Medical Director

Job Overview We’re seeking a highly experienced and strategic Medical Director to join AXA Health. As the most senior medical lead with responsibility for healthcare governance, performance, and risk, you’ll oversee the clinical and commercial performance of our healthcare providers, drive performance improvements, and ensure operational excellence in the care we fund on behalf of our members.Key ResponsibilitiesEstablish and maintain effective systems to monitor and manage the performance, quality, safety, and efficiency of our healthcare providers.Oversee the implementation of healthcare quality policies, support SME activities, and ensure provider performance is tracked, reported, and improved, setting clear clinical standards.Manage all risks related to external partnerships, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.Provide recommendations on our clinical risk appetite and oversee medicolegal risk management for external parties.Maintain a clinical risk register for the external environment, ensuring risks remain within tolerance or have action plans in place.Offer medical input to enhance provider and healthcare performance, including strategy, contracting, and frameworks.Regularly review key healthcare providers, identify areas for improvement, and ensure accountability.Lead the clinical design of sourcing and preferencing activities.Work Arrangements At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them. You’ll work at least two days a week (40 %) away from home, moving to three days a week (60 %) in the future. Away-from-home means attending the office, visiting clients or attending industry events. Flexible working arrangements can be discussed with Talent Acquisition.Your Skills & ExperienceMedical qualification with clinical experience and at least one postgraduate qualification or substantive experience in a similar role.Sound understanding of supporting healthcare provider management, including data and analytics.Experience providing medical leadership to improve provider and healthcare performance, including strategy, contracting, and frameworks.Demonstrable experience leading major strategic initiatives or change programs in complex environments with multiple stakeholders.Excellent analytical skills to support designing, delivering, and interpreting complex data sets.Proven track record of setting and achieving SMART goals and driving continuous improvement.Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey technical information to non-technical audiences.Leadership experience managing multi-disciplinary teams and inspiring change across boundaries.Other Information As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.This position is defined as an Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) role and therefore is subject to background screening every four years with an annual declaration in interim years.This is also a Senior Management Function role under the SM&CR regime, which requires an enhanced level of background screening.Equal Opportunity Employer We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don’t discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics.#J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2026-05-02