Head of Medical Scientific Affairs (ID2121)
- Entreprise
- AO Foundation
- Lieu
- Zizers
- Date de publication
- 24.07.2026
- Référence
- 5307814
Description
The AO is a medically guided, not-for-profit organization, a global network of surgeons, and the world's leading education, innovation, and research organization specializing in the surgical treatment of trauma and musculoskeletal disorders. We are home to people from all over the world, from different backgrounds, with diverse talents and specialist areas. What binds us together is our passion for excellence, our dedication to our mission of improving patient care, and our understanding that we are stronger together: we are one AO.
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The Head of Medical Scientific Affairs provides strategic and scientific leadership for AO's clinical evidence generation ecosystem and ensures that clinical research investments translate into meaningful improvements in patient care.
He/she serves as a trusted scientific advisor to AO leadership, governance committees, and clinical divisions and represents AO ITC in internal and external scientific initiatives, partnerships, and expert forums.
The role is accountable for developing a high-impact portfolio of clinical studies across Trauma, CMF, Spine,TC, Veterinary, and related orthopedic disciplines, ensuring optimal allocation of resources, scientific excellence, and supporting effective translation of evidence into clinical practice.
The position serves as a key interface between surgeons, researchers, clinical operations, governance bodies, industry partners, and educational stakeholders to maximize the generation, dissemination, and adoption of evidence-based innovations within the AO ecosystem.
Lead the Medical Scientific Affairs team
- Provide scientific, strategic and operational leadership to the Medical Scientific Affairs team with two direct reports, fostering a high-performing, collaborative, and service-oriented culture.
- Define team objectives, priorities, and performance expectations aligned with the organization's strategy and portfolio needs.
- Recruit, develop, coach, and evaluate team members to support professional growth, ensuring the appropriate scientific, clinical, and operational competencies are in place.
- Close collaboration with Clinical Operations in the resource planning and allocation across studies, programs, and stakeholder requests to meet organizational objectives.
- Build effective collaboration between surgeons, governance bodies, Clinical Operations, NCR, AO Education Institute, AO Research Institute, educators, and external partners to advance the Clinical Research activities in the AO.
- Drive continuous improvement of Medical Scientific Affairs processes, standards, and capabilities to enhance quality, efficiency, and impact and establish a culture of scientific excellence, integrity, compliance, and evidence-based decision-making across all Medical Scientific Affairs activities.
- Lead the Clinical Science Advisory Commission (CSAC).
- Lead the AO ITC Clinical Research Fellowship Program.
- Support the AO PEER program.
Clinical Study Design & Scientific Support
- Develop clinical study protocols addressing important knowledge gaps and clinical needs in close collaboration with surgeons, industry partners, governance bodies and Network Clinical Research and Clinical Operations.
- Review and provide medical-scientific assessment of adverse events and safety-related findings throughout study conduct.
- Provide expert advice on medical and scientific questions arising during study execution and support preparation of scientific publications, clinical reports, congress abstracts, and other dissemination activities.
- Close collaborate with Clinical Operations in study planning, implementation, and monitoring activities.
- Support interpretation of results in close collaboration with surgeons, investigators, governance bodies, and Clinical Operations.
- Drive excellence in scientific publication strategies, congress presentations, and dissemination activities.
Clinical Research Portfolio Strategy
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