Karo Healthcare, a dynamic and growing personal-care retail company, is all about making smart choices for everyday healthcare. With a wide-ranging portfolio, focusing on 4 categories; skin, foot, intimate and digestive, we own and sell over 80 brands in about 90 countries. Our portfolio includes such brands as ACO, Decubal, E45, Lamisil, Pevaryl, Multi-Gyn and many others. Our core belief in empowering people to make intelligent health decisions drives our growth strategy, blending organic expansion and M&A.
Join us at Karo Healthcare on our exciting journey. We're currently looking for a Global Medical Advisor – Skin for our office in Stockholm or Maidenhead (London).
What’s in it for you?
- Shape the global medical strategy for a high-potential Skin Health portfolio.
- Turn science and evidence into meaningful impact for consumers, healthcare professionals and brands.
- Grow your career in an international, entrepreneurial organisation where your expertise is visible and valued.
What you’ll be doing
- Act as the global medical expert and Medical Affairs lead for Karo’s Skin Health portfolio, supporting brands including ACO, Miniderm, Canoderm, Decubal, E45, Biodermal, Iwostin and Emolium.
- Provide medical and scientific input into global category, portfolio, brand, innovation and lifecycle strategies.
- Translate clinical evidence, scientific insights and healthcare professional perspectives into clear recommendations and business decisions.
- Identify evidence gaps and develop medical evidence plans aligned with portfolio priorities, claims, lifecycle opportunities and HCP needs.
- Lead or medically oversee clinical research, Phase IV studies, real-world evidence, registries and observational studies in collaboration with Clinical Operations and cross-functional teams.
- Contribute to study concepts, protocols, endpoints, investigator engagement, interpretation, publication planning and scientific dissemination.
- Build trusted relationships with healthcare professionals, scientific experts, key opinion leaders, patient organisations and academic or clinical centres.
- Plan and deliver advisory boards, expert forums, symposia and other scientific exchange activities.
- Represent Karo Healthcare at relevant congresses and external forums, turning emerging science into actionable portfolio insights.
- Prepare and approve medical assessments, literature reviews, scientific rationales, benefit-risk assessments and other medical writing deliverables.
- Review promotional and non-promotional materials for scientific accuracy, balance, substantiation and compliance with approved claims.
- Support Medical Information with complex queries and escalations, and deliver medical and brand training to internal teams.
- Partner with Global Category & Portfolio, Innovation & Development, Regulatory, Safety, Quality, Commercial and local market teams.
- Set medical priorities, milestones and KPIs, manage assigned projects and budgets, and escalate material evidence, compliance, safety or reputational risks.
Requirements
- Advanced academic degree in life sciences, such as an MSc in Pharmacy, MD, PhD or another relevant scientific qualification.
- Experience in Medical Affairs, clinical research, pharmaceutical medicine, dermocosmetics or a related role within the pharmaceutical, consumer healthcare or FMCG industry.
- Experience in dermatology, skin health, emollients, dry or sensitive skin, atopic dermatitis or adjacent areas.
- Strong understanding of Medical Affairs, scientific communication, evidence generation and medical governance.
- Practical knowledge of clinical study design, research methods, literature appraisal, real-world evidence and publication standards.
- Ability to assess scientific substantiation for product benefits and claims across pharmaceuticals, medical devices, cosmetics and consumer healthcare products.
- Excellent medical writing, presentation, facilitation and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to translate complex science into clear, credible recommendations for both scientific and business audiences.
- Fluent written and spoken English; additional European languages are an advantage.
The role may involve international travel for congresses, expert engagement activities, clinical studies, and collaboration with colleagues and cross-functional teams.
Benefits
- Opportunity to create, grow, and encourage.
- Apart from a competitive salary pack, there are lots of growth opportunities to meet your personal ambitions.
- Flexible schedule and life-work balance.
- Responsibility for exciting and challenging projects that have a direct, visible impact on our customers and the industry.
- Very positive work environment in an international and motivated team.
- Start-up spirit while being part of a large international organisation with strong values.
Karo Healthcare has a Diverse & Inclusive environment. We are looking for qualified candidates irrespective of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion, national origin, disability or age.