Head of Medical Affairs, EME in City of London

Head of Medical Affairs, EME

Aspen Pharma Group – London, England, United Kingdom

Responsibilities

• Manage the medical affairs department in alignment with the organizational strategy and Aspen code of compliance and industry standards.
• Oversee medical information, promotional/non‑promotional compliance and medical scientific support for the EME portfolio and contribute to the pipeline development.
• Act as the Medical Operations Representative and medical signatory for Aspen UK.
• Supervise quality, compliance and performance metrics for medical information, compliance, and scientific engagement processes and communicate with key stakeholders.
• Create procedures ensuring compliance with global, regional and local regulations, maintaining consistent standards and timely responses.
• Support Quality Management through policy development, roll‑out, and maintenance of medical information and compliance systems.
• Oversee medical affairs resourcing and forecasting to meet KPI targets and regulatory requirements.
• Deliver support and training to local and remote teams.
• Contribute to change controls, validate and maintain medical information databases worldwide.
• Ensure affiliates and service providers are trained in enquiry handling and compliance is monitored continuously.
• Conduct quality control activities and audit external medical service providers for performance.
• Create, educate, and develop awareness of Aspen policies and the Code of Marketing Practice.
• Provide clinical and scientific input into the development of promotional and non‑promotional materials.
• Approve and review educational and promotional materials via Veeva Promomats or other identified platforms as per Aspen policies.
• Ensure promotional materials and other documents meet regulatory standards and company policies.
• Build and maintain relationships with marketing, commercial teams and key stakeholders at Aspen Pharma to enhance cross‑functional teamwork.
• Develop expertise and scientific evaluation of assigned therapeutic areas for local affiliate medical approvers.
• Support the line manager in maintaining the compliance monitoring process.
• Maintain risk register across all affiliate territories and report critical risks to senior management.
• Co‑develop and implement customer‑facing interactions and liaise with the medical and scientific community.
• Participate in the selection of qualified experts for collaborative efforts such as advisory boards, conferences and symposia.
• Support internal teams (sales, marketing) in delivering scientific update presentations.
• Ensure a strong medical and scientific presence in key markets for Aspen products and facilitate educational initiatives.
• Evaluate current and future therapeutic areas, pipeline products and gaps to support business development.
• Assist Marketing and Business Development in assessing clinical and scientific data for pipeline BD opportunities and engage HCPs.
• Act as medical signatory for promotional and non‑promotional activities in the UK & Ireland.
• Provide clinical input to optimize promotional activities in the UK.
• Ensure compliance with UK Codes of Practice and maintain awareness of changes.
• Certify UK materials in Veeva Promomats to ensure medical compliance.
• Support the UK Marketing team in developing promotional and educational campaigns.
• Support the creation of UK internal SOPs related to compliance with relevant Codes of Practice.

Requirements

• Doctorate Degree or multiple master’s degrees (PhD, Doctor of Pharmacy, Doctor of Medicine) and recognized medical profession status or registered pharmacist in the UK.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Medical Affairs.
• At least 8 years’ experience in a Medical / Pharmaceutical industry role.
• Ability to understand and interpret scientific data.
• Experience in facilitating training.
• Experience working with voluntary codes such as EFPIA, ABPI, IPHA.
• Good understanding of regulatory and legal environment and auditing processes.
• Experience in Medical Affairs and compliance monitoring is an advantage.
• Familiarity with MS Office, Veeva Promomats or equivalent.

Preferred

Travel required wherever necessary.

Our Culture

At Aspen, our culture is built on core values that drive our success and foster a supportive, innovative environment. We value teamwork, innovation, commitment, excellence, and integrity. By applying, you demonstrate alignment with these values and we look forward to reviewing your application.