Medical Affairs Manager, LATAM

Illumina, Inc.; Colombia; Remote; COP 262,149,000 - 393,223,000; Full time

Job summary

Illumina, Inc. seeks a Medical Affairs Manager for LATAM to advance regional medical affairs activities across Spanish-speaking Latin America.

The role is remote with travel and collaborates with teams in Brazil and across the region to drive clinical evidence generation and healthcare professional education. You will engage with healthcare professionals, researchers, and laboratories, coordinating with R&D, marketing, and regulatory teams to implement genomic technologies and ensure scientific

Qualifications

• Strong scientific background in genomics, molecular diagnostics, or related field.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to independently manage scientific projects and external collaborations.
• Experience supporting clinical evidence generation or healthcare professional education.
• Fluency in English and Spanish; Portuguese is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Support execution of Medical Affairs priorities across Spanish-speaking Latin America.
• Identify opportunities for clinical evidence generation and healthcare professional education.
• Build and maintain scientific relationships with healthcare professionals and researchers.
• Execute regional clinical evidence-generation projects and investigator-initiated studies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support clinical implementation of Illumina technologies.
• Contribute to study design, publications, and educational programs.

Skills

Communication

Presentation

Relationship building

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

PhD/MD/PharmD/MSc or equivalent

Job description

What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity?

At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.

Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible.

Medical Affairs Manager, LATAM

Location: Colombia or Mexico
Work model: Remote

As Medical Affairs Manager, LATAM at Illumina, you will support Medical Affairs activities across the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America. This is an individual contributor role: you will manage the regional Medical Affairs function.

Working closely with the Senior Manager, Medical Affairs LATAM in Brazil, you will drive scientific engagement, clinical evidence generation, and healthcare professional education to support adoption of Illumina's clinical genomics portfolio. Your work will span oncology, reproductive health, rare and inherited diseases, infectious diseases, and emerging clinical applications.

Why you

You bring a strong scientific foundation and are equally comfortable discussing complex evidence, building external relationships, and independently moving regional projects forward. You can work effectively across countries, functions, and cultures, translating scientific and customer insights into focused action while maintaining high standards of compliance and scientific integrity.

Responsibilities include

• Support execution of Medical Affairs priorities across Spanish-speaking Latin America in alignment with regional and global strategies.
• Identify and support opportunities for clinical evidence generation, investigator collaborations, and healthcare professional education.
• Build and maintain scientific relationships with healthcare professionals, researchers, laboratory leaders, and key opinion leaders.
• Execute regional clinical evidence-generation projects, investigator-initiated studies, and healthcare education initiatives.
• Collaborate with Medical Affairs, R&D, Account Management, Marketing, Customer Support, Market Access, Government Affairs, Regulatory, and other teams to support clinical implementation of Illumina technologies.
• Contribute scientific expertise to study design, protocol development, publications, congress activities, advisory boards, and educational programs.
• Support development and dissemination of scientific and clinical content demonstrating the clinical utility and implementation of Illumina solutions.
• Collect and communicate customer insights, emerging clinical needs, and competitive intelligence to regional and global stakeholders.
• Maintain a strong understanding of advances in clinical genomics, precision medicine, and healthcare systems across Latin America.
• Ensure Medical Affairs activities comply with applicable regulatory, privacy, ethical, and company requirements.

Preferred background, skills and experience

• Experience in Medical Affairs, clinical research, scientific affairs, or healthcare professional education.
• Strong scientific knowledge of molecular diagnostics, genomics, precision medicine, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage scientific projects and external collaborations.
• Experience supporting clinical evidence generation, scientific engagement, or healthcare professional education.
• Experience engaging healthcare professionals, academic institutions, diagnostic laboratories, or research organizations.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional, matrixed, and multicultural environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive, execution-focused approach.
• Fluency in English and Spanish; Portuguese is an advantage.
• Ability to travel approximately 50-70% throughout Latin America.

Preferred education and experience

• PhD, MD, PharmD, MSc, or equivalent advanced degree in Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, or a related field is preferred.
• Significant, relevant experience in Medical Affairs, clinical research, molecular diagnostics, genomics, biotechnology, or related healthcare field. Advanced degrees may be considered toward relevant experience.
• Experience with next-generation sequencing and clinical genomics is highly desirable.

We are a company deeply rooted in belonging, promoting an inclusive environment where employees feel valued and empowered to contribute to our mission. Built on a strong foundation, Illumina has always prioritized openness, collaboration, and seeking alternative perspectives to propel inno