[Hiring] Medical Lead @Cencora

Role Description

Join NeoOptima at Cencora and help shape the future of Medical Affairs and Medical Excellence. We are seeking a Director-level Medical Lead to drive strategic client engagements while helping build NeoOptima’s capabilities, offerings, and growth. This role is ideal for a leader who combines scientific credibility, consulting strength, and commercial acumen to solve complex challenges across medical strategy, portfolio planning, field enablement, and AI-enabled Medical Affairs. The role spans both client delivery and internal business building, with approximately 50% of time focused on each, depending on business priorities and client needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver strategic advisory engagements across Medical Affairs and Medical Excellence for life sciences clients.
• Shape and deliver solutions related to medical strategy, portfolio planning, field enablement, operating models, and AI-enabled Medical Affairs.
• Support NeoOptima’s growth by contributing to capability building, strategic initiatives, thought leadership, and field enablement.
• Assess current-state client capabilities and identify opportunities to improve effectiveness, scalability, and business impact.
• Develop practical, actionable roadmaps to enhance Medical Affairs strategy, operations, and execution.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to support solution development, proposals, and strategic client discussions.
• Lead complex workstreams independently while managing multiple priorities, stakeholders, and deadlines.
• Translate scientific and technical insights into clear, client-ready recommendations and deliverables.
• Contribute to the development of reusable methodologies, tools, and best practices across NeoOptima and VEA.
• Provide guidance to less-experienced team members and help drive consistent, high-quality delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in health economics, pharmacy administration, biostatistics, health services research, clinical epidemiology, public health, life sciences, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Master’s degree in health economics, epidemiology, public health, pharmacy, medicine, biostatistics, or a related field, or equivalent experience (preferred).
• Certification in epidemiology or public health research (preferred).
• Certification in health economics and outcomes research (preferred).
• Certification in medical writing or scientific communications (preferred).

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in one or more of the following: Medical Affairs, Medical Excellence, Health outcomes research, Epidemiology, Health economics, Scientific consulting, Medical writing, Market access evidence, Related life sciences or consulting disciplines.
• Experience leading or supporting strategic consulting engagements for pharmaceutical, biotech, or life sciences organizations (preferred).
• Experience improving Medical Affairs capabilities, operations, field models, or organizational effectiveness (preferred).
• Experience developing and presenting client-ready recommendations and strategic deliverables (preferred).
• Experience supporting proposal development, concept papers, and client solution design (preferred).

Skills

• Strong knowledge of health outcomes research, epidemiology, and observational study design principles.
• Understanding of health economics concepts, including value demonstration, evidence generation, and economic model development.
• Knowledge of systematic literature reviews, evidence synthesis methods, and scientific publication practices.
• Knowledge of protocol development, study reporting, and scientific communication standards across the research lifecycle.
• Familiarity with data sources, database structures, and analytical methods used in outcomes research and pharmacoepidemiology.
• Understanding of market access, payer evidence, and field-based evidence applications within life sciences consulting.
• Skill in designing and delivering health outcomes and epidemiology studies from concept through final report.
• Skill in developing scientific content for protocols, study reports, abstracts, posters, manuscripts, and presentations.
• Skill in synthesizing clinical, epidemiologic, and economic evidence into clear and actionable insights.
• Skill in contributing to economic models, value dossiers, systematic reviews, and related evidence-generation deliverables.
• Strong medical writing and client communication skills.
• Ability to analyze multiple data sources and document methods, rationale, and outputs clearly.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple assignments with minimal guidance.
• Ability to deliver complex consulting assignments independently within scope, quality, and timeline expectations.
• Ability to communicate technical findings effectively in writing, presentations, and stakeholder discussions.
• Ability to identify and implement process improvements that reduce rework and improve consistency.
• Ability to coach less-experienced professionals and contribute to reusable resources and best practices.

Benefits

• Compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture.
• Traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care.
• Support for working families, including backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave.
• Variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, and volunteer activities.