[Hiring] Medical Affairs Manager @Illumina

Role Description

As Medical Affairs Manager, LATAM at Illumina, you will support Medical Affairs activities across the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America. Working closely with the Senior Manager, Medical Affairs LATAM in Brazil, you will drive scientific engagement, clinical evidence generation, and healthcare professional education to support adoption of Illumina's clinical genomics portfolio. Your work will span oncology, reproductive health, rare and inherited diseases, infectious diseases, and emerging clinical applications.

Responsibilities include:

• Support execution of Medical Affairs priorities across Spanish-speaking Latin America in alignment with regional and global strategies.
• Identify and support opportunities for clinical evidence generation, investigator collaborations, and healthcare professional education.
• Build and maintain scientific relationships with healthcare professionals, researchers, laboratory leaders, and key opinion leaders.
• Execute regional clinical evidence-generation projects, investigator-initiated studies, and healthcare education initiatives.
• Collaborate with Medical Affairs, R&D, Account Management, Marketing, Customer Support, Market Access, Government Affairs, Regulatory, and other teams to support clinical implementation of Illumina technologies.
• Contribute scientific expertise to study design, protocol development, publications, congress activities, advisory boards, and educational programs.
• Support development and dissemination of scientific and clinical content demonstrating the clinical utility and implementation of Illumina solutions.
• Collect and communicate customer insights, emerging clinical needs, and competitive intelligence to regional and global stakeholders.
• Maintain a strong understanding of advances in clinical genomics, precision medicine, and healthcare systems across Latin America.
• Ensure Medical Affairs activities comply with applicable regulatory, privacy, ethical, and company requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience in Medical Affairs, clinical research, scientific affairs, or healthcare professional education.
• Strong scientific knowledge of molecular diagnostics, genomics, precision medicine, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage scientific projects and external collaborations.
• Experience supporting clinical evidence generation, scientific engagement, or healthcare professional education.
• Experience engaging healthcare professionals, academic institutions, diagnostic laboratories, or research organizations.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional, matrixed, and multicultural environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive, execution-focused approach.
• Fluency in English and Spanish; Portuguese is an advantage.
• Ability to travel approximately 50-70% throughout Latin America.

Requirements

• PhD, MD, PharmD, MSc, or equivalent advanced degree in Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, or a related field is preferred.
• Significant, relevant experience in Medical Affairs, clinical research, molecular diagnostics, genomics, biotechnology, or related healthcare field. Advanced degrees may be considered toward relevant experience.
• Experience with next-generation sequencing and clinical genomics is highly desirable.

Benefits

• Inclusive environment where employees feel valued and empowered to contribute to our mission.
• Opportunities for career development through Employee Resource Groups (ERG).
• Commitment to equal opportunity employment regardless of various statuses.