Since 1929, ESTEVE has been driven by a clear and powerful purpose: improve people’s lives. Headquartered in Barcelona, we are a global pharmaceutical company with affiliates in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, France, the UK, and the USA, as well as world-class production sites in Mexico and China supporting our global CMO business.

We are on an exciting growth journey, transforming into a leading international specialty pharma company, focused on highly specialized medicines that address unmet medical needs. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: people matter, transparency, and accountability.

We care, we do: Our commitment goes beyond medicine. We care about making a positive impact on people, the environment, and the way we do business.

1. FUNCTIONAL CONTENT

Main Role

As Global Head of Medical Affairs, you will be responsible for setting the global medical strategy and leading its execution across the Onco Peds Innovatice model portfolio.

You will drive strategic leadership, ensure medical-scientific excellence, and partner cross-functionally to enable evidence generation, scientific engagement and access across key markets. Reporting to the Medical Affairs VP, you will be instrumental in advancing ESTEVE’s leadership in pediatric oncology and ensuring strong alignment between global and local medical teams.

Roles

Your key responsibilities will include:

Strategic Leadership & Portfolio Ownership

• Define and lead the global medical affairs strategy for the Onco Peds Innovative Model.

• Drive the scientific narrative and evidence generation priorities (e.g., RWE, investigator-initiated studies).

• Lead strategic planning, lifecycle support, and scientific positioning of the portfolio.

• Partner with R&D, Commercial, Access, and Regulatory to shape integrated strategies.

Team Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead and develop a high-performing global medical team (L5 & L4), fostering scientific excellence, accountability, and a growth mindset.

• Promote knowledge sharing, medical-scientific integrity, and cross-regional alignment.

• Mentor team members and manage medical trainees, supporting their development as future medical leaders.

Global-Local Medical Partnership

• Build strong partnerships with affiliate medical affairs teams to ensure consistent execution of global strategies.

• Provide scientific guidance, training, and strategic input for local medical teams.

• Foster structured global-local collaboration, feedback mechanisms, and performance tracking.

• Lead global medical reviews and forums to monitor local execution, gaps, and scientific insights.

Cross-functional & Stakeholder Alignment

• Co-lead with Global Marketing to develop and execute a unified medical-marketing strategy.

• Align with Regulatory, Market Access, Safety, Clinical Development, and Digital to support scientific and operational goals.

• Represent medical affairs in global governance forums and scientific strategy boards.

External Engagement & Scientific Leadership

• Lead external engagement with international KOLs, scientific societies, advocacy groups, and research networks.

• Oversee the scientific presence at global congresses, advisory boards, and symposia.

• Ensure compliance-driven external communication and scientific exchange.

Evidence generation & medical insights

• Drive data generation plans (Phase IV, RWE, registries, IIS proposals) in collaboration with clinical and HEOR teams.

• Integrate insights from affiliates, HCPs, patients, and competitors into medical strategies.

• Maintain up-to-date awareness of the competitive and scientific landscape.

2. ORGANIZATION CHART & JOB RELATIONSHIPS

• Line Manager: VP Medical Affairs
• Direct Reporting
  • 2 Global Medical Affairs Senior Manager
  • Global Medical Affairs Manager
  • Global Medical Affairs Specialist 

Job Relationships

• Internal: Executive Leadership, Global Marketing, Access, Regulatory, Digital, Supply, GPA, Finance, BICE
• External: KOLs, Scientific Societies, Agencies, Global Partners and Medical Affiliates

3. JOB PROFILE

Qualifications and professional experience:

• Advanced degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, or Life Sciences (MD, PhD or PharmD preferred)
• 8+ years of experience in medical affairs (local and global), ideally within oncology or rare diseases
• Experience in evidence generation, external engagement, and scientific strategy
• Proven leadership in cross-functional, cross-regional teams in matrix environments

Soft skills:

• Strategic and scientific acumen
• Inspirational leadership and talent development skills
• Outstanding communication and influence capability
• Analytical mindset and executional excellence
• High resilience and adaptability in complex environments

Languages

• Candidate should demonstrate English at an excellent level (proficiency)
• Other European languages will be a plus

Ready to join us on our purpose to improve people’s lives?  Become part of a team where your passion can make a real difference.