Head of Advocacy and Partnerships, Global Health Equity

Are you motivated by improving health equity and the lives of people living with cardiometabolic disease through innovative partnerships and strategic advocacy? Given Novo Nordisk’s growing position to improve public health through primary prevention and equitable access to medicines, the role as Head of Advocacy and Partnerships in Global Health Equity, offers great opportunity for driving change for millions of people living with cardiometabolic disease and position Novo Nordisk as a trusted partner to society.

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The Position

As Head of Advocacy and Partnerships, you will operationalise the advocacy strategy for Global Health Equity and drive a broad portfolio of partnerships incl. Novo Nordisk’s partnership with UNICEF, Humanitarian Organisations and AccessAccelerated, together with a high performing team of 8 colleagues. In doing so, you will work with and across the company value chain and in close collaboration with Global Public Affairs, Global Communication, Product Supply, and Novo Nordisk’s US and International Operations. Through an innovative approach to advocacy and partnerships, you will build strong external relations, building and maintaining important partnerships and contribute to position Novo Nordisk as a trusted partner to society. You will manage the collaboration and alignment with the World Diabetes Foundation and the Novo Nordisk Foundation on Health Equity related topics. You will represent Novo Nordisk externally and sometimes in challenging stakeholder environments.

Your main tasks will include:

• Operationalise Novo Nordisk’s Global Health Equity Advocacy Strategy across cardiometabolic diseases and in alignment with enterprise priorities
• Maintain and develop Novo Nordisk’s corporate partnerships with UNICEF, Humanitarian Organisations and AccessAccelerated
• Operationalise and further develop Novo Nordisk’s humanitarian strategy, including monetary and product donations in response to humanitarian crises and country partnerships
• Further strengthen the strategic collaboration between Novo Nordisk and World Diabetes Foundation and Novo Nordisk Foundation within the field of health equity
• Support the VP of Global Health Equity in internal governance fora and external engagements incl. the World Economic Forum Global Health Equity Network, the IFPMA Global Health and Access Committee and the World Humanitarian Forum
• Representing Novo Nordisk externally, building and maintaining strong relationships and collaboration with key, strategic external partners and key opinion leaders (KOLs), patient associations, multilaterals, and organisations in the global health and humanitarian community

You will be leading a team of 8 colleagues. Business travel to be expected at 20+ days per year. Relocation package included.

Qualifications

To succeed in this position, the ideal person will possess A relevant Master’s degree (e.g. economics, business administration, social sciences, engineering, or biological, medical or pharmaceutical science). Other key skills and experiences required are as follows:

• 10+ years business experience working with advocacy, public-private partnerships, innovative financing models for healthcare, global public health or a similar field, preferably from within the pharma- or biotechnology sector.
• Experience from international pharmaceutical companies of similar complexity to Novo Nordisk is preferred.
• 5+ years line management experience with a proven track record of developing a high performing team and nurturing psychological safety and DE&I.
• Experience in developing and implementing strategy in a global organization.
• A track record of successfully driving complex, high-level stakeholder engagement (e.g., via public affairs).
• Excellent written and spoken English.

As a person you are a proactive, independently minded executive with strong decision-making power. As a leader you have a proven track-record in developing high performing teams while establishing a high degree of psychological safety with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. Further you bring the ability to motivate change, develop individuals, and encourage high performance with a focus on driving sustainability together with commercial business results. As a highly skilled communicator, you will bring a demonstrated ability to influence, create buy-in and generate engagement across an organisation and with the highest levels of leadership within both internal and external organisations and networks. You will bring innovative approach to access and affordability, proposing novel approaches to resolve key challenges to the benefit of Novo Nordisk and society at large.

About the Department

Based in Bagsværd, Global Public Affairs & Sustainability (GPAS) is a global team of more than 135 people in four VP areas: Global Health Equity, Corporate Environmental Strategy, Global Public Affairs and Patient Relations and ESG Strategy & Intelligence. The Global Health Equity team is responsible for Novo Nordisk’s social responsibility strategy and the company’s efforts to positively contribute to improving heathy equity within cardiometabolic disease. The Global Health Equity team consists of a Diabetes Health Equity team, an Obesity Health Equity team, an Advocacy and Partnership team and a small executive office.

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact

Nicolai Haugaard, Vice President Global Health Equity, at [email protected]

Deadline

23 February 2025.

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At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.