Vice President, Medical Affairs
- Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
The Vice President, Medical Affairs will provide executive leadership across Medical Monitoring and Pharmacovigilance within a growing global clinical research environment. This strategic role combines medical oversight, patient safety, regulatory compliance, and business performance to support high-quality clinical trials across multiple therapeutic areas. You will shape the long-term vision for both functions while overseeing budgets, revenue targets, operational delivery, and organizational growth. Working closely with executive leadership, cross-functional teams, and external sponsors, you will strengthen scientific excellence and build trusted client relationships. You will lead a multidisciplinary international team, develop future leaders, and ensure medical and safety standards evolve alongside expanding geographic operations. The role also offers a strong commercial dimension, with direct involvement in business development, strategic proposals, and client presentations. This is an opportunity for an experienced physician executive to influence organizational strategy, advance clinical research quality, and help scale a high-performing Medical Affairs division.
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More about this job
Responsibilities
Provide executive leadership for Medical Monitoring and Pharmacovigilance, setting their long-term direction while overseeing medical oversight, patient safety, regulatory compliance, budgets, revenue targets, and operational delivery. Lead an international multidisciplinary team, strengthen sponsor relationships and scientific standards, and contribute to business development, proposals, and client presentations.
Requirements
The role calls for an experienced physician executive with senior leadership experience in medical affairs, medical monitoring, pharmacovigilance, or clinical research. It also requires the ability to lead international teams, manage business and operational performance, ensure regulatory and patient-safety standards, and engage effectively with sponsors and executive stakeholders.
Skills
- Medical Monitoring
- Pharmacovigilance
- Medical Oversight
- Patient Safety
- Regulatory Compliance
- Clinical Research
- Strategic Leadership
- Budget Management
- Revenue Management
- Operational Delivery
- Business Development
- Strategic Proposals
- Client Presentations
- Team Leadership
- Organizational Growth
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Management & Leadership
- Science & Research
- Sales
Keywords
- Medical Affairs
- Medical Monitoring
- Pharmacovigilance
- Clinical Research
- Clinical Trials
- Patient Safety
- Medical Oversight
- Regulatory Compliance
- Therapeutic Areas
- Scientific Excellence
- Executive Leadership
- Strategic Planning
- Budget Management
- Revenue Targets
- Operational Delivery
- Business Development
- Strategic Proposals
- Client Presentations
- Sponsor Relationships
- International Team Leadership
- Organizational Growth
- Geographic Expansion