Medical Affairs Director

Viatris; São Paulo; On-site; BRL 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Viatris in Brazil seeks a Senior Medical Director to lead the local medical team and orchestrate the medical strategy across the country, collaborating with cross-functional partners to impact patient care and business goals.

The role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, regulatory understanding, and a proven track record in Medical Affairs within pharma. You will drive product launches, HEOR initiatives, and external engagements with experts and institutions.

Qualifications

• Broad senior medical leadership in pharma across Medical Affairs with strategic impact.
• Experience as Country Medical Director or regional/global interactions is a plus.
• Strong strategic thinking, business acumen, and stakeholder influence.
• Proven leadership of high-performing teams in complex matrix environments.
• Deep scientific and clinical expertise with regulatory insight.

Responsibilities

• Lead the local medical team and align with local/regional medical strategy.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and influence healthcare stakeholders.
• Develop a country-wide medical strategy aligned with business priorities.
• Ensure world-class medical governance, compliance, and risk management.
• Advance medical excellence in product launches, evidence generation, and HEOR.
• Build a high-performing Medical Affairs organization and develop talent.
• Champion digital innovation and data-driven, scientific communication.
• Oversee medical information services and responses to inquiries.

Skills

Senior medical leadership

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder influence

Regulatory & compliance

Leadership of teams

Communication & presentation

Job description

VIATRIS FARMACEUTICA DO BRASIL LTDA Viatris is a global healthcare company uniquely positioned to bridge the traditional divide between generics and brands, combining the best of both to more holistically address healthcare needs globally. With a mission to empower people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life, we provide access at scale, currently supplying high-quality medicines to approximately 1 billion patients around the world annually and touching all of life's moments, from birth to the end of life, acute conditions to chronic diseases. We have been included on number of award lists that demonstrate the impact we are making. Our global portfolio includes best-in-class, iconic brand-name products as well as global key brands; generics, including branded and complex generics; and other offerings across a wide range of therapeutic areas. We are committed to helping create healthier communities worldwide through education, outreach, and better access to treatment. For those driven to live their lives with purpose, Viatris helps employees realise their full potential by creating a collaborative culture that fosters courage and resilience. Viatris is more than just a place to work. This is a place to make a difference in the world.

The Role & What You Will Be Doing

• This position will lead the local medical team, ensure alignment and execution of local/regional medical strategy, collaborate with cross-functional teams and influence key healthcare stakeholders to drive meaningful impact for patients and the business.
• Set and execute a country-wide medical strategy aligned with business priorities.
• Ensure world-class medical governance, compliance, and risk management.
• Strengthen our scientific reputation through high-impact external engagement with experts, institutions, and policymakers.
• Work in close partnership with regulatory to endure accuracy in documentation Drive medical excellence in product launches, evidence generation, and market access partnerships.
• Build and develop a high-performing Medical Affairs organization, fostering talent and future capabilities.
• Champion digital innovation, data-driven insights, and modern scientific communication.
• Support health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) initiatives
• Oversee medical information services and responses to healthcare inquiries

About Your Skills & Experience

• Broad senior medical leadership in pharma across Medical Affairs.
• Experience as Country Medical Director as well as regional/global previous interactions, are a differential.
• Strong strategic thinking, business acumen, and stakeholder influence skills.
• Proven leadership of high-performing teams in complex matrix environments.
• Strong scientific and clinical expertise
• Strategic thinking and decision-making
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Leadership and team development
• Stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
• Deep understanding of regulatory and compliance frameworks

At Viatris, we are dedicated to building a truly diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't fully align with every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why Viatris?

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits, and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives, and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others. You will also have the opportunity to access excellent career progression opportunities and work-life balance initiatives.

Diversity & Inclusion at Viatris

At Viatris, diversity and inclusion are essential to our mission. The diversity we foster in all aspects of our business can be one of our greatest strengths in redefining healthcare, not as it is, but as it should be.

If you would like to know more about what diversity, equity, and inclusion means to us, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/Careers/Diversity-and-Inclusion

Sustainability at Viatris

Corporate social responsibility is fundamental to the Viatris mission. We work to advance responsible and sustainable operations and leverage our collective expertise to empower people to live healthier at every stage of life, recognizing that our actions affect the stakeholders and communities we serve. To learn more about our efforts, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/about-us/corporate-responsibility

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others.

Viatris is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Viatris is a global healthcare company formed in 2020 through the combination of Mylan and Upjohn, a legacy division of Pfizer. By integrating the strengths of these two companies, including our global workforce, we aim to deliver increased access to affordable, quality medicines for patients worldwide, regardless of geography or circumstance. We believe in healthcare as it should be - empowering people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life. Because of our unwavering belief that better access leads to better health, we leverage our best-in-class manufacturing and scientific expertise and proven commercial capabilities to bring quality medicines to patients when and where they need them.