GE Healthcare

Medical Director United Kingdom

Chalfont St Giles Full time

Job Description Summary

The Medical Director UK is a senior individual contributor – with potential to be a people leader - role with country‑level accountability and strong enterprise impact. The role is responsible for setting and executing the UK medical strategy for the PDx portfolio, translating regional and global priorities into local plans, and ensuring compliant, high‑quality medical execution across the UK healthcare environment.

This position reports to the Head of Medical Services International, operating with a high degree of autonomy, significant stakeholder complexity and broad decision‑making scope, and serves as a key medical thought partner to UK, regional and global leadership.

GE Healthcare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our mission is to improve lives in the moments that matter. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.

Job Description

Scope, impact & decision‑making

Business impact: Direct influence on portfolio strategy, evidence priorities, scientific positioning, safety governance and external credibility

Decision‑making: Independently sets medical priorities within policy and budget guardrails; balances risk, compliance, patient impact and business needs

Stakeholders: UK leadership team, Regional/Global Medical, Commercial, Market Access, Regulatory, PV, Quality, R\&D, NHS stakeholders, KOLs and regulators.

Key accountabilities:

  • Define and deliver the UK medical strategy and operating plan, aligned to regional and global objectives

  • Provide senior medical leadership across evidence generation, scientific communications, external engagement and medical governance

  • Act as the UK medical authority for lifecycle strategy, scientific positioning and benefit‑risk considerations

  • Lead strategic engagement with UK KOLs, NHS stakeholders, professional societies and regulatory bodies

  • Ensure robust medical governance, including pharmacovigilance and medical information oversight (where applicable)

  • Ensure full compliance with UK regulatory and ethical standards, including MHRA expectations and the ABPI Code

  • Partner with Market Access and Commercial by providing scientific input while maintaining clear medical independence

Leadership behaviours & capabilities:

  • Demonstrates enterprise mindset, balancing local needs with regional and global priorities

  • Influences through scientific credibility and trust, not authority alone

  • Leads with integrity, patient focus and compliance‑first decision‑making

  • Navigates complexity and ambiguity with strong judgment and strategic thinking

  • Builds inclusive, high‑performing teams and effective cross‑functional partnerships

Qualifications & experience:

  • Advanced scientific or clinical degree (MD/MBBS strongly preferred, PharmD, PhD or equivalent) with certification as an ABPI final signatory

  • Extensive experience in Medical Affairs within pharmaceuticals, diagnostics or healthcare

  • Strong understanding of the UK healthcare system, including NHS structures and access pathways

  • Experience operating within highly regulated environments and medical governance frameworks

  • Proven people leadership and/or matrix leadership experience


Development opportunity

  • This role provides exposure to country‑level medical leadership, enterprise decision‑making and complex external stakeholder engagement, and is well‑suited for colleagues preparing for broader regional or global medical leadership roles.

Inclusion and Diversity

GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Behaviors

We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity.

Total Rewards

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No