Marketing Director Metabolic Diseases

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for driving business growth? Do you have proven experience in strategic, long-term, cross-organisational marketing/strategic initiatives and commercial planning? Do you have solid understanding of sales and marketing of pharmaceutical products and find engaging with customers exciting?

We are looking for a Marketing Director for Metabolic Diseases to join our team and lead the marketing efforts in the Novo Nordisk Greece affiliate. If you are ready for a new challenge and want to make a difference in the lives of patients, read on and apply today for a life-changing career.

The position

As a Marketing Director, you will independently develop a mid to long-term marketing strategy with a strong emphasis on portfolio strategy, driving launches, campaigns, and provide strong guidance for sales execution. You will be at the heart of Novo Nordisk’s future growth and success in Metabolic Diseases. You will define the go-to-market strategy, apply a market-fit approach by aligning with global commercial guidance and strategy and manage the right marketing team structure, preparing the organization for the future and ensuring the Metabolic Diseases portfolio achieves its full potential.

Your core responsibilities will be:

• Analyzing and identifying areas of opportunity for business growth and ensure they are reflected in strategic plans to improve outcomes for patients living with metabolic diseases (e.g. diabetes, obesity and CVD).
• Ensure digital acceleration according to Novo Nordisk Greece strategy and brand objectives
• Monitor and challenge market developments (commercial, medical, access etc.) with high business impact and provide strategic recommendations for improvements and prepare for future launches.
• Foster innovation, simplicity, and agility in the organization, driving diversity and inclusion initiatives for sustainable business success.
• Lead, coach and develop the team to deliver above and beyond results by creating a transparent and focused organisation that shares obstacles and challenges across all collaborative areas.

Qualifications

• You have a Master’s degree or other relevant academic background in business, economics, natural sciences or pharmacology.
• At least 5-7 years pharmaceutical industry experience in commercial setting and deep understanding of medical data & marketing, developing strategies and executing on management level.
• Experience in people management is a mandatory requirement for this position.
• Experience in diabetes, obesity and / or cardiovascular diseases will be considered a plus.
• Excellent leadership skills and a good eye for people development are essential.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and a deep understanding of different functions across the value chain are essential.
• You should have excellent communication and negotiation skills, able to build sustainable relationships internally and externally. Excellent level of English is a must.

As a person, you are a natural leader with proven ownership and accountability. You are a strong collaborator and communicator, capable of driving conversations with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at senior level. You have an entrepreneurial mindset and demonstrate to be an outside of the box thinker. Finally, you share our passion and determination to improve patients’ lives.

About the department

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with more than 95 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and capabilities that also enable us to help people defeat obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases.

The Greek affiliate is a part of the Business Area South and West Europe, in Region Europe and Canada (EUCAN) and has shown exceptional launch performances.

In order to achieve our goals, we are looking for a Marketing Director, who will drive our affiliate across the metabolic diseases therapy area. You will report to the Vice President and General Manager of Novo Nordisk Greece with a team of three talented brand managers and will be part of the Greek Leadership Team.

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact

To submit your application, please upload your CV and motivational letter online (click on Apply and follow the instructions). Internal candidates are kindly requested to inform their line Manager before applying.

Deadline
Apply before 3rd of December, 2024.

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.