Senior Manager, Medical Affairs, LATAM

What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity?

At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.

Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible.

Location - Sao Paulo, Brazil

As Senior Manager, Medical Affairs, LATAM at Illumina, you will help shape and deliver our Medical Affairs strategy across Latin America, with primary responsibility for Brazil. You will translate regional and global priorities into practical plans that advance clinical evidence generation, scientific engagement, and healthcare professional education across oncology, reproductive health, rare and inherited diseases, infectious diseases, and emerging clinical applications. The role includes day-to-day guidance and oversight for a regional Medical Affairs colleague supporting Spanish-speaking Latin America.

Why you

You combine scientific credibility with the ability to turn strategy into action. You can lead through influence in a matrixed environment, build trusted relationships with external scientific stakeholders, and balance regional priorities across different markets and healthcare systems. You are comfortable moving between strategic planning and hands-on execution, and you bring the judgement required to support compliant, evidence-based scientific exchange.

Responsibilities include

Drive implementation of the Medical Affairs strategy for Latin America in alignment with regional and global priorities.

Lead Medical Affairs activities in Brazil and provide guidance to the Medical Affairs colleague covering Spanish-speaking Latin America.

Coordinate regional initiatives across clinical evidence generation, scientific engagement, and medical education.

Identify and qualify opportunities for investigator collaborations, clinical evidence generation, and healthcare professional education.

Build and maintain relationships with key opinion leaders, healthcare institutions, academic centers, and professional societies.

Support investigator-initiated studies, collaborative research, real-world evidence programs, and educational activities.

Partner with R&D and global Medical Affairs to provide scientific insights relevant to Latin American markets.

Collaborate with Account Management, Marketing, Market Access, Government Affairs, Customer Support, Regulatory, and other teams to support clinical implementation and adoption of Illumina technologies.

Contribute to scientific communications, publications, congress activities, advisory boards, and educational materials.

Provide regional scientific input into business planning and translate customer and market insights into actionable recommendations.

Monitor scientific, clinical, competitive, and healthcare policy developments across Latin America.

Ensure Medical Affairs activities comply with applicable regulatory, privacy, ethical, and company requirements.

Preferred background, skills and experience

Solid Medical Affairs experience within diagnostics, genomics, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, or a related healthcare field.