AddressAssociate Manager- Medical Affairs (Obesity and New Therapy Areas)
Category: Medical Affairs
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, IN
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 an Associate Manager 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
Reporting to the Associate Director of Global Medical Affairs, you are in charge for the overall performance of the team including timely planning and proper execution of projects and deliverables. Further, you are responsible for the performance and development of approximately 4-5 dedicated employees. Your role will be required to set the direction to the team, setting the strategies and ensure high professional structure and standards within the team.
Subsequently, you will be responsible for owning the medical strategy for the accountable products and ensuring the delivery of timely, value-added and credible medical plans and insights across Medical Affairs, both at a global and affiliate level for the internal and external stakeholders. Above all, your experience working with global stakeholders and cross functional teams will help you to collaborate successfully in this role.
Qualifications
- We expect you to be a Medical doctor with M.B.B.S and MD/ Ph.D and has the below qualifications,
- Has minimum of 4-5 years of relevant work experience in the field of Medical Affairs.
- People management experience of at least 2 years is preferable.
- Additional education and experience in pharma business/marketing.
- Willingness to coach colleagues and support team development.
- Team-work skills, ability to get results through others and to work in a highly motivated team.
- A strong communicator and strong problem solving skills
- Extrovert, engaged, dynamic, results-driven.
- Excellent networking abilities.
- Experience and willingness to work in an international matrix organization.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Ability to engage and collaborate with people with different backgrounds (science, business, etc.)
- Strategic mindset.
- Ability to manage complex tasks and organizational issues.
- Ability to engage and collaborate with people of different cultural background.
Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we are driving change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic conditions. Our treatments today are benefiting millions of people living with diabetes, obesity, and rare blood and endocrine diseases. From our labs to our factory floors, we are discovering and developing innovative biological medicines and making them accessible to patients throughout the world. Since the company was founded in Denmark more than 100 years ago, we have been translating the unmet medical needs of people living with serious chronic diseases into innovative medicines and delivery. Our focus is on these diseases, which affect hundreds of millions of people and are among the most urgent global health challenges. By combining our innovation and commercial excellence, we draw upon insights from patients and partners to transform bold ideas into life-saving and preventive medicines. Our ambition is to take the lead in each of these areas, driving change with an unfailing belief that it can be done.
Contact
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Deadline
25th Decemeber, 2023.
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.
