Medical Director

Medical Director - Nordics

Unilabs is looking for a Medical Director to oversee its operations in the Nordics markets. As one of the largest diagnostic providers in Europe, Unilabs offers laboratory, imaging, and pathology services to patients and healthcare professionals. The Medical Director will be responsible for ensuring that the highest standard of care is delivered across all services provided by Unilabs in the Nordics. The successful candidate will be joining an international team of diagnostics professionals and supporting team members that value the "CARE BIG culture" - bringing open minds and new ideas to their work. If you are passionate about healthcare and want to join a mission-driven organization that is committed to improving patient outcomes, then we encourage you to submit your application today

Key Responsibilities:

1. Be at the heart of scientific innovation at Unilabs Nordics & identify potential sources of growth (new products/services).
2. Support Unilabs Nordics tenders and bids for various government contracts, with expert medical input when requested, as part of a cross-functional bid team.
3. Work with the Head of Medical strategy & innovation to develop and build Unilabs' Innovation pipeline to favour strategic alliances on new tests.
4. Support Unilabs' Total Quality roadmap and help ensure communication of the quality expectations throughout the Group.
5. Provide assistance in medical/scientific recruitment processes.
6. Lead internal and external medical programs by integrating scientific, clinical, operational, and commercial priorities.
7. Together with our medical excellence team, assist the Procurement office in sourcing activities and provide adequate medical input to facilitate decision making.
8. Support the marketing organization through medical training and education on Unilabs' service offers.
9. Provide senior medical advice on all aspects of Unilabs initiatives.
10. Serve as leading medical spokesperson for Unilabs Nordics and ambassador with key opinion leaders, government and regulatory authorities, professional associations, special interest and customer groups, manufacturers and clinical research organizations.
11. Continuously increase the awareness and appreciation of Unilabs' services.

Requirements:

1. MD degree and license to practice medicine in Nordics.
2. 5+ years of clinical experience.
3. 3+ years of experience in a leadership or managerial role.
4. Strong knowledge of Nordics healthcare regulations and standards.
5. Demonstrated ability to develop and implement clinical policies and procedures.
6. Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills.
7. Fluent in Swedish/Norwegian/Danish and English (spoken and written).
8. Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, and manage multiple projects and priorities.

The Medical Director in the Nordics market will be a senior and dynamic executive with considerable knowledge and experience in the field of healthcare delivery, specifically medical diagnostics. This experience is likely to have been acquired from within a clinical setting (research and medical centres), healthcare services, diagnostics or devices equipment manufacturers, and possibly also pharmaceutical companies or biotechs. A successful candidate will stand out as they:

1. Combine scientific and medical knowledge with business acumen effortlessly, understanding the need to care about the customer and the performance.
2. Are charismatic and dynamic, able to energise the medical teams.
3. Are a "go to" reference within the business for innovation and ideas.
4. Are able to think outside of the box, bringing simplicity to complexity.
5. Have a "can do" attitude and will quickly get to the essential whilst leveraging their scientific knowledge.
6. Will be a person of reference for Unilabs' key external stakeholders.
7. Bring some international experience on top of their familiarity with the Nordics healthcare landscape.

Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Health Care Provider

Industries

Non-profit Organizations and Primary and Secondary Education

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