VIATRIS FARMACEUTICA DO BRASIL LTDA Posted October 9, 2026

Medical Affairs Director

São Paulo, Brazil Full time
Medical Affairs Director
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About this opportunity

VIATRIS FARMACEUTICA DO BRASIL LTDA

Viatris is a global healthcare company uniquely positioned to bridge the traditional divide between generics and brands, combining the best of both to more holistically address healthcare needs globally. With a mission to empower people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life, we provide access at scale, currently supplying high-quality medicines to approximately 1 billion patients around the world annually and touching all of life's moments, from birth to the end of life, acute conditions to chronic diseases.

We have been included on number of award lists that demonstrate the impact we are making.

Our global portfolio includes best-in-class, iconic brand-name products as well as global key brands; generics, including branded and complex generics; and other offerings across a wide range of therapeutic areas. We are committed to helping create healthier communities worldwide through education, outreach, and better access to treatment.

For those driven to live their lives with purpose, Viatris helps employees realise their full potential by creating a collaborative culture that fosters courage and resilience. Viatris is more than just a place to work. This is a place to make a difference in the world.

The Role & What You Will Be Doing

Every day, we rise to the challenge to make a difference, and here’s how the Medical Affairs Director role will make an impact:

This position will lead the local medical team, ensure alignment and execution of local/regional medical strategy, collaborate with cross-functional teams and influence key healthcare stakeholders to drive meaningful impact for patients and the business.

Set and execute a country-wide medical strategy aligned with business priorities.

Ensure world-class medical governance, compliance, and risk management.

Strengthen our scientific reputation through high‑impact external engagement with experts, institutions, and policymakers.

Work in close partnership with regulatory to endure accuracy in documentation

Drive medical excellence in product launches, evidence generation, and market access partnerships.

Build and develop a high‑performing Medical Affairs organization, fostering talent and future capabilities.

Champion digital innovation, data-driven insights, and modern scientific communication.

Support health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) initiatives

Oversee medical information services and responses to healthcare inquiries

About Your Skills & Experience

For this role, we’re looking for a candidate who has an effective combination of the following qualifications, skills, and experiences:

Broad senior medical leadership in pharma across Medical Affairs.

Experience as Country Medical Director as well as regional/global previous interactions, are a differential.

Strong strategic thinking, business acumen, and stakeholder influence skills.

Proven leadership of high‑performing teams in complex matrix environments.

Strong scientific and clinical expertise

Strategic thinking and decision-making

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Leadership and team development

Stakeholder engagement and influencing skills

Deep understanding of regulatory and compliance frameworks

At Viatris, we are dedicated to building a truly diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t fully align with every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why Viatris?

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits, and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives, and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others. You will also have the opportunity to access excellent career progression opportunities and work-life balance initiatives.

Diversity & Inclusion at Viatris

At Viatris, diversity and inclusion are essential to our mission. The diversity we foster in all aspects of our business can be one of our greatest strengths in redefining healthcare, not as it is, but as it should be. If you would like to know more about what diversity, equity, and inclusion means to us, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/Careers/Diversity-and-Inclusion

Sustainability at Viatris

Corporate social responsibility is fundamental to the Viatris mission. We work to advance responsible and sustainable operations and leverage our collective expertise to empower people to live healthier at every stage of life, recognizing that our actions affect the stakeholders and communities we serve. To learn more about our efforts, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/about-us/corporate-responsibility

A t Viatris, we offer   competitive   salar ies , benefits   and   an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others.

Viatris is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job details

Seniority
Director
Function
Medical Affairs
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
São Paulo, Brazil
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Medical Affairs role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 289 comparable Director Medical Affairs roles across 58 biopharma companies.

289Comparable roles tracked
279Currently active
58Companies hiring similar roles
28Countries represented

Salary context

137 of 289 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Principal Strategic Medical Writer · AbbVie $109,500/yr – $208,500/yr
Peer group range $159,000 – $392,100 (median $264,000)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 289 comparable roles

United States211
United Kingdom22
China8
Canada6
Germany5
France4

+ 22 more countries

Seniority mix

289 of 289 peers have a known seniority level

Director240
Senior Director32
Principal17

Therapeutic area mix

129 of 289 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology53
Neuroscience17
Respiratory14
Immunology13
Dermatology & Aesthetics10
Cardiovascular / CVRM7
Vaccines & Infectious Disease5
Rare Disease5
Gastroenterology4
Ophthalmology1

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