Head of Medical Affairs_Danish Affiliate

Would you like to lead a team of highly dedicated medical advisors, and do you have a passion for developing people, setting direction while integrating scientific and business needs?

Apply today and join us for a life-changing career as Head of Medical Affairs Denmark!

The Position

The position offers an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic and growing organisation on a mission to make a difference for patients living with chronic diseases in Denmark. As Head of Medical Affairs, you will manage a team of eight highly engaged employees and set direction for our medical communication, evidence generation and work with external stakeholders to ensure excellent understanding of our products and how they benefit the right patients.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Leading the Affiliate Medical Affairs function by delivering on the medical strategies while enabling a thriving and inspirational working environment
• Developing the Medical Affairs team to deliver high quality projects and cross-functional activity to meet evidence and communication needs of HCPs and payers
• Communicating and collaboration with external clinical experts across current and future therapeutic areas
• Ensuring cross-functional collaboration with internal local, regional and global stakeholders in addition to external stakeholders
• Ensuring high quality in all activities and initiatives and carrying budget responsibility for Medical Affairs activities in Denmark

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, we expect you to have a master’s degree in Life Sciences and extensive background in Medical Affairs within the pharmaceutical sector.

In addition, we expect you to come with:

• Proficiency in navigating legislation and adhering to regulations for the Pharmaceutical Industry
• People leadership and strategic planning experience with a demonstrated ability to leverage strong communication skills to drive influence and accomplish objectives
• Strong enterprise and solution-oriented mindset with demonstrated ability to make and communicate clear priorities
• Fluent in Danish and English, both written and spoken

About the Department

You'll play a vital role within our CMR LT team (Clinical, Medical, Safety, Regulatory and Customer Service Leadership Team), reporting directly to the Head of CMR Denmark. Joining us means becoming an integral part of a passionate and committed Danish leadership team dedicated to achieving excellence. Together, we share a common goal: making a meaningful impact on patients' lives. At Novo Nordisk, our CMR leadership team leads all clinical, medical, regulatory, safety and customer service responsibilities for our extensive portfolio and forthcoming products.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear, and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its close to 70.000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.
 

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact, Nis Agerlin Windeløv, Head of Clinical, Medical and Regulatory – Phone +45 30798195 or [email protected]

Deadline

Please, apply no later than 24 October 2024.

Please submit your application via our online platform the Novo Nordisk website as we do not accept directly sent CVs.

To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

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.