Senior Manager 323895

Department: Medical Affairs HQ BLR GMABLR

This position is responsible for managing a team of global medical advisors executing GMA deliverables for Diabetes (Insulin and GLP1 areas). In specific this position is directly responsible for owning the medical strategy and GMA activities across focus areas for GMABLR accountable products within Diabetes (LCM products including modern and new generation insulins Semaglutide and other relevant products under transition).

The position

The position holder will be anchored to Medical Affairs HQ BLR GMAGBS department.

People management: Lead and manage team of Global Medical Advisors in Medical Affairs HQ BLR GMABLR.

Strategic direction setting and management of the Global Medical Affairs deliverables:

Responsible for ensuring the timely accurate and credible building of scientific and medical knowledge for relevant products in Diabetes (Insulins and GLP1 RAs) across medical affairs focus areas and towards internal and external stakeholders. Executing on the below deliverables at a managerial level demonstrating Subject Matter Expert status:

• Generation Interpretation & Communication of scientific data to ensure proper usages of NN products.

• Clinical importance of new findings and impact in future and current treatments of diabetes.

• All activities are to be executed and considered on a Global scale resulting in high impact on Regions & Affiliates.

People management:

• Manage and develop team set direction develop skills set coach and guide the team.

• Resource planning and prioritization of department tasks to ensure optimal and flexible use of resources and monitoring and reporting of department performance.

• Set targets for the team and follow up on deliverables; delegate responsibilities and assignments.

• Manage processes for performance management and individual development plans (i.e. performance management job descriptions development discussions input to organizational development planning (ODP) talent management and succession planning).

• Drives development of the team and individuals by seizing and creating opportunities related to actual business needs. Coaches and mentors team members to be strong contributors within the department and unit.

• Identifying and manages people related challenges proactively: Flags peoples related issues to manager in time aligns on course of action provides and documents timely constructive feedback.

• Proactively creates and maintains an engaged culture in the team. Ensures progress and improvements through evolve followup.

• Contribute to setting direction for Medical Affairs HQ BLR department and ensure that the business targets for the department are met.

• Identifies and drives continual improvement initiatives in team and department. Ensures success of department by driving strategic initiatives at Medical Affairs HQ BLR department level.

• As member of GMABLR people managers drives continual improvement and contributes proactively to setting direction for GMABLR and ensure that the business targets for the unit are met.

Strategic direction setting and management of the Global Medical Affairs deliverables:

Functional management

• Proactively leads and drives according to Novo Nordisk Way a team of Global Medical Advisors and is responsible for the medical affairs input and actions to the Medical & Science Team (MST) Safety Committee and Product Labelling Committee (PLC) GPT and Core Brand Teams.

• Responsible for prioritizing crossorganizational collaboration (R&D CSCA GS affiliates).

• In alignment with area VP responsible for developing the global medical affairs strategy incl. publication strategy in alignment with the brand strategy set by the CCT/GPT

• Budget responsible for project and line budgets. Guidance and coaching of team members and creates a culture of continuous development of team to meet functional requirements. Develops team members to take on more strategic and complex responsibilities

• Strategic and proactive collaboration with Therapy area leads (Directors Sr. Directors and VPs) to ensure alignment on expectations feedback and areas for value creation

• Contributes to and gives input to therapy area strategy and participates in TA leadership discussions flagging challenges and highlights from GMABLR related products/projects.

Clinical activities: (Insights for strategy Evidence generation Clinical care pathways)

• Responsible for crossproject and portfolio alignment and timing of clinical activities specifically in relation to planning of communication strategy

• Provide market oriented medical input to trial design and protocol development and PDP

• Develop ISS strategy included in LCM plan/ PDP. Ensure continuously updated overview of in and external clinical activities for specific product/project.

• In alignment with area VP develop and secure implementation of strategic directions for relevant products.

• Responsible for Investigator Sponsored Studies (ISS) coordination progress and budgets.

KOL Engagement: (Scientific dialogue Insights for strategy Evidence generation)

• Independently drives the strategy development and of scientific communication during high quality global meetings (e.g. scientific expert meetings symposia etc.

• Gather and analyze medical and scientific feedback e.g. from KOL interactions in advisory boards and secures dissemination to relevant internal stakeholders.

• Signs off on and drives the development and of scientific story line content topics of global advisory boards and ensure that necessary feedback loops within the organization are established to operationalize insights.

Publication Planning: (Scientific dialogue)

• Responsible for crossproject alignment and timing of strategic publication planning specifically in relation to scientific publication of key data milestones.

