Medical Affairs Lead - Neurology

London

Competitive Salary & Benefits

Closing Date: 16th October 2026

Introduction to role:

Are you ready to influence the neurology medical strategy for the UK and Ireland and translate evidence into better patient pathways?

Purpose:

Provide medical leadership for a disease area and, in partnership with the Commercial Franchise Lead, jointly own the development and delivery of the country Disease Strategic Plan. Translate scientific evidence and insights from healthcare professionals, clinical opinion leaders, patients and healthcare systems into clear disease-area priorities. Lead a high-performing Medical Affairs team to deliver connected, relevant and personalised experiences that provide value to clients and promote scientific advocacy. Use approved data, analytics and artificial intelligence tools to identify insights, set priorities and improve delivery, while remaining accountable for scientific judgement, medical review, ethics and compliance.

Accountabilities:

Disease Strategy, Medical Insight and Evidence — jointly own the Disease Strategic Plan with the Commercial Franchise Lead and lead the development, implementation and evaluation of the associated medical tactical plan.

Customer Experience, Clinical Opinion Leader Engagement and Partnerships — translate the enterprise customer-experience vision into disease-area priorities. Develop medical content plans and coordinated scientific engagement that deliver value for customers and advance scientific advocacy.

Medical Team and Change Leadership — lead inclusively, build capability and accountability, and develop an agile and resilient team that embraces data-, digital- and AI-enabled ways of working.

Disease-Area Leadership, Governance and Responsible AI — deliver medical mentorship to support disease-area decisions, prioritisation, OPEX planning, risk management, and medical review. Maintain scientific integrity and ensure AI is used safely, transparently, and compliantly.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Medical degree or bachelor’s degree in medicine, pharmacy, life sciences or another relevant scientific discipline.
• Experience in Medical in the Neurology Therapy Area with strong understanding of guidelines and experience launching medicines in this TA.
• Significant relevant pharmaceutical-industry experience, including substantial Medical Affairs experience and leadership of sophisticated strategies or workstreams.
• Track record of contributing to disease strategy and developing and delivering medical strategy and tactics across the stages of a product lifecycle.
• Inclusive people leadership, coaching and capability building in a matrix environment.
• Demonstrated ability to advance healthcare professional and clinical opinion leader advocacy through scientific engagement and medical partnerships.
• Evidence of translating complex scientific, customer and healthcare-system insights into prioritised decisions and measurable action.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration across Medical, Commercial, Market Access, Corporate Affairs and Regulatory Affairs.
• Strong working knowledge of the ABPI Code, medical review and pharmaceutical medical-governance requirements.
• Demonstrated understanding of customer experience, data, AI, privacy and information security.

Key Capabilities Required to excel in the role:

• Customer-experience leadership: starts with the desired customer-experience outcome when designing disease-area priorities and medical tactics
• Disease strategy and medical planning: works jointly with the Commercial Franchise Lead to shape the Disease Strategic Plan and translates it into a prioritised, measurable and deliverable medical tactical plan.
• Cross-functional engagement: ensures alignment across Medical, Commercial, including Marketing and Sales, Market Access and Corporate Affairs plans and customer engagement, while maintaining appropriate medical independence and accountability.
• Clinical opinion leader engagement: owns strategic engagement planning for clinical opinion leaders and builds trusted scientific relationships that deliver customer value and advance scientific advocacy.
• Data, AI and responsible judgement: interprets customer and medical data, frames effective questions and selects approved tools
• Strategic people and change leadership: sets clear direction and priorities, effectively handles ambiguity, establishes team agility and resilience, coaches and develops capability, and encourages a test-and-learn approach within appropriate governance requirements.

Desirable Skills, Experience & Capabilities:

• Postgraduate scientific, medical, public-health, health-economics, digital health, data or AI qualification.
• Registered physician, pharmacist or other relevant healthcare professional.
• Nominated Signatory or Appropriately Qualified Person status, or willingness and eligibility to attain it.
• Experience in rare disease, specialised care or complex healthcare pathways.
• Experience of launch readiness, evidence generation, market access or healthcare-system improvement.
• Experience implementing customer-experience, omnichannel, advanced analytics or AI-enabled Medical Affairs workflows.
• Experience working across healthcare environments in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as well as with regional and global teams. Skills & Capabilities
• Solid understanding of audience segmentation, coordinated customer engagement, approved channels and medical content planning.
• Ability to use AI instructions, workflow mapping, scenario testing and advanced analytics to improve productivity and decision quality in Medical Affairs.
• Service design, pathway mapping or implementation-science capability to support healthcare-system improvement.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we ignite bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Business Area:

Here you will help translate cutting-edge science into meaningful change for people living with disease, working at the intersection of science, medicine and technology. We bring unexpected teams together to spark bold ideas, pairing the energy of a nimble biotech approach with the resources and reach of a global leader. You will work with advanced analytics and ethical AI, collaborate closely with clinicians and health systems, and see your insights turn into better pathways and access. We value kindness alongside ambition, and we support growth with mentoring, autonomy and the opportunity to lead work that matters from day one.

Lead the next chapter of neurology care—take the step today to shape strategy, elevate scientific advocacy and improve patient outcomes!

Apply now and join us on this exciting journey!

Date Posted

01-Oct-2026

Closing Date

16-Oct-2026

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