Senior Director, Medical Affairs, France

The Opportunity:

Reporting to the VP, General Manager, France the Senior Director, Medical Affairs, France  is the medical leader responsible for defining and executing the local medical strategy for oncology products. This role serves as the medical voice within the French Leadership Team, ensuring scientific excellence, compliant medical engagement, and strong alignment between global strategy and local patient, physician, and healthcare system needs.

This leader will ensure that French medical considerations are embedded in the regional medical strategy and plans and will partner with the General Manager and crossfunctional teams, as well as the VP, Head of Europe Medical Affairs and their leadership team. The incumbent will contribute to building the French medical team and work closely with the Global and Regional Medical Affairs teams across Med Affairs functions.

Responsibilities:

• Act as the Medical Affairs lead for France, accountable for local medical strategy, execution, and impact across the oncology portfolio.

• Translate global medical and clinical strategies into locally relevant medical plans aligned with French regulations and clinical practice.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with national and regional key opinion leaders, oncology networks, academic institutions, and scientific societies.

• Lead scientific exchange, advisory boards, investigator and other external meetings, press conferences, and congress engagement at country level.

• Serve as medical expert within the local oncology and scientific community, acting as a spokesperson for France.

• Collaborate effectively with regional and global teams by contributing to overall medical affairs strategy, strongly partnering with local, regional and global clinical development and operations teams.

• Drive local medical strategy across pre-launch, launch, and post-launch phases.

• Provide local medical expertise on evidence generation activities including local studies, real-world evidence initiatives, and investigator-initiated research (where permitted).

• Ensure effective execution of publication plans and scientific communication activities.

• Lead medical launch readiness for oncology products, including training, scientific materials, and field medical engagement plans.

• Partner with Market Access and Commercial teams to support value communication and reimbursement-related interactions from a medical perspective, e.g. representing and defining evidence and value of innovation at oral HTA hearings.

• Support lifecycle management activities including new indications, label updates, and competitive positioning.

• Work closely with Market Access, Commercial, Regulatory, Safety, and Corporate Affairs teams to ensure aligned and compliant execution of country plans.

• Provide medical review and approval of non-promotional materials in accordance with local regulations and company policies.

• Build, lead, and develop the French Medical Affairs team, including Medical Directors and Medical Science Liaisons.

• Establish medical processes, governance, and ways of working as part of the french build-out.

• Foster a culture of scientific rigor, compliance, and collaboration.

• Ensure all medical activities comply with local regulations, national and EFPIA codes, and internal company policies.

• Represent Medical Affairs in french governance and risk management forums.

Required Skills, Experience and Education:

• Advanced degree required (MD, PhD, or PharmD).

• Strong background and experience in oncology required.

• 10+ years’ experience in Medical Affairs with a track record of country leadership.

• Proven value and benefit assessment experience, with deep understanding of country payer decision-making.

• Strong stakeholder management and ability to collaborate with internal and external partners.

• Proven experience supporting oncology product launches in a European market.

• Strong understanding of the local healthcare system, clinical practice, and regulatory environment.

• Experience in a US-based or global biotech and/or in a build-out or first-in-country role strongly.

• Excellent communication skills, both in person and virtual.

• Proven leadership and people management capabilities; demonstrated success in small but fast growing, entrepreneurial environment.

• Scientific and solution-orientated mindset and capability to move and execute in a rapidly changing, ambiguous environment.

• Strong understanding of local healthcare systems, customer dynamics, and reimbursement environments.

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