Medical Affairs Associate Director, CEEMEA

Baxter; Dubai; On-site; AED 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Baxter UAE seeks a Director of Medical Affairs to define, shape and run the regional strategy across CEEMEA, ensuring medical governance and clinical value of Baxter's portfolio.

You will lead cross-functional teams, build external scientific relationships, oversee advisory boards, and drive lifecycle planning while maintaining compliance. Fluent English and proven regional/global leadership are required for high impact in a dynamic healthcare market.

Qualifications

• MD required with specialty training in functional area.
• 15 years total professional experience including:
• - Minimum 10 years clinical regulatory or scientific experience
• - 8 years Medical Affairs experience in pharma/biotech/medical devices
• - Demonstrated regional or global leadership experience strongly preferred
• - Proven experience in strategic Medical Affairs leadership across multiple markets

Responsibilities

• Owns and drives the regional Medical Affairs strategy aligned with Global Business Units (GBUs) and Regional leadership priorities.
• Provides medical leadership and strategic direction across multiple countries therapeutic areas and business units.
• Acts as the senior medical decision-maker for regional medical initiatives investments and prioritization.
• Leads regional evidence generation strategy including clinical real-world HEOR and non-clinical projects to support access differentiation and lifecycle management.
• Oversees the scientific positioning of Baxters portfolio ensuring consistency credibility and competitive differentiation across markets.
• Provides expert medical input into pipeline launch readiness and post-marketing strategies.
• Establishes and maintains high-level relationships with regional and international KOLs scientific societies advisory boards and key institutions.
• Represents Baxter as a recognized scientific and medical leader in regional congresses advisory boards and external forums.
• Oversees advisory boards investigator meetings and key scientific engagements at regional level.
• Serves as a strategic medical partner to Commercial Market Access Regulatory Affairs Pharmacovigilance and Market Companies.
• Ensures medical input into strategic brand planning medico-marketing activities and market access initiatives while safeguarding compliance.
• Acts as the regional medical interface with Global Medical Affairs and cross-regional teams.
• Ensures highest standards of medical governance ethics and compliance across all regional Medical Affairs activities.
• Provides final medical sign-off on promotional and non-promotional materials medical initiatives and scientific communications.
• Ensures compliance with local regulations global SOPs codes of practice and data protection requirements.
• Leads mentors and develops Medical Managers and Medical Advisors across the region.
• Builds a high-performing Medical Affairs organization fostering scientific excellence accountability and continuous development.
• Supports succession planning and talent development within Medical Affairs.
• Owns and manages the regional Medical Affairs budget ensuring efficient allocation of resources and ROI-driven planning.
• Oversees regional medical operations prioritization of initiatives and performance tracking.

Skills

Medical leadership

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Education

MD

Job description

This is whereyour work makes a difference.

At Baxter we believe every personregardless of who they are or where they are fromdeserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today tomorrow and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together our community is driven by a culture of courage trust and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here you will find more than just a jobyou will find purpose and pride.

Summary

The role is responsible for defining shaping and executing Medical Affairs strategy across the assigned cluster (CEEMEA).

The role ensures optimal clinical value scientific credibility and medical governance of Baxters current and future portfolio by driving strategic medical planning external scientific leadership cross-functional alignment and people development while ensuring full compliance with global and local regulations.

This position represents the senior medical authority at regional level acting as a strategic partner to Commercial Market Access Regulatory PV.

Essential duties and responsibilities

Strategic Medical Leadership

• Owns and drives the regional Medical Affairs strategy aligned with Global Business Units (GBUs) and Regional leadership priorities.
• Provides medical leadership and strategic direction across multiple countries therapeutic areas and business units.
• Acts as the senior medical decision-maker for regional medical initiatives investments and prioritization.

Portfolio & Evidence Strategy

• Leads regional evidence generation strategy including clinical real-world HEOR and non-clinical projects to support access differentiation and lifecycle management.
• Oversees the scientific positioning of Baxters portfolio ensuring consistency credibility and competitive differentiation across markets.
• Provides expert medical input into pipeline launch readiness and post-marketing strategies.

External Scientific Leadership

• Establishes and maintains high-level relationships with regional and international KOLs scientific societies advisory boards and key institutions.
• Represents Baxter as a recognized scientific and medical leader in regional congresses advisory boards and external forums.
• Oversees advisory boards investigator meetings and key scientific engagements at regional level.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Serves as a strategic medical partner to Commercial Market Access Regulatory Affairs Pharmacovigilance and Market Companies.
• Ensures medical input into strategic brand planning medico-marketing activities and market access initiatives while safeguarding compliance.
• Acts as the regional medical interface with Global Medical Affairs and cross-regional teams.

Governance Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensures highest standards of medical governance ethics and compliance across all regional Medical Affairs activities.
• Provides final medical sign-off on promotional and non-promotional materials medical initiatives and scientific communications.
• Ensures compliance with local regulations global SOPs codes of practice and data protection requirements.

People Leadership & Capability Building

• Leads mentors and develops Medical Managers and Medical Advisors across the region.
• Builds a high-performing Medical Affairs organization fostering scientific excellence accountability and continuous development.
• Supports succession planning and talent development within Medical Affairs.

Budget & Operational Responsibility

• Owns and manages the regional Medical Affairs budget ensuring efficient allocation of resources and ROI-driven planning.
• Oversees regional medical operations prioritization of initiatives and performance tracking.

Education/Experience

• MD required with specialty training in functional area.
• 15 years total professional experience including:

- Minimum 10 years clinical regulatory or scientific experience

- 8 years Medical Affairs experience in pharma/biotech/medical devices

- Demonstrated regional or global leadership experience strongly preferred

- Proven experience in strategic Medical Affairs leadership across multiple markets

• Fluent English is mandatory
• Leadership & Collaboration: Proven people management strategic operational oversight and a strong team-player mindsetcoaching sharing knowledge and building effective business relationships.
• Communication & Strategy Delivery: Clear concise written and verbal communication; ability to define and deliver service strategies with accuracy professionalism and customer focus.
• Business Analytical & Scientific Expertise: Strong business acumen analytical thinking and scientific insight to evaluate diverse clinical/biomedical information apply sound judgment manage risk and interpret commercially sensitive data.
• Operational Excellence & Compliance: Organized methodical approach to problemsolving project scoping and priority management combined with adherence to Codes of Practice internal policies ethical standards copyright law and data protection regulations.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation gender identity or expression protected veteran status disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Required Experience:

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