Vice President & Chief Medical Officer (Healthcare, On-site)

Job summary

The Vice President & Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is a strategic leader responsible for shaping the medical, clinical, and scientific strategy of a diagnostics company globally. This role involves influencing enterprise medical excellence priorities and ensuring the clinical relevance and regulatory readiness of solutions worldwide.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in diagnostics and global medical leadership.
• Strong commercial and operational acumen.
• Proven ability to influence strategy in a matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the global medical strategy across innovation, clinical development, and product lifecycle management.
• Serve as a senior medical advisor to executive leadership, influencing portfolio strategy and scientific direction.
• Lead global medical affairs and evidence generation strategies, ensuring clinical utility evidence supports product differentiation.
• Partner with various departments to ensure scientific rigor and compliance with regulatory frameworks.
• Establish strategic relationships with key opinion leaders and represent the organization externally.
• Champion innovation in diagnostics and drive the translation of emerging technologies into viable solutions.
• Build and develop a high-performing global medical organization.

Skills

• Expertise in clinical research practices and protocol design.
• Strong leadership and talent development capabilities.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills.

Education

• Advanced degree in a relevant medical or scientific field is typically required.

Tools

• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks and evidence generation tools in the diagnostics field.