Director, Medical Affairs DACH

Corcept is seeking a Director, Medical Affairs DACH to lead all medical affairs activities across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Reporting to the DACH General Manager with a dotted-line relationship to the Senior Director, Medical Affairs Europe, role will serve as the DACH senior medical authority for the affiliate, driving medical strategy, providing leadership to cross-functional partners, and ensuring alignment between European priorities and local execution while bringing DACH-specific insights to inform regional decision-making.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the DACH Medical strategy and execution plan, ensuring alignment with European medical strategy, priorities, and affiliate objectives
• Serve as the senior medical leader for the DACH affiliate and represent Medical on leadership discussions and business planning activities
• Provide medical leadership for launch readiness, lifecycle management, and cross-functional decision-making across Commercial, Market Access, Regulatory, Compliance and Clinical functions
• Partner closely with Market Access and HEOR to provide medical and scientific expertise for AMNOG/HTA activities, value communication, and payer-related scientific engagement within DACH
• Engage with selected DACH Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), investigators, and scientific experts to support strategic scientific exchange, gather insights, and advance affiliate and regional medical priorities
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with KOLs, investigators, scientific societies and other key external stakeholders across Germany, Austria and Switzerland
• Lead local advisory boards, scientific exchange programs and medical education initiatives that support affiliate objectives and complement regional medical activities
• Lead, coach and develop the DACH MSL team, ensuring high-quality field medical execution, insight generation and scientific engagement
• Oversee local medical review, approval and governance processes, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations, industry codes and company policies
• Collaborate with HEOR on the execution of HEOR-led real-world evidence and other evidence-generation initiatives within DACH
• Monitor scientific and competitive developments and communicate actionable insights to regional and global stakeholders
• Serve as the medical counterpart to Pharmacovigilance for local safety-related activities and escalations
• Champion a culture of collaboration, accountability, and strategic execution, setting high standards for leadership effectiveness and cross-functional partnership
• Travel will be required for this role

Preferred Skills, Qualifications and Technical Proficiencies:

• Strong understanding of German market access, AMNOG/HTA processes and the DACH healthcare environment
• Strong cross-functional partnership skills with Market Access, Commercial, Regulatory, Legal/Compliance, HEOR, Clinical and global or regional medical colleagues
• Fluency in German and English is required

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Advanced degree preferred (MD, PharmD, PhD or equivalent)
• 10+ years of medical experience within biotechnology or pharmaceutical organizations; oncology experience is strongly preferred
• Experience leading Medical or MSL teams within Germany and/or the broader DACH region