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About DBG Health & Arrotex Pharmaceuticals:   
  
DBG Health is a purpose‑led healthcare group of more than 1,500 people, united by a commitment to being Defined by Good. We deliver accessible, high‑quality health, wellness, and pharmaceutical solutions at scale. Our success is driven by strong customer partnerships, agility, and a culture that empowers people to solve complex challenges and deliver results in a regulated environment. 
  
Arrotex Pharmaceuticals – headquartered in Melbourne – is a core business within DBG Health and Australia’s largest and most diversified pharmaceutical provider. Supplying one of the broadest prescription medicine portfolios in the country, Arrotex plays a critical role in ensuring reliable, affordable access to vital medicines. 
  
Together, DBG Health and Arrotex are entering an exciting phase of growth, strengthening alignment and ways of working to support innovation, scalable operations, and execution excellence – while preserving the pace and entrepreneurial spirit that define us. This includes investment in new capabilities, modernised systems, and leadership development to enable long‑term, sustainable growth. 
  
Our culture emphasises empowered decision‑making, a performance mindset, and disciplined, responsible risk‑taking. Guided by our PACT values – Pioneering, Accountability, Collaboration, and Tenacity – we are building an environment where talented people can shape outcomes, influence enterprise‑wide change, and contribute directly to the future of a leading Australian healthcare group. 
  
If you are motivated by meaningful work, inspired by challenge, and energised by a fast‑paced growth environment, DBG Health and Arrotex offer a place where you can thrive, develop, and make a real difference. 
  
  
About The Role  

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) provides enterprise‑wide medical leadership across Australia and New Zealand, shaping Arrotex’s Medical Affairs strategy to ensure scientific excellence, strong medical governance and regulatory compliance. As a key advisor to senior leadership, the CMO guides clinical and ethical decision‑making, leads evidence‑generation initiatives and contributes critical medical insight into portfolio and business development decisions. 

The role leads a multidisciplinary Medical Affairs function, including field medical teams, to deepen scientific engagement, build customer trust and strengthen commercial outcomes through robust, evidence‑based expertise. Acting as a senior ambassador for Arrotex and DBG Health, the CMO engages clinicians, regulators, peak bodies and strategic partners to advance patient outcomes and support organisational growth. This role suits a medical leader who thrives in a fast‑paced, entrepreneurial environment and is motivated by shaping enterprise‑wide impact across a rapidly expanding healthcare group. 

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Chief Medical Officer who thrives in a dynamic environment and is motivated to support reimbursement outcomes that improve patient access to innovative medicines while contributing to our commitment to being Defined by Good. 
  
Role and Responsibilities 
  

• Develop and lead the portfolio’s medical strategy, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives, commercial priorities, and brand plans. 
• Provide leadership, coaching, and mentorship to Medical Directors and MSL teams, driving high-quality scientific exchange and clinical engagement. 
• Integrate medical and field insights into cross-functional business planning to inform strategy, evidence generation, and lifecycle management decisions. 
• Oversee evidence generation and publication strategy, including real-world evidence programs, clinical collaborations, and investigator-initiated research. 
• Ensure scientific integrity, compliance, and ethical standards across all medical activities and publications. 
• Chair Medical Review Boards and provide final medical signoff on promotional, educational, and scientific materials. 
• Support business development and strategic partnerships by evaluating clinical value, benefit–risk profiles, and portfolio alignment. 
• Represent the medical function as a senior leader, influencing corporate strategy, organisational excellence, and scientific leadership. 
    

Skills and Experience   

• 10+ years in medical affairs or clinical development, including 5+ years in senior or executive medical leadership, leading complex portfolios across multiple therapeutic areas. 
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute regional or global medical strategies that align scientific, corporate, and commercial objectives. 
• Deep expertise in regulatory frameworks, ethical standards, and high-integrity evidence-generation practices, ensuring robust medical governance and compliance. 
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills with regulators, key opinion leaders, academic partners, patient groups, and executive boards to drive stakeholder engagement. 
• Advanced understanding of clinical trial design, real-world evidence, epidemiology, and data-driven approaches to medical decision-making. 
• Experience integrating digital health, medical analytics, and emerging technologies into medical strategy and operations. 
• Strong ethical judgement with a patient-centric focus, driving organisational impact through change, transformation, and high-quality medical leadership. 

 
  
Benefits   
 

• Exclusive employee discounts via the DBG Health Employee Shop, including MCoBeauty, Esmi Skin Minerals, Nude by Nature, e.l.f. Cosmetics, Chemist's Own and more.  
• Acacia EAP Wellbeing Support, providing confidential 24/7 counselling, mental health support, financial coaching, and manager assistance.  
• Join a values-driven, supportive, and friendly culture within a dynamic, fast-growing business that actively promotes professional development and internal mobility.  
• Enjoy the ability to work autonomously in an empowering environment that supports ownership, accountability and personal success.  
• Access to the Bastas Academy for Health Leadership (via Melbourne Business School), supporting emerging and senior leaders with industry-leading programs, coaching, and development.  
• DBG Health Leadership Academy, offering structured leadership development, mentoring, and clear career progression pathways.  

  
DBG Health is committed to fostering a workplace culture that is safe and accessible for all. We are an equal- opportunity employer and encourage applications regardless of cultural background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or neurodiversity. We strive to build a collaborative, inclusive workplace that is representative of the communities we work and live in.   
  
  
  
  

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