Are you a creative leader with a passion for Medical Affairs? Do you have the expertise to drive strategic initiatives and build strong relationships with key stakeholders? We are seeking a Director - Clinical, Medical & Regulatory to lead our organization and achieve affiliate goals. If you are ready to make a significant impact, read more and apply today for a life-changing career.  

 

About the department
The Clinical, Medical, and Regulatory (CMR) department leads the way in scientific communication and strategic relationship-building, fostering collaboration and advancing scientific dialogue. Our team is devoted to developing and implementing effective scientific communication strategies, incorporating patient perspectives, and cultivating strategic partnerships with International Professional Associations. 
 

The position
As Director - CMR, you will lead the medical affairs & regulatory organization to achieve affiliate goals. You will represent Novo Nordisk to key external stakeholders on product and therapy-related matters. Additionally, you'll provide medical expertise and thought leadership to internal stakeholders and committees, driving activities aligned with strategic focus areas.

Develop and implement brand-level, therapy area, and portfolio-wide medical strategies aligning cross functional business priorities and medical expertise, both for pre-launch and throughout product life-cycle management.  Provide input on asset development plans, portfolio prioritization, regulatory actions, and data generation to inform business decisions. Build strong relationships with key leaders in medical and scientific communities and drive external medical communication (including events) using omni-channel approaches. Ensure impactful field medical interactions with healthcare professionals (HCPs) and Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), aligned with commercial functions, and manage performance metrics for effectiveness. Lead and manage department teams, ensuring employee development, succession planning, budget management, and alignment with the Novo Nordisk Way and our policies. Ensure a strong governance culture and focus on risk management. 
 

Qualifications

An MBBS degree, preferably with a postgraduate degree, combined with extensive corporate medical affairs experience. Minimum 7-10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, with solid business acumen.  Solid scientific credibility, with the ability to establish relationships with top-tier leaders in medical and scientific communities and present complex issues objectively.  Strong strategic thinker with the ability to identify business pressure points, define initiatives to address them, and navigate ambiguity while anticipating organizational needs.  Proven ability to innovate, act as a change agent, and lead by presenting convincing organizational needs and solutions. Seasoned people manager with experience in a management team role. 

 

Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities, and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energize us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

 

Contact
Upload your CV to our online career page (click on Apply and follow the instructions).
Please remember to inform your direct manager before applying. 
 
Deadline
April 30, 2025 
Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
 

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.