Medical Affairs Director Cardiovascular EMEA

Job Summary

As Director Medical Affairs Cardiovascular EMEA, you will shape and execute the EMEA Medical Affairs strategy for our Cardiovascular Therapeutic Area, combining deep scientific expertise with a strong understanding of business and patient needs. You will lead evidence-generation and scientific-communication strategies, build trusted relationships with healthcare professionals and internal stakeholders, and provide leadership to an international Medical Affairs team.

Job Responsibilities

Develop and execute the EMEA Medical Affairs strategy for Cardiovascular, identifying unmet medical needs and translating these into clear strategic priorities. Define the evidence-generation strategy in close collaboration with Clinical Affairs, Marketing and other relevant functions, ensuring that scientific and business needs are appropriately addressed. Shape the scientific communication strategy, including publications, congress activities, scientific presentations and symposia. Act as a trusted cardiovascular scientific expert for EMEA and global stakeholders, providing credible medical leadership and translating scientific evidence into actionable insights. Build strong partnerships with key opinion leaders, physicians, medical communities and scientific societies through scientific collaborations, educational activities and other initiatives. Partner closely with Marketing Directors and other business leaders to understand strategic needs and provide tailored medical and scientific solutions. Identify strategic opportunities for scientific partnership and oversee Investigator Initiated Trials within the cardiovascular field. Support medical education by increasing understanding of relevant disease-management strategies and the clinical and economic value of our products and solutions. Contribute to global Medical Affairs strategy and collaborate effectively with regional and global medical and clinical colleagues. Lead, engage and develop the Medical Affairs team, providing clear direction, setting meaningful objectives and creating an environment in which people can perform and grow. Maintain a strong understanding of the cardiovascular landscape, emerging science, clinical practice and competitive technologies to anticipate opportunities and challenges.

Profile Description

You are an Medical Doctor, ideally with a background in cardiology, or hold an equivalent advanced scientific qualification, combined with substantial cardiovascular expertise. Deep knowledge of cardiology is essential for success in this position. You have the scientific depth and credibility to engage confidently with cardiovascular experts and become a trusted reference point for senior internal and external stakeholders. You combine scientific expertise with strong strategic and business acumen and are able to translate complex evidence into meaningful strategies and actions. You have proven people-leadership experience and know how to engage, develop and empower individuals within an international and distributed team. You are an excellent communicator and collaborator, comfortable influencing senior stakeholders and building effective partnerships across functions, cultures and organizational boundaries. You understand scientific methodology, evidence generation, clinical research and the medical-device environment, including relevant European regulatory requirements. You thrive in a complex, multicultural matrix organization and bring integrity, sound judgment, independence and the ability to navigate ambiguity. You are fluent in English, with an additional European language considered valuable, and are willing to travel regularly across the region. You are able and willing to maintain a meaningful connection with our EMEA organization and colleagues, including regular presence in Leuven, Belgium where needed.

Offer

This is an opportunity to take on a highly visible scientific leadership position at the intersection of science, cardiovascular medicine, evidence and business. You will have the platform to shape Medical Affairs strategy across EMEA, influence how evidence is generated and translated into action, and build strong partnerships with leading healthcare professionals and senior stakeholders. You will join an international Medical & Clinical organization where collaboration matters. Working across functions, geographies and cultures, you will have the opportunity to bring your scientific expertise into strategic discussions, develop an international team and help strengthen Medical Affairs as a trusted partner across the organization. The role also offers meaningful interaction with both EMEA and global stakeholders. Most importantl