Director Medical Affairs - Infectious Disease, EMEA (m/f/d)

Abbott; Dubai; Sur place; AED 760 000 - 1 200 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Abbott in Dubai, UAE, seeks a Director of Medical Affairs for Infectious Disease in the EMEA region. You will lead medical strategy, build external scientific relationships, and drive education materials with cross-functional teams. The role requires leadership, strategic planning, and advanced medical writing.

The position anchors patient and physician education, collaborates with regulatory and quality teams, and supports external stakeholder engagement across the region.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years product development/medical management experience.
• 2-4 years business unit or general management experience.
• Knowledge of regulations and standards affecting IVDs and Biologics.
• External relationships with key scientists or medical professionals.
• Established and executed Medical Affairs and/or R&D plans.
• Industry product and customer knowledge required.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and medical writing skills.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities.

Responsabilités

• Defines and implements medical strategies for Infectious Disease in EMEA.
• Creates and executes annual medical plan.
• Identifies and builds relationships with opinion leaders regionally.
• Writes study protocols; monitors progress; analyzes results; supports publications.
• Collaborates with other KOLs and leads medical communications.
• Prepares posters/abstracts and presents at major meetings in the region.
• Leads cross-functional teams for patient and physician education materials.
• Acts as liaison between Customers/Quality/Regulatory and technical groups.
• Leads Medical Affairs Managers across EMEA.
• Ensures compliance with Office of Ethics and Compliance guidelines.
• Establishes contacts with key scientists across EMEA.
• Contributes to product/technologies and OEM opportunities.
• Identifies opportunities to enhance medical utility and product claims.

Connaissances

Leadership

Medical affairs

Stakeholder management

Interpersonal skills

Medical writing

Formation

Doctorate Degree (19 years)

Medical Doctor

Description du poste

JOB DESCRIPTION:

At Abbott were committed to helping people live their best possible life through the power of health. For more than 125 years weve brought new products and technologies to the world in nutrition diagnostics medical devices and branded generic pharmaceuticals that create more possibilities for more people at all stages of life. Today 114000 of us are working to help people live not just longer but better in the more than 160 countries we serve.

Abbott is currently looking to recruit a

Director Medical Affairs - Infectious Disease EMEA (m/f/d)

Based in Dubai UAE

The Infectious Disease business unit is part of Abbott Rapid Molecular Diagnostics family of businesses bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions. This role requires a deep understanding of the health care industry excellent leadership skills and the ability to work collaboratively with various internal and external stakeholders. The role develops relationships with a variety of stakeholders and health care experts such as global partners and governmental or non-governmental organizations.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leads efforts to define and implement medical strategies for the Infectious Disease in EMEA.

• Creates and executes annual plan.

• Identifies and establishes relationships with opinion leaders involved disease states or technical initiatives across the region.

• Writes study protocols; monitors study progress; analyzes results and works with investigators to publish papers. Works and publications must be accepted as medically important and useful in moving accepted science forward and/or influencing medical policy.

• Must be recognized as a subject matter expert in field and as such collaborate with other key opinion leaders.

• Prepares medical posters and abstracts and presents at key professional meetings in the Region.

• Leads cross functional team involved in developing patient and physician education materials.

• Acts as a liaison between Customers/Quality/Regulatory and technical organizations when medical issues arise.

• Leads efforts of the Medical Affairs Managers located in EMEA Region.

• Must comply with and enforce all Office of Ethics and Compliance guidelines.

• As a senior member of the Medical Affairs organization this role establishes contacts with key scientists around EMEA.

• Provides input to the design of new products; technologies and OEM opportunities.

• Identifies and recommends opportunity to gain additional product claims to improve medical utility.

EDUCATION:

• Doctorate Degree ( 19 years)

• Medical Doctor

EXPERIENCE:

• 5-10 years product development/medical management experience.

• 2-4 years business unit or general management experience.

• Knowledge of regulations and standards affecting IVDs and Biologics.

• Must have previously developed external relationships with key scientists or medical professionals.

• Must have previously established and executed on Medical Affairs and/or R&D plan.

• Industry product and customer knowledge required.

• Must have strong interpersonal skills good communication skills and medical writing skills.

• Demonstrated leadership capabilities.

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to employee diversity.
Connect with us at on Facebook at and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is

N/A

In specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Medical & Scientific Affairs

DIVISION:

ID Infectious Disease

LOCATION:

United Arab Emirates > Dubai : Dubai Airport Freezone Building 5WA Floor 8

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Not Applicable

Required Experience:

Director