Field Medical Engagement (FME) Lead

Field Medical Engagement (FME) Lead   Role Purpose As Field Medical Engagement (FME) Lead, you will own the FME strategy and execution in Egypt, ensuring high-quality, compliant scientific engagement and medical support to cross-functional teams. You will build, develop and oversee the country Medical Excellence function, in alignment with global and regional medical strategies.   Key Responsibilities FME Strategy and Planning • Develop the country FME strategy aligned with Medical Affairs priorities and therapy-area plans. • Identify unmet medical needs across therapy areas and integrate field insights with therapy-area leads and the Country Medical Director. • Define clear objectives, metrics and annual activity plans to support brands and therapy areas. • Ensure FME activities reflect the external environment, unmet needs and evidence gaps.   Field Medical Team Leadership • Lead, coach and develop MSLs/Field Medical Advisors to deliver high-quality scientific engagement and insight generation. • Set performance expectations, provide regular feedback and build capability across therapy areas. • Promote a culture of patient-centricity, scientific excellence, integrity and compliance within the field medical team.   External Scientific Engagement • Oversee one-to-one scientific interactions, advisory boards and scientific meetings with key external experts and other stakeholders, in line with applicable codes and standards. • Ensure communication is balanced, evidence-based and that insights are appropriately captured and shared. • Partner with therapy-area and global/regional medical leads to prioritise engagements and refine scientific messages.   Insights and Cross-Functional Partnership • Generate, analyse and communicate field-derived insights to inform medical strategy, brand plans and evidence priorities. • Collaborate closely with Medical Affairs, Commercial, Market Access, Regulatory and other functions on integrated strategies and activities. • Represent FME in country governance forums and cross-functional teams.   Governance, Compliance and Quality • Ensure adherence to company values, policies, SOPs, industry codes and Egyptian regulations. • Oversee documentation of interactions, reporting quality and the compliant use of approved CRM and insight-capture tools. • Maintain inspection readiness for FME and medical activities; lead remediation and continuous improvement initiatives as needed.   Capability Building and Training • Identify competency gaps and lead the design and implementation of development plans and training for field medical teams. • Support medical and commercial colleagues with scientific and disease-area training.   Medical Excellence • Build and embed the Medical Excellence framework for field medical activities. • Define field KPIs and develop dashboards to track activities, outcomes and impact. • Monitor and report Medical Excellence and field-team performance, and implement improvement plans where required.     Required Qualifications and Experience • Medical degree such as MD, MBBS or PharmD, or equivalent in Life Sciences. • Relevant postgraduate medical or clinical training is an advantage. • Minimum 7–10 years of Medical Affairs experience with significant field-medical leadership or MSL management responsibilities. • Demonstrated experience in Field Medical Excellence. • Proven track record in scientific engagement and insight generation. • Team leadership experience in cross-functional matrix environments; Egypt or similar-market experience strongly preferred.   Key Capabilities and Skills • Strong leadership and people management skills; ability to motivate, coach and develop field teams. • Deep understanding of Medical Affairs, field operations and sc