Vice President, Medical Affairs

Indero has retained Pender & Howe to lead the recruitment initiative for their Vice President, Medical Affairs position.
For consideration, please email a copy of your CV in confidence to: Céline Chabée, Partner, celine.chabee@penderhowe.com or Oliver Kuehm, Associate Director, Executive Search, oliver.kuehm@penderhowe.comThe Vice President, Medical Affairs is a newly defined executive mandate created to bring Indero's Medical Monitoring and Pharmacovigilance (PV) functions under unified, senior physician leadership as the organization scales across a growing therapeutic and geographic footprint. This is a broader mandate than a Medical Monitoring leadership role: it carries P&L accountability for both functions, a direct hand in business development and client-facing bid defense, and a seat at the Operational Leadership Team table advising the Chief Medical & Scientific Officer (CMSO) on medical, scientific, and safety risk across the trial portfolio.
As Indero's study footprint extends from North America and Europe into Asia Pacific, this role will be central to ensuring medical and safety standards scale consistently with the organization's growth. Reporting to the Executive and leading the Global, Medical Monitoring and Pharmacovigilance function, the VP will set strategic direction for both functions
- from physician resourcing and medical monitoring SOPs to PV case processing, signal detection,aggregate reporting, and regulatory inspection readiness, while safeguarding the safety of trial participants, the integrity of clinical data, and the quality of every deliverable the organization produces. Because the two functions sit at different points in a trial's lifecycle but share a single safety and quality lens, the role calls for a leader equally comfortable adjudicating a complex protocol-level medical decision and defending a PV inspection finding to a health authority.
This is a global team of roughly 20 across Medical Monitoring, Pharmacovigilance, and medical project operations, with three functional leaders reporting directly to the VP. The role also carries meaningful external accountability.
The VP will partner with Business Development and Proposals on RFP responses and full-service Medical Affairs engagements, participate directly in client presentations and bid defenses, and serve as the senior medical point of contact for key sponsor accounts
- work that puts the VP's scientific credibility and executive presence in front of the clients Indero is working to win and retain.
This opportunity will appeal to a physician executive who has already led and scaled a Medical Monitoring or Pharmacovigilance function inside a CRO or pharmaceutical organization, who is comfortable owning a budget and revenue targets alongside patient safety and quality outcomes, and who wants a genuine seat at the table shaping Indero's next chapter of growth.
RESPONSIBILITIESStrategic Leadership & Division ManagementPartner with the CMSO to develop and execute the long-term strategic vision for the MedicalAffairs division, aligned with Indero's overall growth strategy and competitive positioning inthe CRO marketplace.
Own the operating budget and P&L for the Medical Monitoring and Pharmacovigilancefunctions, ensuring financial discipline, resource optimization, and delivery against revenueand margin targets.
Build short
- and long-term capability roadmaps for Medical Monitoring andPharmacovigilance that keep pace with evolving regulatory requirements, sponsor needs,and industry best practice.
Champion a culture of scientific excellence, patient safety, operational rigor, and continuousquality improvement across Medical Affairs.
Represent Medical Affairs at the Operational Leadership Team level, serving as a key advisorto the CMSO on medical, scientific, and safety risk matters.
Drive cross-divisional collaboration with Clinical Operations, Data Management, Biostatistics,Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, Scientific Affairs and Business Development to ensureintegrated program delivery.
Medical Monitoring OversightProvide executive oversight of all medical monitoring activity across Indero's clinical trial portfolio, spanning multiple therapeutic areas.
Ensure medical monitoring teams deliver high-quality, protocol-compliant medical oversight.
Maintain and evolve Indero's medical monitoring model to meet diverse client needs and therapeutic complexity.
Lead physician resourcing strategy, including hiring, training, deployment, and performance management.
Ensure Medical Monitoring SOPs, work instructions, and quality standards are maintained, reviewed, and compliant with applicable regulatory guidelines.
Serve as the escalation point for complex or high-risk medical monitoring issues, including protocol-related medical decisions, safety signal identification, and sponsor-facing medical disputes.
Pharmacovigilance OversightProvide strategic and operational oversight of the PV function, ensuring robust, audit-ready s