Shape the medical strategy that brings our science to patients across 194 countries. In this role, you'll bridge clinical evidence with commercial ambition – leading medical affairs at the intersection of science, access and patient impact on a truly global scale.
Your new role
As Sr.Medical Manager, you will lead and shape the medical affairs strategy across your assigned markets, ensuring scientific excellence underpins every step of our journey to reach more patients. This is a role where your medical expertise directly influences how millions of people access and benefit from our treatments.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Developing and executing the medical affairs strategy aligned with regional and global priorities across key therapy areas including diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease
- Leading scientific engagement with key opinion leaders, healthcare professionals and medical societies to build trust and advance treatment understanding
- Driving evidence generation activities including real-world evidence studies, investigator-initiated trials and publication strategies
- Providing medical and scientific leadership to cross-functional teams, acting as the medical voice in commercial and market access decisions
- Ensuring compliance with regulatory and ethical standards across all medical activities in your markets
- Building and developing a high-performing medical affairs team, fostering scientific curiosity and operational excellence
- Collaborating with global medical affairs and development teams to align local execution with the broader pipeline strategy
Your new department
The Medical Affairs function serves as the scientific backbone that connects our clinical evidence to real-world patient outcomes. You will be part of a team that combines deep medical expertise with a passion for expanding access – working at the forefront of how we bring transformative treatments to patients who need them most.
Your skills & qualifications
We are looking for a Sr.Medical Manager who combines scientific depth with strategic vision and the ability to inspire teams across diverse markets. To succeed in this role, you will bring:
- A medical degree (MD) or equivalent medical/scientific doctorate (PhD, PharmD) with strong clinical or scientific credentials
- 8+ years of experience in medical affairs, clinical development or a related scientific function within the pharmaceutical industry, including leadership responsibilities
- Proven experience in developing and implementing medical strategies across multiple markets, ideally within cardiometabolic, diabetes or obesity therapeutic areas
- Strong track record of building relationships with key opinion leaders and navigating complex stakeholder environments
- Demonstrated people leadership skills with experience building, coaching and developing medical affairs teams
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to translate complex scientific data into compelling strategic narratives; fluency in English is required
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 forward. 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, you're not just starting a job – you're 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.
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've 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 what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're 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.