Job Description

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.