Key Account Engagement Manager
Job Summary
Step into a role where your relationships shape national healthcare outcomes. As our primary link to senior leadership across Israels health funds you will drive strategic partnerships that expand patient access to life-changing treatments in diabetes obesity and beyond.
Your new role
As Key Account Engagement Manager you will serve as the primary liaison to senior leadership within Israels HMOs engaging executive and senior clinical stakeholders to drive strategic partnerships optimise patient access to Novo Nordisk products and lead the implementation of large-scale initiatives across the health funds. Most of your time will be spent in the field building trust and momentum with the people who shape patient care at a national level.
Day-to-day your tasks will include:
- Establishing and nurturing strong relationships with key stakeholders in HMO managements including medical managers head pharmacists and clinical pharmacists head nutritionists head nurses and decision-makers to deepen engagement and build long-term partnerships
- Serving as the primary point of contact for key accounts addressing customer concerns and needs with timely resolution and clear communication
- Conceiving designing and coordinating national-level intervention programmes that advance patient outcomes and access across health funds
- Partnering with HMO management to design and deliver innovative projects integrating Novo Nordisk digital solutions within health fund digital ecosystems in collaboration with internal and external teams
- Reviewing and mapping relevant quality indicators to ensure alignment between those measures and Novo Nordisk initiatives
- Promoting stakeholder awareness and delivering targeted educational activities to rein-force clinical understanding
- Monitoring market trends payer policies and reimbursement dynamics translating in-sights into strategies that sustain competitive advantage
Your new department
In Israel you will sit within the Market Access and Public Affairs (MAPA) department. This is a high-visibility role at the intersection of access clinical engagement and innovation working closely with Marketing Sales Medical and Supply Chain colleagues to ensure our strategy lands meaningfully with the partners who matter most.
Your skills & qualifications
We are looking for an experienced and proactive professional who thrives at the interface of strategy relationships and innovation. To succeed in this role you will likely bring:
- A bachelors degree in Life Sciences Business Administration or a related field; a masters degree or additional qualifications in business or healthcare management is an advantage
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry including at least 3 years of experience in Market Access Key Account Management or related roles within the pharmaceutical or life sciences sector.
- Experience as a Key Account Manager Product Specialist Product Manager or Sales Manager with proven experience working with HMO headquarters is required. Knowledge of the obesity and diabetes therapeutic areas is an advantage.
- Proven expertise in developing and executing market access strategies including pricing and National Health Basket (NHB) reimbursement processes is an advantage.
- Strong strategic thinking and analytical problem-solving skills with the ability to integrate pricing reimbursement and health economic considerations to maximise the up-take of therapeutic solutions
- Advanced product knowledge and the ability to tailor solutions to customer needs combined with the independence to handle complex situations and the adaptability to respond to changing market dynamics
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills the ability to manage without authority across cross-functional teams and a collaborative resourceful mindset that turns constraints into opportunities
Working at Novo Nordisk
Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this we approach our work with determination constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways for-ward. For over 100 years this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us youre not just starting a job youre becoming part of a story that spans generations.
What we offer
There is of course more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.
Deadline
Please apply by July 20th 2026.
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
At Novo Nordisk were not chasing quick fixes were creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years weve been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of whats possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives seek out bold ideas and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together were making healthcare more accessible treating and preventing diseases and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us you become part of something bigger a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.
Required Experience:
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About Company
You will be part of the Gulf Cluster sales team based in Qatar. You will report to the Country Sales Manager. The local team consists of approx 10 employees, and has highly-engaged and experienced members that are looking for a new teammember.