Patient Relations & Sustainability Manager

Are you passionate about shaping public policy and driving sustainability initiatives? Do you have the strategic vision to influence key stakeholders and enhance our company's reputation? If so, we invite you to apply for the position of Patient Relations & Sustainability Manager at Novo Nordisk. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career.

About the department
Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company celebrating more than 100 years of innovation in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and abilities that also enable us to help people to defeat obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases.
Novo Nordisk in Thailand has been working closely with the stakeholders for more than 40 years.  Our purpose in Thailand is to defeat diabetes, obesity, and other serious chronic diseases, as it is globally. Novo Nordisk Thailand is certified as the “Best Place to Work in Thailand in 2020-2024 and Best Place to Work for Women 2022-2024”. 
For us, it involves offering an inclusive and diverse working environment where everyone can bring their whole self to work. We believe that diversity and inclusion drive value for Novo Nordisk by enabling a diverse line of thought, increasing innovation and stronger risk management. These beliefs are core to who we are and an integrated part of our Novo Nordisk Way. 
This position directly reports to Head of Public Affairs & Sustainability.

The position
In this role, you will oversee the development and execution of strategies to enhance patient engagement, advocacy, and sustainable healthcare initiatives, with a focus on strengthening relationships with patient organizations, key stakeholders, and policymakers to drive improved patient access to innovative treatments. The main scope of accountabilities includes, but is not limited to:

• Patient Relations & Advocacy: Develop and implement patient engagement strategies to enhance advocacy and access to treatment. Build and maintain relationships with patient organizations, advocacy groups, and key stakeholders. Lead initiatives to raise disease awareness and reduce stigma through patient-centric campaigns.
• Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Drive Novo Nordisk’s sustainability initiatives in Thailand, aligning with global and regional sustainability goals. Partner with public and private organizations to promote sustainable healthcare access and environmental responsibility.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Policy Advocacy: Establish and maintain relationships with healthcare professionals, government bodies, NGOs, and key decision-makers. Monitor and analyse healthcare policies and regulatory trends impacting patient access and sustainability.
• Project execution & internal collaboration management: Lead and manage multiple projects related to patient relations, advocacy, and sustainability. Develop clear project plans, define objectives, and establish timelines and key deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Public Health, Pharmacy or related fields.
• Experience in patient advocacy, public affairs, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, sales, or medical representative roles within the pharmaceutical, healthcare, or NGO sectors is a plus but not required.
• Strong understanding of healthcare policies, patient access challenges, and sustainability trends.
• Experience in working with patient organizations, healthcare professionals, government agencies, and external stakeholders is an advantage.
• Thai native speaking is required with good English communication.

Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can live a life of chronic disease.

Contact       
Please send your CV online (click on Apply and follow the instructions).
 

Deadline
4 April 2025

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.

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