exeltis products to the UK market, Our product portfolio spans menopause, pregnancy and sexual health, with a healthy pipeline and we are committed to finding clinical solutions to meet the unmet needs for women across key stages of their sexual and reproductive lives. This is an exciting phase in which to join Exeltis to realise their ambitions to become leaders in Women’s Health medicine and contribute to the strategy and culture that will lead to this success.

General Requirements

The Medical Affairs Director is the senior medical leader for the affiliate, accountable for providing medical and scientific leadership across the product portfolio and therapeutic areas. The role ensures that all medical activities are conducted in a compliant, ethical, and patient focused manner, while acting as a strategic member of the Leadership Team.

The Medical Affairs Director represents the medical voice of the organisation internally and externally, shapes medical strategy, engages with key external stakeholders as a key senior medical representative, and ensures robust governance across Medical Affairs, clinical input, and scientific exchange.

Key Responsibilities

Medical Leadership and Strategy

• Provide senior medical leadership for the UK affiliate, ensuring activities are scientifically robust, balanced, and compliant
• Establish and embed medical governance and compliance throughout the UK organisation, ensuring all medical activities meet applicable regulatory requirements and codes of practice
• Provide clear articulation of medical risk, options, and consequences to support informed decision-making throughout the UK organisation
• Act as the senior escalation point for medical matters, enabling resolution of complex or cross-functional issues

Scientific and Clinical Expertise

• Act as the senior medical authority for scientific and clinical matters within the UK affiliate
• Provide oversight of scientific position, evidentiary interpretation, and risk-based decision-making
• Ensure all medical and scientific activities are balanced and aligned with applicable regulations and codes of practice
• Lead and oversee non-promotional scientific exchange and medical education activities with appropriate clinical oversight

External Engagement and KOL Strategy

• Provide senior medical oversight and leadership of external engagement with healthcare professionals, healthcare organisations, and other stakeholders
• Ensure all external interactions are non-promotional, medically appropriate, and compliant
• Oversee advisory boards, scientific meetings, congress activities, sponsorships, and educational engagements
• Identify and escalate risks associated with external engagement activities where required

Medical Information Leadership

• Provide senior medical oversight and accountability for Medical Information activities
• Ensure appropriate processes are in place to support accurate, balanced, and compliant responses
• Oversee delivery of MI through internal processes and external vendors
• Act as the senior escalation point for complex, sensitive, or high-risk medical enquiries

Governance, Compliance, and Risk Oversight

• Establish and maintain a proportionate medical governance and compliance approach aligned to UK regulatory and industry requirements
• Define and maintain clear ownership boundaries across Medical, PV, Commercial, QA, Finance, and third-party providers
• Ensure that activities proceed only where appropriate governance controls, approvals, and documentation are in place
• Act as the senior escalation point for medical and compliance providing clear articulation of risks, options, and consequences to support informed decision-making

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with Marketing, Sales, Commercial, Finance, PV, RA, QA, and other functions to enable compliant and sustainable ways of working
• Provide constructive challenge to ensure medical integrity across business activities
• Support cross-functional collaboration between local teams and global functions

People Leadership

• Provide leadership and development support to medical team members, ensuring clarity of roles, expectations, and ways of working
• Design and support capability development as part of the Leadership Team that is aligned to business needs and organisational maturity
• Oversee the effective use of external consultants and vendors ensuring appropriate expertise and continuity of delivery

Qualifications and experience

• Registered healthcare professional
• Significant experience in Medical Affairs within the pharmaceutical industry, including leadership
• Demonstrated experience operating as a final medical signatory with accountability for compliant, evidence-based decision-making
• Proven experience providing medical leadership across strategy, scientific exchange, and cross-functional activities
• Strong understanding of the UK regulatory environment and applicable codes of practice (e.g. ABPI Code and PMCPA requirements)
• Experience engaging with external stakeholders including healthcare professionals and key opinion leaders as a credible medical peer, leading scientific exchange and representing the medical position of the organisation
• Experience leading, developing, and overseeing Medical team members and/or external vendors to ensure effective and compliant delivery

Company benefits

• Competitive salary
• Annual performance bonus
• Pension contributions
• Private medical insurance
• Income protection & life assurance
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus 3 additional days between Christmas and New Year

How to Apply

Please email your CV to: stephen@pccjobs.uk