Localization Project Senior Manager

What if your project management expertise could transform how millions of patients access life-changing diabetes and obesity treatments across Latin America?

Your new department

Within Market Access & Commercial, you'll join a dynamic team ensuring that our breakthrough treatments reach the patients who need them most. We work at the critical intersection of regulatory requirements, market realities, and patient access – translating complex scientific content into clear, compliant communications that resonate across diverse markets and stakeholder groups.

Your new role

As our Localization Project Senior Manager, you'll lead the strategic adaptation and deployment of critical medical and commercial content across markets. You'll manage end-to-end localization workflows – from translation and cultural adaptation through quality assurance – ensuring our scientific messaging maintains accuracy, compliance, and impact across diverse audiences.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Managing complex localization projects spanning medical, regulatory, and commercial content with multiple stakeholders across marketing, legal, medical affairs, regulatory, and design teams
• Establishing and optimizing localization workflows, coordinating translation processes, cultural adaptation, and quality assurance to ensure content accuracy and compliance
• Driving cross-functional alignment without formal authority, balancing competing priorities across global and local teams
• Anticipating risks in regulated content deployment and implementing structured problem-solving approaches
• Collaborating with global teams to translate strategic objectives into operational execution plans
• Ensuring meticulous quality control of critical content that impacts patient safety and regulatory compliance

Your Skills and Qualifications

• We're seeking a strategic project leader who combines pharmaceutical rigor with adaptability and diplomatic finesse. You'll thrive in ambiguity while maintaining exacting standards for regulated content.
• Minimum 5–8 years of experience in project management, ideally in pharma, scientific content, or highly regulated environments with proven track record managing complex end-to-end projects across multiple stakeholders
• Direct hands-on experience with localization processes including translation, adaptation, quality assurance, and workflow management
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with marketing, legal, medical, regulatory, etc; and design teams in pharmaceutical, healthcare, or highly regulated industries
• Experience collaborating with global teams across time zones and cultural contexts
• Advanced English proficiency (essential) and Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Communications, Marketing, Systems Engineering, Health Sciences, or related disciplines

What distinguishes you as a Senior Manager:

• Crystal-clear communication to explain complex topics to diverse audiences combined with exceptionally high attention to detail for reviewing critical regulated content
• Strong stakeholder management with ability to align priorities and lead through influence without formal authority
• Excellent organization and prioritization to manage multiple simultaneous projects with structured problem-solving and risk anticipation
• Critical thinking applied to regulated environments with ability to translate strategic objectives into operational plans and balance scientific rigor with commercial acumen
• High adaptability to constant change, tolerance for ambiguity, diplomatic skills, and complete autonomy with accountability for outcomes

Nice to have:

• Project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile) or direct experience with regulatory materials, medical content, or Market Access documentation
• Proficiency with project management tools (Asana, Jira, Trello, Veeva)
• Experience facilitating workshops, training sessions, or implementing localization processes from scratch
• Formal team leadership experience or advanced negotiation experience with suppliers or global business units

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.

More information

For more information, visit novonordisk.com, Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn and YouTube. To complete your application, click on "Apply now", attach your CV and follow the instructions.

Deadline

Please apply before February 22nd, 2026. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.

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.