Senior Manager, Medical Affairs

Are you a medical leader passionate about advancing cardiometabolic care and shaping medical strategies that drive meaningful patient outcomes? Do you excel in cross-functional settings and enjoy developing a high-performing team? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

We are looking for a dedicated Senior Manager to lead our Medical Affairs activities in Finland. In this key role, you will define local medical strategy, foster scientific partnerships, and strengthen Novo Nordisk’s position as a trusted market leader in cardiometabolic medicine.

Your new role

As our new Senior Manager, Medical Affairs, you will play a central role in shaping the medical strategy for the Finnish affiliate while leading and developing a high-performing Medical Affairs team. You will drive scientific excellence, foster external partnerships, and ensure the successful execution of medical activities across cardiometabolic therapy areas.

Your responsibilities will be to:

• Shape and maintain the Medical Affairs strategy and annual action plans. You will lead the development and follow-up of the annual Medical Affairs action plan and ensure alignment with business priorities
• Build strong scientific relationships with external stakeholders. You will maintain productive partnerships with key customers, healthcare institutions, and scientific leaders
• Drive evidence generation and support clinical research activities. You will identify and address local evidence gaps, contribute to Real-World Evidence and investigator-initiated study programmes, and support clinical trial operations. 
• Lead, develop, and inspire the Medical Affairs team. A key part of this role is building a strong, motivated, and future-ready team. You will ensure compliance, support capability building, strengthen engagement
• Foster innovation and collaborate cross-functionally to advance cardiometabolic care. You will contribute to cross-functional strategies together with Market Access, Marketing and Sales. You will also drive innovative approaches to scientific collaboration and medical education that elevate cardiometabolic care in Finland.

Your new department

You will work closely with colleagues across Medical & Regulatory Finland, Market Access, Sales, and regional/global Medical Affairs teams.

Externally, your key partners include healthcare professionals, institutions, patient organisations and evidence-generation partners.
Your work reinforces Novo Nordisk’s position as a trusted scientific leader in cardiometabolic diseases.

Your skills & qualifications

We are looking for someone with a medical doctor background a postgraduate medical qualification considered an advantage. You have a minimum of 5 years of post-registration medical experience for example in cardiology, obesity, or cardiometabolic diseases. You have from former roles an excellent ability to engage stakeholders.

Moreover:

• A proven experience as a people manager minimum of 2 years 
• Excellent training and presentation abilities
• Deep therapy area knowledge
• Familiarity with GCP and clinical trial methodology

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.

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

If you have questions about the role, please contact CMR Director Tero Saukkonen at +358 40 8433 339 on 16th Dec between 14:00 – 15:30 EET or on 22nd Dec between 14:00 – 15:30 EET.  

If you believe you are qualified and eager to take on this challenge, please upload your CV and motivational letter directly via our online application system (click “Apply” and follow the instructions).

Deadline

05th of January  

To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV. We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

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.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

We’re 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.