Medical Affairs Director, EMEA

Drive medical excellence. Shape strategy. Elevate impact across a region.

We’reseeking asenior medical leadertoown and operationalize the regional medical strategyacross EMEA—ensuring our science iscredible, clinically relevant, and compliantly executedfromGlobal strategytoCBU impact. You will be themedical authority for the Zone: steward of the scientific narrative, guardian of medical governance, and catalyst forhighqualityevidence and external engagement.

You will translate innovation intoclinical value, shaping practice and policy across diverse health systems while enabling CBUs to delivergoldstandardmedical excellenceat the point of care.

Your Mission

Define and execute EMEA medical strategy aligned to Global priorities; ensure country ‑ level adaptation and rigorous governance.

Elevate external scientific credibility through prioritized congress presence, peer ‑ reviewed publications, high ‑ quality scientific exchange, and guideline ‑ oriented activities.

Advance evidence generation addressing clinically meaningful gaps and supporting clinical practice, access, and policy.

Strengthen medical governance across Global–Zone–CBU interfaces to reduce risk, duplication, and ambiguity.

Build a high ‑ performing medical community of practice that shares playbooks, accelerates launches, and raises the bar on execution quality.

Job responsibilities

Scientific & Medical Strategy Ownership

Own the Zone medical strategy for the nutrition portfolio; define thediseaseareascientific narrative, value story, and claims guardrails in alignment with Global.

Translate strategy intocountryspecificmedical plans including clearobjectives, external engagement roadmaps, evidence priorities, and congress/publication plans.

ChaircrossfunctionalMedical Strategy Boards to ensure clinical relevance of brand strategy, messaging consistency, and compliant activation.

2) Evidence Generation & Publications

Co-definethe regional evidence roadmap to address prioritized data gaps and inform guidelines, clinical practice, and access.

Oversee publication planning and execution withtimely,highquality, and ethical authorship practices.

Partner with biostatistics, market access, and safety to ensure methodological rigor, patient relevance, andriskbenefitclarity.

3) External Scientific Leadership & Medical Education

Set the KOL/Thought Leader strategy: identification, mapping, engagementobjectives, and compliant scientific exchange plans across EMEA.

Elevate our presence attoptiercongresses and in medical societies, coordinating symposia, data presentations, advisory boards, and medical education aligned to unmet needs.

Serve as senior medical spokesperson for the Zone; build trust with clinical leaders, professional associations, and policy stakeholders.

4) Launch Excellence & Market Shaping (Medical)

Coleadlaunch excellence with clear medical milestones, readiness assessments, medical training, scientific platform deployment, and claims substantiation.

Shapeevidencebasedmarket development in priority indications/settings (e.g., allergy, critical care, enteral nutrition), grounded in guidelines and best practice.

Ensure field medical excellence (MSL strategy, territory planning, scientific training, insights capture) and robust impact measurement.

5) Medical Governance, Compliance & Risk Management

Strengthen medical governance across Global–Zone–CBU: SOPs, decision rights, review committees, and compliant material approval.

Ensurehigh standardsin scientific exchange, medical review, pharmacovigilance/safety signal escalation (as applicable), and risk mitigation.

Partner with Regulatory, Quality, and Legal/Ethics & Compliance to uphold external standards and internal policies.

6) Insights to Action

Build a systematic insights engine that informs strategy pivots, evidence priorities, and educational initiatives.

Convert insights to actionable updates for Global brand/medical teams and provide clear direction to CBUs.

7) People & Community Leadership

Lead and coach senior medical talent across markets; upskill teams in scientific communications, external engagement, and evidence literacy.

Run EMEA Communities of Practice with repeatable playbooks and peer review of plans and outputs.

8) Operational Excellence & Metrics

Define medical KPIs (scientific engagement quality, publication/citation metrics, study delivery,insightstoactions, medical governance cycle time).

Drive operational discipline in planning, budget stewardship, vendor management, and interlock with commercial—while preserving medical independence.

Education & Credentials

Advanced degree: MD, PharmD, PhD (or equivalent clinical/scientific degree) required/preferred based on market;additionaltraining in nutrition, paediatrics, allergy, intensive/critical care, or gastroenterology an advantage.

Experience

12+ years in Medical Affairs (or combined clinical/industry), including regional leadership and people leadership experience.

Proven ownership of medical strategy, evidence generation , and publication planning at regional scale.

Demonstrated success leading KOL engagement , congress strategy, and medical education across multiple countries with diverse health systems.

Strong exposure to RWE/observational research and collaboration with HEOR/Market Access to inform policy, guidelines, and access.

Track recordin medical governance and compliantcrossfunctionalcollaboration (Regulatory, Safety, Legal/E&C, Commercial).

Capabilities

Exceptional ability to translate science into clinical andaccessrelevantvalue .

Skilled at influencing without authority in complex matrices and guiding Global–Zone–CBU alignment.

Analytical andoutcomedriven , comfortable with dashboards and metrics that reflect medical quality and impact.

Excellent written and verbal communication; multilingual proficiencyis a plus.

Mindset

Scientific rigor with pragmatism , decisive, accountable, andpurposedriven.

Builder of hightrust,highperformingteams who can both set direction and roll up sleeves to deliver.

Dedicated to bringing health through food to as many people as possible, we are a leading global food & beverage company built on four businesses: Essential Dairy and Plant-Based Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition and Medical Nutrition.