Medical Affairs Manager Adult

Short Intro and About the Job

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Role Purpose:

You will join the Adult Medical Affairs team focussing on the adult portfolio with responsibility for delivering on medical plans specifically in the area of frailty in line with the company and category vision, increasing awareness, and supporting credible clinical and scientific messaging.

As a Medical Affairs Manager, you will support in the delivery of all aspects of medical affairs team responsibilities including providing scientific, clinical and nutritional insights, assessment and identification of opportunities and HCP needs, working with internal stakeholders to support the translation of new science to support product communications, building relationships with external partners, and working cross functionally to deliver medical input to all category activities.

This role is a hybrid 12 month Fixed Term Contract.

Key Activities:

• Translation of science and evidence in the area of frailty to internal and external communications, with accountability for ensuring scientific and clinical accuracy. 
• Act as the primary point of contact for clinical and scientific inquires related to Nutricia’s products for frailty.
• Contributes medical input into medical, brand and category strategy - identifying, analysing and clearly communicating insights and trends in clinical practice and emerging evidence to enhance product positioning and market access.
• Identify unmet medical needs and opportunities for innovation in the field of frailty.
• Work cross-functionally with the Marketing and Regulatory teams to deliver credible and accurate claims and substantiation to materials, contributing to development of materials for adult brands.
• Manage the creation and delivery of medical projects for example, case studies, articles, educational newsletters and digital assets.
• Review materials and nutritional information with high level of attention to detail, balancing commercial, medical and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with Medical Affairs, Market Access/Reimbursement, Marketing and Sales teams to suggest tools, activities, evidence generation needs and materials to support delivery of category strategy.
• Deliver accurate nutritional, clinical and scientific expertise to the business, supporting with escalated clinical and scientific queries.
• Lead internal training programmes on product portfolios and clinical evidence.
• Design and execute educational strategy working with external stakeholders to support high quality education aligned to category objectives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with KOLs, healthcare professionals, and scientific communities involved in frailty
• Protect credibility of the adult category activities and interactions in the external environment.

Stakeholders:

• Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders including Medical Affairs, Medical Science Liaisons, Marketing, Regulatory, Sales, MA/Reimbursement and Global teams to support effective delivery of category medical activities.
• Build effective external HCP and KOL relationships, demonstrating professionalism and credibility and ability to collaborate with external partners.

About You

We would like you to demonstrate the following key skills:

• Educated to degree level in dietetics, with recent adult clinical dietetic experience and strong knowledge of clinical nutrition.
• Strong scientific understanding of adult medical nutrition, with the ability to critically evaluate and apply scientific evidence. Experience within Medical Affairs or the medical nutrition industry is desirable.
• Good understanding of the UK healthcare environment and relevant regulatory requirements relating to medical nutrition.
• Ability to translate complex clinical, nutritional and scientific information into clear, accurate and impactful communications tailored to different audiences.
• Confident engaging peer-to-peer with HCPs and KOLs on clinical and scientific topics, with the ability to build effective relationships and use external insights to inform Medical Affairs activities.
• Experience or interest in frailty, with the ability and scientific curiosity to build expertise and work effectively across a range of adult disease areas.
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills, with excellent attention to detail and a rigorous approach to scientific accuracy.
• Highly organised and collaborative, with the ability to prioritise a varied workload, use initiative and adapt effectively to changing priorities.
• Commercially aware, with the ability to understand business needs while maintaining appropriate scientific and Medical Affairs rigour.

Salary Bracket: £46,000-£62,000 per annum 

About Us, We offer and What's next

At Danone, we are committed to delivering better health through better nutrition for millions of consumers and patients in our communities.

Our market-leading products reach millions of consumers and patients every day. Our iconic brands span across the dairy, plant-based and water industries, including Actimel, Alpro and evian.

We're also a leading provider of specialised early-life nutrition through our Aptamil and Cow & Gate brands and medical nutrition products and services through our Nutricia brand.

Depending on the needs of your role, you'll spend time in the office hub, enhancing community, problem solving, and innovation.

We offer a flexible benefits package that you can tailor to your needs. This includes core benefits like pension, life assurance, and healthcare, plus options such as private medical insurance, gym memberships, cycle to work and holiday trading.

You’ll also have access to employee discounts and wellbeing support, helping you look after your health, finances and lifestyle in a way that works for you. Discover More: https://careers.danone.com/uki/en/our-learning-and-rewards.html

Inclusion and Diversity (I&D) is deeply embedded in Danone's DNA, representing our core values and beliefs. We embrace diversity as a driving force for positive change, nurturing an inclusive workplace where every individual is valued.

The closing date for applications is Thursday 26th November 2026, you will therefore hear about your application after this date.

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