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Medical Director

ID:  1803
Date of Posting:  Aug 4, 2025
Business Area:  Medical
Job Type:  Direct Employee
On site / Remote / Hybrid:  Hybrid
Location: 

Hemel Hempstead, GB

Territory: 
Full-Time or Part-Time:  Full Time
Seniority:  Director

With its beginnings in a family run pharmacy in Correggio, Italy in the 1920s, Recordati is now a global pharmaceutical company, listed on the Italian stock exchange, with over 4,500 employees and turnover of over Euro 2bn.

We are a group of like-minded, passionate individuals who go to extraordinary lengths for our patients, customers, partners, investors and the people across the globe who we serve. We develop and commercialise medicines to serve people living with common diseases, as well as those living with some of the rarest, in around 150 countries.

At Recordati, our mantra is simple. We’ve always believed that health, and the opportunity to live life to the fullest, is a right, not a privilege. Whether that is for common diseases or the rarest – we want to give people the opportunity to be the best version of themselves.

This drive will never stop. Together, we will always be reimagining tomorrow – with new ideas, new technologies and new innovations to fight diseases.

Recordati. Unlocking the full potential of life.

Job Purpose

The Medical Director has full accountability for developing and executing medical affairs strategies that support Recordati SPC commercial success across the UK&IE portfolio. Responsible for building scientific evidence, managing key opinion leader relationships, and ensuring medical excellence throughout product lifecycles whilst driving stakeholder engagement that supports optimal patient access and treatment outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Medical Strategy and Scientific Leadership through developing and implementing the medical affairs strategy as well as developing scientific publications strategy, medical communications plans, and contribute to regulatory submissions and health technology assessment dossiers that support market access objectives.

Key Opinion Leader Engagement & External Relations: Establish and maintain strategic relationships with key opinion leaders, scientific societies, and academic institutions across relevant therapeutic areas in UK&I.

Scientific society and professional engagement: Lead engagement with relevant scientific societies and professional organisations to influence clinical guidelines, treatment pathways, and medical practice standards.

Cross functional collaboration andcommercial support: Collaborate with Commercial, Market Access, Regulatory Affairs, and Global Medical teams to ensure integrated approaches to product strategy, launch planning, and lifecycle management.

Internal medical excellence: Build and maintain medical affairs capabilities across UK&I including direct line management of Medical Science Liaisons. Develop medical training programmes, performance management frameworks, and ensure medical affairs team compliance with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and Recordati policies and procedures.

Operational Excellence and compliance: Manage medical affairs operational budgets, external vendor relationships, and resource allocation to deliver strategic medical objectives efficiently and cost-effectively.

Act as company final signatory for promotional materials certification through Veeva system, providing final medical approval to certify that all materials meet medical, legal, and regulatory standards

Establish and maintain comprehensive medical affairs processes, documentation standards, and performance measurement systems that support audit requirements and regulatory compliance.

Ensure all medical affairs activities comply with relevant regulatory frameworks, industry codes of practice, and Recordati's ethical standards whilst supporting business objectives and patient needs.

Required Education

  • MD degree with medical practice experience or research clinic background as part of academic training
  • Minimum 5 years medical affairs experience in biotech/pharmaceutical industry
  • Previous pharmaceutical product launch experience required
  • Extensive experience with scientific societies, KOL interactions, and continuing medical education activities

Required Skills and Experience

  • Strong analytical and scientific writing skills with experience in evidence generation and medical communications
  • Knowledge and ability to build epidemiological and real-world evidence studies in collaboration with external partners
  • Solid understanding of regulatory compliance requirements, healthcare systems, and reimbursement methods including health technology assessments
  • Business acumen, strategic planning capabilities, and project management skills with ability to lead and influence in matrix environments

Technical Competencies

Required Behaviours and Competencies

  • Self-motivated, results-oriented, and highly autonomous with entrepreneurial mindset
  • Adaptable and able to thrive in fast-paced pharmaceutical environment with remote working capability
  • Collaborative team player with customer-centric approach and strong interpersonal skills
  • Ethical and compliant with industry standards with ability to convey complex clinical information effectively

Required Languages

Fluent in both spoken and written English

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Travel required in %

50%

At Recordati we believe in people! Inspired by our purpose - unlocking the full potential of life - we are committed to creating a diverse environment and cultivating a culture of inclusion. We strive to continually lead with our values and beliefs, enabling our employees to bring their whole selves to work and develop their potential.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, develop and reward without regard to, amongst others, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical or mental ability, race, ethnicity, political or religious belief.

If you are looking to join a company where you can try new things, speak openly, and be bold, we invite you to apply today.

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