International Medical Vice President, Cardiovascular Disease

Are you a medical and scientific expert focused on finding new treatments for patients living with cardiovascular diseases? Would you like to join the organization that has an unwavering dedication to improving the lives of patients living with serious chronic diseases? If so, then this opportunity could be for you!

The Position

We are looking for an International Medical Vice President (IMVP) who will provide an expert guidance on all aspects of clinical and scientific drug development withing Cardiovascular area. This is a central role in securing Novo Nordisk position as one of the market leaders in Cardiovascular space and enabling further advancements of our portfolio of cardiovascular treatments. The role offers an exciting opportunity to join an industry-leading team of approximately 50 ambitious and highly dedicated medical and clinical experts that are focused on enabling drug development for Cardiovascular, Kidney & Alzheimer's Diseases.

The position is based in Søborg, Greater Copenhagen area, Denmark.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Vice President for Medical & Science, Cardiovascular, Kidney & Alzheimer's Disease the IMVP, Cardiovascular Disease is a critical role in Clinical Development organization that collaborates with a large number of stakeholders in a complex matrix setting. As a key opinion leader on cardiovascular diseases, the IMVP represents Novo Nordisk at industry events, government working groups and in interactions with authorities.

The key responsibilities of International Medical Vice President include:

• Driving medical and clinical aspects of the Cardiovascular therapy area strategy within Novo Nordisk, ensuring state-of-the-art clinical development, implementation, and operationalizability.
• Providing projects in clinical drug development with medical expertise within Cardiovascular including insights into current and new diagnostics, biomarkers, treatment modalities, translational medicine, and digital health solutions. This also includes supporting your Medical & Science colleagues with development of reports and protocols through offering valuable therapy area input.
• Support internal medical expert groups in securing scientifically sound medical deliverables and ensuring cross-project and cross-functional input, alignment, and implementation.
• Being accountable for ensuring that all clinical aspects are aligned with medical standards and guidelines.
• Ensuring exploration, knowledge sharing, and alignment of medical and scientific topics across all therapy areas within Novo Nordisk  
• Driving innovation and raising the innovation bar for the new and existing treatments
• Representing Novo Nordisk Clinical Development with Health authorities, academia, industry collaborative meetings and private-public partnerships. 

Qualifications

We are looking for an experienced pharma industry medical and scientific leader with the following qualifications and skills:

• MD and PhD. Preferably a board-certified cardiologist and a long-standing academic with drug development experience.
• Experience designing clinical trials either in a pharma company, or in collaboration with the industry.
• Several years’ experience in academia and as a recognised Key Opinion Leader in cardiovascular space.
• A team player with a strong focus on collaboration and supporting the common goal.
• Ability to navigate a complex matrix setting in a global pharma company and manage wide range of diverse internal and external stakeholder interactions.
• A proactive and solution-oriented mindset and ability to drive innovation and change.
• Ability to present to audiences of various sizes as well as making yourself understood by different audiences.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.

This is an ideal position for a forward thinking and innovative cardiovascular expert that would like to use their knowledge and experience to make the difference for people living with cardiovascular diseases across the world and enjoys working with likeminded colleagues, driven by the common goal.

About the Department

Cardiovascular, Kidney & Alzheimer's Disease drives Novo Nordisk’s expanding portfolio within serious chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease and Alzheimer’s disease and also executing large outcomes trials. The department is part of Novo Nordisk’s Clinical Drug Development area.

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.

Deadline

We look forward to receiving your application latest by 3d of March 2025.

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.