Principal Medical Science Liaison

UKG Medtronic UK LTD; Watford; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic UK LTD in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal Medical Science Liaison for Neuromodulation & Pelvic Health to lead external scientific engagement and trusted relationships with healthcare professionals and professional societies.

This remote role requires frequent travel across Western Europe; you will support communication of clinical evidence, contribute to strategy, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to advance patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience within the medical device industry.
• Experience supporting Neuromodulation, Pelvic Health, neuroscience, urology, gynaecology.
• Experience communicating complex scientific information to healthcare professionals.
• Demonstrated experience building relationships with key opinion leaders and other healthcare stakeholders.
• Experience leading cross-functional medical affairs initiatives within a regulated healthcare environment.
• Advanced degree and medical affairs experience is considered an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key opinion leaders, healthcare professionals, medical societies, and external stakeholders.
• Deliver accurate, balanced, and evidence-based scientific and clinical information related to Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health therapies.
• Lead and execute medical affairs initiatives aligned with therapeutic area objectives and organisational priorities.
• Support scientific exchange activities through advisory boards, CME programmes, workshops, congresses, and other scientific events.
• Communicate clinical evidence, health outcomes, and therapy value to diverse external and internal audiences.
• Provide scientific and clinical expertise to support product lifecycle management, including new therapy adoption and portfolio growth initiatives.
• Partner with cross-functional teams, including clinical, regulatory, commercial, and market development colleagues, to support strategic objectives.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring delivery against agreed timelines, budgets, and quality standards.

Skills

Medical devices

KOL relationships

Scientific communication

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Advanced degree (Master's, PharmD, PhD, MD, or equivalent)

Job description

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

The Neuromodulation & Pelvic Health business partners with healthcare professionals to improve outcomes for patients living with chronic conditions through evidence-based therapies and ongoing clinical innovation. The Medical Affairs function supports the generation, communication, and exchange of scientific and clinical evidence, enabling informed decision-making across the healthcare ecosystem. This is a remote position based in the United Kingdom, supporting stakeholders across Western Europe. The role requires frequent travel to engage with healthcare professionals, key opinion leaders, medical societies, congresses, and other scientific events. As Principal Medical Science Liaison, you will serve as a senior scientific expert for the Neuromodulation & Pelvic Health portfolio, leading external scientific engagement and fostering trusted relationships with healthcare professionals, key opinion leaders, and professional societies. You will support the communication of clinical evidence, contribute to medical affairs strategy, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to advance scientific understanding and patient care.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs), healthcare professionals, medical societies, and other external stakeholders
• Deliver accurate, balanced, and evidence-based scientific and clinical information related to Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health therapies
• Lead and execute medical affairs initiatives aligned with therapeutic area objectives and organisational priorities
• Support scientific exchange activities through advisory boards, continuing medical education programmes, workshops, congresses, and other scientific events
• Communicate clinical evidence, health outcomes, and therapy value to diverse external and internal audiences
• Provide scientific and clinical expertise to support product lifecycle management, including new therapy adoption and portfolio growth initiatives
• Partner with cross-functional teams, including clinical, regulatory, commercial, and market development colleagues, to support strategic objectives
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring delivery against agreed timelines, budgets, and quality standards

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Experience within the medical device industry
• Experience supporting Neuromodulation, Pelvic Health, neuroscience, urology, gynaecology, or related therapeutic areas
• Experience communicating complex scientific and clinical information to healthcare professionals and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining relationships with key opinion leaders and other healthcare stakeholders
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and medical affairs initiatives within a regulated healthcare environment
• Advanced degree (Master's, PharmD, PhD, MD, or equivalent) and significant experience in Medical Affairs, Medical Science Liaison, clinical research, or a related scientific role within healthcare is considered an advantage

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: United Kingdom: 77,040.00 GBP - 115,560.00 GBP | This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are.

Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough. This life-changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will… Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest: Experiences that put people first. Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies. No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms. Better outcomes for our world. Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls. Insight-driven care. Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare settingis considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support. This employer participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program,