You will be the medical brain behind a portfolio that is about to grow up fast. If you enjoy turning complex evidence into clear strategy, guiding commercial teams, and quietly shaping how a whole company thinks about medicine, this could be your next move.
The role
You will join a mid-sized pharma business in Spain as Medical Manager, with a clear, planned path to become Medical Director in roughly 12–18 months. From day one, you will sit close to the decision-makers, supporting the leadership team on all medical, scientific and clinical questions.
Your initial focus will be local: providing scientific support to sales and marketing, training field teams, reviewing and approving promotional and scientific materials, and ensuring compliance with internal and external standards. You will also build and maintain strong relationships with key opinion leaders and relevant scientific societies, becoming the go-to contact for everything related to your therapy area.
As you grow into the Medical Director role, your responsibilities will expand to include oversight of clinical activities (mainly observational and post-marketing studies) and pharmacovigilance supervision. You will lead a small clinical team, coordinate with external partners, and act as the formal medical reference person for the company at national and group level.
Why this is different
This is not stepping into a rigid, fully built medical affairs structure. The company is deliberately reorganising its senior team to make space for new leadership, so you will have genuine influence on how the medical function is shaped, without the bureaucracy of a large multinational.
Because the organisation is medium-sized, your work will be highly visible and close to senior decision-making. The training you design will change how the field team talks to physicians, the studies you steer will inform future strategy, and the relationships you build will open doors for future launches.
The culture is described as close-knit, pragmatic and collaborative. People tend to stay, but senior leaders are very aware of the need to refresh and renew, so they are looking for someone ambitious, with both scientific credibility and the soft skills to work across functions and levels.
What you bring
To be considered for this role, you must be a Medical Doctor (MD). Exceptionally, a non-MD with an extremely senior profile in medical affairs, plus a very strong scientific background, might be considered, but this will be reserved for truly outstanding cases only.
You also bring:
- At least 5–7 years of experience in medical affairs within pharma
- A track record of leading medical training and scientific updates for commercial teams
- Solid experience reviewing and approving scientific and promotional materials
- Strong relationships with KOLs and external experts, or the ability to build them quickly
- Experience discussing study design and real-world evidence with clinical teams
- The confidence to take ownership and make decisions with incomplete information
Experience in infectious diseases or respiratory medicine will be highly valued, but strong, transferable medical affairs experience in other areas might also be considered if the rest of your profile is compelling.
This is a confidential search, which means we cannot share many specific details about the company or pipeline at this stage. More specific information will only be given during interviews and under strict confidentiality.
What to do next
If this sounds like the kind of step that fits your ambitions for the next years:
- Apply via the button and attach your CV in English
- Your application will be reviewed confidentially and compared with the requirements agreed with the company
- If the company sees a strong fit with your profile, our Recruiting Manager will contact you directly to discuss all the details and next steps in depth
If that happens, I will be able to share much more information about the role, the context and the expectations, and we will continue the conversation together.