Medical Affairs Manager, LATAM

About the role

Illumina is hiring a Medical Affairs Manager for Latin America, based in Colombia or Mexico and working remotely. The role supports Medical Affairs activities across Spanish-speaking Latin American countries, working closely with the Senior Manager, Medical Affairs LATAM in Brazil. It drives scientific engagement, clinical evidence generation and healthcare professional education to support adoption of Illumina's clinical genomics portfolio, covering oncology, reproductive health, rare and inherited diseases, infectious diseases and emerging clinical applications.

Key responsibilities

• Support execution of Medical Affairs priorities across Spanish-speaking Latin America in line with regional and global strategies.
• Identify and support opportunities for clinical evidence generation, investigator collaborations and healthcare professional education.
• Build and maintain scientific relationships with healthcare professionals, researchers, laboratory leaders and key opinion leaders.
• Execute regional clinical evidence-generation projects, investigator-initiated studies and education initiatives.
• Collaborate with Medical Affairs, R&D, Account Management, Marketing, Customer Support, Market Access, Government Affairs, Regulatory and other teams on clinical implementation of Illumina technologies.
• Contribute to study design, protocol development, publications, congress activities, advisory boards and educational programs.
• Support development and dissemination of scientific and clinical content on the clinical utility of Illumina solutions.
• Collect and share customer insights, emerging clinical needs and competitive intelligence.
• Keep up with advances in clinical genomics, precision medicine and healthcare systems across Latin America, and ensure compliance with regulatory, privacy, ethical and company requirements.

Required profile

• Strong scientific foundation, able to discuss complex evidence, build external relationships and move regional projects forward independently.
• Ability to work across countries, functions and cultures, with high standards of compliance and scientific integrity.
• Preferred: experience in Medical Affairs, clinical research, scientific affairs or healthcare professional education; experience managing scientific projects and external collaborations; experience supporting clinical evidence generation or engaging healthcare professionals, academic institutions, diagnostic laboratories or research organizations.
• Fluency in English and Spanish; Portuguese is an advantage.
• Willingness to travel about 50-70% throughout Latin America.
• Advanced degree (PhD, MD, PharmD, MSc or equivalent) in Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Medicine, Biomedical Sciences or a related field is preferred; experience with next-generation sequencing and clinical genomics is highly desirable.
• The role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Required skills

• Excellent communication, presentation and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional, matrixed and multicultural environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive, execution-focused approach.