(Senior) Medical Manager

Are you a medical leader passionate about advancing cardiometabolic care and shaping medi-cal strategies that drive meaningful patient outcomes Do you excel in cross-functional settings and enjoy developing a high-performing team Then this may be the opportunity for you.

We are looking for a dedicated Manager/ Senior Manager to lead our Scientific Medical Affairs activities in this key role you will define local medical strategy foster scientific partnerships and strengthen Novo Nordisks position as a trusted market leader in cardiometa-bolic medicine.

Your new role
As our new Medical Manager you will play a central role in shaping the medical strategy for the Romanian affiliate while leading and developing a high-performing Medical Affairs team. You will drive scientific excellence foster external partnerships and en-sure the successful execution of medical activities across cardiometabolic therapy areas.

Your responsibilities will be to:

• Shape and maintain the Medical Affairs strategy and annual action plans. You will lead the development and follow-up of the annual Medical Affairs action plan and ensure alignment with business priorities in short / medium and long term.
• Build strong scientific relationships with external stakeholders. You will maintain pro-ductive partnerships with key customers healthcare institutions and scientific leaders
• Drive evidence generation and support clinical research activities. You will identify and address local evidence gaps contribute to Real-World Evidence and investigator-initi-ated study programmes and support clinical trial operations.
• Lead develop and inspire the Medical Affairs team. A key part of this role is building a strong motivated and future-ready team. You will ensure compliance support capabil-ity building strengthen engagement
• Foster innovation and collaborate cross-functionally to advance cardiometabolic care.
• Provide Medical Support and drive innovative initiative to support patient activation ac-tivities and create medical impact on media / social media space.
• You will contribute to cross-functional strategies together with Market Access Market-ing and Sales. You will also drive innovative approaches to scientific collaboration and medical education that elevate cardiometabolic care in Romania.

Your new department

You will work closely with colleagues across Medical & Regulatory Romania Market Access Sales and regional/global Medical Affairs teams.

Externally your key partners include healthcare professionals institutions patient organisa-tions and evidence-generation partners.

Your work reinforces Novo Nordisks position as a trusted scientific leader in cardiometabolic diseases.

Your skills & qualifications
We are looking for someone with a background as medical doctor / pharmacist or PhD in life sciences. You have a minimum of 5 years of medical experience in Pharma industry or FMCG for example in diabetology obesity cardiometabolic diseases . You have from former roles an excellent ability to engage stakeholders.

Moreover:

• A proven experience as a people manager minimum of 2 years
• Excellent training and presentation abilities
• Business understanding and business acumen
• High ability to manage complexity and to work with agility

Working at Novo Nordisk
Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this we approach our work with an unconventional spirit a rare determination and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years this unordinary mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other. One where a collective passion for our purpose mutual respect and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results.

What we offer
There is of course more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordi-nary 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 & Contact
15th of January 2026.

If you have any questions regarding the position please contact Belkisse Bentahar at

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Novo Nordisk is currently in the process of adjusting job titles globally. Please note that the job title listed in this advertisement may be subject to change. More detailed information will be provided during the recruitment process.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job appli-cants.

Were not your typical healthcare a modern world of quick fixes we focus on solu-tions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science make healthcare more accessible and treat prevent and even cure dis-eases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real lasting change in health.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

Were not your typical healthcare a modern world of quick fixes we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science make healthcare more accessible and treat prevent and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real lasting change in health.