Medical Lead

About the role

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. We welcome candidates from across the United States.

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