Specialist - Strategy and Operational Excellence.

Department: Global Medical Affairs.

Are you a proven leader who can set direction and drive team performance? Do you have expertise in driving medical affairs strategy and tactics across therapeutic areas with a focus on diabetes, obesity and cardiometabolic portfolio? Then we might have the right position for you. We are looking for a Specialist – strategy & Operational Excellence who is excited about joining a growing team, working in an international environment.

About the department

Global Medical Affairs, GBS (GMA GBS) is an extension of the Global Medical Affairs unit in Headquarters (HQ) in Denmark and is based out of Global Business Services (GBS), Bangalore, India. One of the team within GMA-GBS is Medical Affairs department including a sub-team for obesity portfolio and investigator sponsored studies (ISS) management. The team consists of highly motivated and experienced global medical advisors working with global teams cross functionally and medical affairs director areas based at HQ (Copenhagen, Denmark). This team is responsible for planning and executing the medical affairs strategy for products accountable by GMA-GBS (liraglutide 3.0 mg) and supporting the medical affairs strategic actions for the GLP-1 obesity portfolio and new therapy areas, currently managed by teams at Copenhagen, Denmark.

Our core competencies are 1) Communicating scientific and medical knowledge on our products to the external scientific community and across the organization; 2) Evidence generation and support to clinical trial program across phases and newer therapy areas; 3) Publication planning- drive development of publications according to publication plan and strategy for each product/project in collaboration with the Global Publication Team; 4) KOL engagement activities- contribute to and execute global Health Care Professionals strategy, execute global meetings/advisory boards and support speakers in preparation for presentation of NN data at conferences and symposia 5) Medical educational events including symposiums at international congresses and stand-alone summits/virtual webinars ; 6) Internal Medical guidance - Support execution of global medical strategy, support alignment of relevant cross-functional business activities on specific product/project, support development of promotional materials initiated by Global Marketing.

The Position

The primary role of the person in this position is to function as a Business Partner in the Medical Affairs department. Driving projects and initiatives at a strategic and operational level, ensuring operational excellence and continuous improvement within the function. Drive operational excellence in Medical Affairs SOE (DK) department and Cross-functional collaboration across Medical Affairs SOE (DK), GMA-BLR and GMA-DK.

• Manage, oversee and facilitate product transition activities across GMA-DK and GMA-BLR; managing, tracking and reporting on key milestones.
• Ensure excellent project management, oversight and execution of strategic projects and initiatives.
• Identify and drive initiatives for optimising ways of working and implement process improvements.
• Collaborate closely with Business Partners in GMA-DK, especially those managing products in transition.
• Oversee and manage project budgets in collaboration with key stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelors/master’s degree in life sciences, business or relevant area.
• 6+ years of relevant work experience in cross functional Project Management or Consulting in the pharma industry.
• Experience in and understanding of Medical Affairs, preferred.
• Should have a passion for project management, stakeholder engagement and understand the link between science and business in the Pharma industry.
• Organised, strategic and process oriented.
• Strong communication skills.
• Budget management.
• Working in teams and driving projects individually, strategically planning and executing across multiple projects simultaneously.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year legacy of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Building on our strong legacy within diabetes, we are growing massively and expanding our commitment, reaching millions around the world and impacting more than 40 million patient lives daily. All of this has made us one of the 20 most valuable companies in the world by market cap. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 63,000 employees around the world. We recognize the importance of the unique skills and perspectives our people bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk, we're working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it's a collective effort. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we're life changing.

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Deadline

7th June 2024.

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.