Vice President Head of Medical Affairs – Biosimilars/Biologics

About the role

Fresenius Kabi is looking for a Vice President Head of Medical Affairs to lead strategic global Medical Affairs in biosimilars or biologics, covering development, launch and lifecycle. The role moves the function from late-stage scientific education toward strategic access activation and insight leadership, and is based in Eysins.

Key responsibilities

• Define and lead the Medical Affairs vision, operating model and transformation roadmap, and build reusable therapeutic-area and molecule scorecards.
• Support portfolio selection and new-molecule assessment with timely medical input on therapeutic context, clinical relevance, treatment algorithms, competitive disruptors, patient flows, unmet needs and biosimilar opportunities.
• Lead strategic planning of KOL influence mapping and position Medical Affairs activities toward the right decision makers in each market (physicians, pharmacists, procurement bodies).
• Establish scalable knowledge, competitive-intelligence and insight operations, including a written knowledge base, AI-assisted synthesis and a monthly insight cycle.
• Launch and oversee the India SSC Medical Affairs support model and partner cross-functionally with Commercial, MSP, Market Access, Portfolio, Clinical Development, Regulatory, Safety and R&D.
• Lead brand and lifecycle medical strategy globally and manage the Medical Affairs budget and resource allocation.
• Define and track transformation KPIs and act as an ethical, compliant ambassador for Medical Affairs.

Required profile

• MD, PharmD and/or PhD, or equivalent advanced scientific/medical qualification.
• Proven leadership in Medical Affairs transformation, portfolio and asset assessment, launch readiness and lifecycle strategy.
• Deep understanding of the biologics and biosimilars environment, tender and access considerations, and KOL engagement.
• Experience designing and leading high-impact medical initiatives and influencing clinical practice and stakeholder decisions.

Required skills

• High proficiency in English; additional languages are an asset.
• Digital fluency, including advanced Microsoft Office and use of real-world and scientific databases and AI-enabled tools.
• Strong cross-functional leadership, transformation leadership and people leadership.