Senior Manager, Marketing

Are you a marketer with a passion for driving fully owned marketing strategies and tactics to overcome market challenges and capitalize on market opportunities?

Do you enjoy leading the strategy and execution behind new product launches, congress plans, sponsorships, and campaigns?

If you’re motivated by improving patients’ lives while efficiently managing multiple priorities, this role could be a great fit.

Your new role

As a Senior Manager, Marketing your key responsibilities will include:

• Own and drive the overall marketing strategy, translating market insights, trends, and data into impactful actions and growth opportunities.
• Lead end‑to‑end execution of key initiatives, including product launches, campaigns, congresses, and multichannel activations.
• Develop and implement consumer and channel strategies, leveraging insights to enhance customer journeys and drive measurable business outcomes.
• Oversee brand strategy and ensure consistent, compliant messaging across all channels and stakeholder touchpoints.
• Drive digital transformation by managing multichannel engagement (digital, social, e‑commerce) and optimizing campaign performance through data analytics.
• Own P&L accountability, including budget management, performance tracking, and data‑driven decision-making to maximize ROI.
• Lead and influence cross-functional teams and stakeholders, building strong partnerships while developing team capabilities and driving commercial excellence.

Your new department
NN Kazakhstan is stand-alone affiliate established in 1993. NN Kazakhstan is serving 20 million population of Kazakhstan. Our colleagues are applying the passion, skills, and commitment to our purpose of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases, built upon our heritage in diabetes. You will be heading the marketing, commercial excellence and business development team reporting to the General Manager of Kazakhstan. You will be member of the NN Kazakhstan Leadership team. Your team and you will be responsible for Go to market strategy for Kazakhstan, you will co-lead the commercial strategy co-creation with Kazakhstan LT. Your team will be responsible for brand development, communication, business development , and commercial excellence that directly impact the patients we desire to serve.

Your skills & qualifications
We are looking for a candidate with the following qualifications:

• Master’s degree required; advanced degree preferred in marketing /consumer/digital marketing.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in commercial operations, with the majority in marketing; 5+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry within commercial functions and people management experience with a proven track record.
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal), with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels; English and Russian fluency is mandatory, Kazakh language proficiency is an advantage.
• Experience in digital marketing, including social media.

• Experience across FMCG and/or consumer healthcare, with knowledge of wellness brands and category dynamics.

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.

Deadline
16.06.2026. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.

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.

Novo Nordisk is not your typical healthcare company. In 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.

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.