Medical Operations Lead LatAm

Country: Mexico

City: México, DF.

Department: Commercial, Marketing & Sales

Job ID: 45160

Professional | Permanent | Full-time | Hybrid

Are you passionate about setting medical standards and driving excellence across regions? Do you thrive at the intersection of science, compliance, and cross‑functional leadership? Join Grünenthal and take a key role in strengthening Medical Excellence across Latin America, ensuring high standards in medical compliance, governance, and medical information.

In this role, you will lead Medical Excellence across Latin America. This role is central to ensuring strong medical compliance, governance, and best‑in‑class medical information, while acting as a strategic connector between global, regional, and country organizations. Through leadership, standards, and cross‑functional collaboration, you will shape the Medical Affairs agenda and support sustainable brand success across the region.

What the job looks like

Each day you'll enjoy a variety of challenges, such as:

Lead Medical Excellence and Medical Compliance in LatAm, ensuring adherence to policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and regulatory frameworks.
Manage the regional function and programs for Medical Information, Patient Support Programs (PSP), and Medical Science Liaisons (MSL).
Act as a Global–Regional–Country liaison, translating and adapting global guidelines into effective local execution.
Strategically contribute to Establish Medicine Brand Teams at global, regional, and local levels, ensuring alignment with brand strategy.
Own the regional Medical Affairs budget, in close collaboration with Finance.

What you'll bring to the table

To make the most of this role and truly thrive, you should have:

Advanced scientific academic background
5–8 years of experience in Medical Affairs
Experience in leadership roles within Medical Affairs
Advanced level of English
Strong knowledge and understanding of the pharmaceutical industry
High stakeholder management capability
Project Management skills

The role can be based in any country where Grünenthal has a legal entity: Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, or Chile.

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"This role offers the opportunity to shape Medical Affairs in Latin America, work closely with global, regional and local teams, and deliver meaningful scientific and organizational impact."

Olga Sabrina Carron Namnun, the Hiring Manager

About Grünenthal

Grünenthal is a global leader in pain management and related diseases. As a science-based, privately-owned pharmaceutical company, we have a long track record of bringing innovative treatments and state-of-the-art technologies to patients worldwide. Our purpose is to change lives for the better – and innovation is our passion. We are focussing all of our activities and efforts on working towards our vision of a world free of pain.

Grünenthal is headquartered in Aachen, Germany, and has affiliates in 28 countries across Europe, Latin America and the US. Our products are available in more than 100 countries. In 2024, Grünenthal employed around 4,300 people and achieved sales of € 1.8 billion.

Your HR contact:

Lorena Baquezea

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Meet our teams
Website: www.grunenthal.com
LinkedIn: Grunenthal Group
Instagram: @grunenthal

Meet our teams
Website:
www.grunenthal.com/
LinkedIn:
Grunenthal Group
Instagram:
@grunenthal

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