• Drive development and of publication plan and strategy for each product/project in collaboration with the Global Publication Manager

• Overall responsible for the content of assigned publications (posters abstracts manuscripts) including frequent interactions with authors statisticians medical writers and other stakeholders in collaboration with the Global Publication Manager

• Ensure high quality publication in a timely manner according to the medical communication strategy

• Ensures generation of scientific evidence to support medical and product strategy

Scientific and medical education: (Scientific dialogue)

• Responsible for crossproject alignment and timing of strategic medical education specifically in relation to scientific publication of key data milestones and direction of key scientific points

• Signs off on and drives the development and of scientific story line content topics of medical education activities

• Support development of and execute strategy for medical education activities for each product/project (CME and nonCME)

• Execute global medical education and medical communication plan to ensure KOL/HCP recognition and understanding of clinical profile of compound through presentations of data and participation in meetings and symposia

Clinical activities: (Insights for strategy Evidence generation Clinical care pathways)

• Responsible for crossproject and portfolio alignment and timing of clinical activities specifically in relation to planning of communication strategy.

• Provide market oriented medical input to trial design and protocol development and PDP

• Develop ISS strategy included in LCM plan/ PDP. Ensure continuously updated overview of in and external clinical activities for specific product/project

• In alignment with area VP develop and secure implementation of strategic directions for relevant products

• Responsible for Investigator Sponsored Studies (ISS) coordination progress and budgets

Internal Medical guidance: (Organizational readiness)

• Proactively secure alignment of relevant crossfunctional business activities on specific product/project

• Ensures appropriate development of promotional materials initiated by Global Marketing specifically aligns the story line based on existing medical strategy and newly generated scientific data

• Ensures resources for reviewing and approving medical content of promotional material in accordance to SOPs

• Take active role in providing medical support to legal issues that arise from competitor complaints or other associated channels

• Medical/scientific support to Public Affairs and/or Market Access in negotiations with payers/policy makers for specific product/project. Support of global marketing strategy

Independence and decisionmaking:

• Works independently and has proven leadership skills: The Manager is expected based on solid experience to act and work independently according to NN Standard Operating Procedures and Global Medical Affairs strategy and complete all task outlined in the job description plus adhoc assignments

• Degree of independent decisions: High level of independence in decision making

• The Manager represents GMA with his/her presence and statements in crossfunctional forums as assigned including GPT and/or Core Medical Team. It is also within the role to be standin for the VP and organise selected tasks across the team.

• The Manager is extensively expected to be able to make decisions and set direction on behalf on Global Medical Affairs when it comes to matters within the job description

• The Manager acts as Subject Matter Expert for all products covered in his/her department and leads the timely accurate and credible building of scientific and medical knowledge within the project including internal training.

• The Manager must drive and maintain communication to and from the external scientific community (including to provide medical and scientific support for key opinion leaders and HCPS) and within the organization.

Communication and Stakeholder interaction:

Key Internal Stakeholders:

• Medical Affairs (Medical Directors other Regional heads MedAff HQ National Medical Advisors Field Medical Force)

• Marketing Sales. Global Development

• Public Affairs Regulatory and Quality. Global Medical Affairs management

• Brand and area Global Project Team (GPT)/ Lifecycle Management Team

• Core Brand Team (CBT)

• Local and international Health Care Professionals and Influencers (local and global Opinion Leaders)

• Medical scientific and patient organizations

• Medical communication agencies

Qualifications

• M.D. with substantial clinical and/or research expertise in relevant area (e.g. Endocrinology Cardiology General Practice or Internal Medicine)

• Strong clinical and/or research background in area of diabetes mellitus with interest in advanced scientific analysis and communication and experience in drug development.

• Understanding of the pharmaceutical industry. Fluency in both spoken and written English.

• Demonstrated research experience (e.g. publications)

• Additional education and experience in pharma business/marketing (preferable)

• Minimum one year of study or work in a country other than the native country (preferable)

• Additional education/scientific degree in research (e.g. PhD) (preferable)

• At least 10 years of clinical and/or pharmaceutical industry experience.

• At least 78 years of experience in a leadership role.

• Experience with clinical medicine clinical research and development.

• Willingness to coach colleagues and support team development.

• Ability and willingness to quickly adjust to new situations in a continuously developing environment

• Ability to engage and collaborate with people with different backgrounds (science business etc)

• Excellent presentation skills. Strategic mindset.

About the department

Global Medical Affairs GBS (GMA GBS) is an extension of the Global Medical Affairs team in Headquarters (HQ) in Denmark and Zurich and is based out of Global Business Services (GBS) Bangalore India. The team consists of highly motivated scientific and medical advisors project managers medical illustrators and publication manager working together with HQ regions and affiliates across the world. Our core competencies are communicating scientific and medical knowledge on our products to the external scientific community and across the organization; delivering external medical events including inhouse content development and project management; and Publication planning.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100year 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 63000 employees around the world. We recognise 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 were working toward something bigger than ourselves and its a collective effort. Join us! Together we go further. Together were life changing.

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Deadline

25th February 2025

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