Head of Global Medical Affairs

Group 42

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Work From Remote Location

Ref: SP358-05

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

G42 Healthcare is a leading medical technology company in the MENA region, with footprint across Central Asia, Africa and Europe. G42 Healthcare is the initiator and operator of the largest human genome sequencing program in the world. Due to the increasing strategic demand of growing our pharmaceutical business, we are looking for Head of Global Medical Affairs to be based in our Headquarters, Abu Dhabi.

Head of Global Medical Affairs oversees medical and clinical affairs across multiple regions where our healthcare business operates. The leader will develop and execute with excellence a strategy designed for growth, partnership and innovation. This role is responsible for building and leading the business into one of the largest local pharmaceutical and medical businesses. The candidate should have significant experience positioning value propositions for healthcare services companies and an ability to lead and grow people and assets, ensuring the business reacts quickly to market changes and opportunities. In addition, this leader will bring an extensive network of relevant relationships that the company will use to complement its current partner and customer portfolio and possess confident negotiation capabilities, specifically when crafting complex, multi-million-dollar partnerships.

Job Description
- Develop and execute overall business vision, strategy, revenue pipeline, sales projections to grow the business into multi-billion-dollar valuation company.
- Cultivate strategic partnerships with global leading pharmaceutical suppliers, medical suppliers, hospitals and clinics.
- Own senior business relationships and spearhead government related contracts and projects.
- Be responsible for launching new services and revenue sources.
- Be the thought leader and leverage extensive network to attract customers and facilitate both organic and inorganic growth.
- Leverage data and analysis to synthesize outcomes and insights with our global leading Artificial Intelligence research institute.
- Build a high-performing, growth-oriented culture to attract global talents.
- Influence senior level leaders and government officials regarding matters of significance, including calculated risk-taking opportunities

Requirements

- 12+ years of demonstrated general management or sales/BD experience in leading pharmaceutical or medical supplies companies. Ideally with at least 3 years of experience working in the MENA region
- Experience engaging and interfacing with global pharmaceutical manufacturers, regulators and government officials
- Ability to engage and communicate with all levels of internal and external leaders
- Exceptional P/L and business acumen, with proven track record in setting, achieving and exceeding company goals in sales and revenue.
- Experience negotiating and crafting complex deal structures that create win-win solutions
- Leads by example, high inclusion and engagement mindset, celebrates successes
- Ability to travel 30 percent
- Bachelor's degree required; graduate degree preferred

About the Company

Group 42 is an Abu Dhabi based artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing company, uniquely positioned in the national ecosystem to develop and deploy holistic and scalable AI solutions.

• Industry Solutions: experienced team of data scientists and engineers based in Abu Dhabi. • Fundamental AI research, through our subsidiary the Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence (IIAI), on AI, big data and machine learning. • Cloud Computing Infrastructure: the largest and most powerful Cloud Computing capability in the region. • Multidisciplinary and diverse team.

G42 has an active and extensive partnership network, connecting leading international organizations who complement our ecosystem and support our vision. Our partnerships range from strategic teaming agreement, joint ventures, to direct investment by G42.

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