Senior Brand Manager - 16 month maternity cover

Do you have a passion for marketing? Or do you wish to develop your hands-on experience in marketing?

Would you like to apply your passion to develop commercial strategy and tactics, turning Novo Nordisk science into value for our customers?

Would you want to gain experience in some key strategic projects for two of our highest priority brands in the diabetes portfolio; Rybelsus and Ozempic?

If so, then seize the opportunity and apply to become our Senior Brand Manager!

The Position

You will support the department as an extended maternity cover for a Senior Brand Manager during which time you will support with the localisation of global material, creation of brand campaigns and marketing programmes, e.g. HCP digital, medical education, patient programmes, internal and external meetings/congress. You will monitor the market dynamics and product performance and provide actionable insight and recommendations to the business on the development of the brand. You will also identify existing Market insight gaps and propose ways in which to address these gaps.

In collaboration with your Marketing and cross-functional colleagues, your responsibilities will include producing timely marketing materials in line with brand strategy, positioning and brand guidelines (including working with agencies, market research and testing) that support the business. You will take a leadership role in the annual Brand Planning process, supporting translation of our Mid-term strategy into tactical plans. Furthermore, you will help to increase the organisational knowledge of the diabetes market and work closely with field colleagues to ensure the marketing plans can be implemented in the local healthcare environments.

You will be expected to communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation, including senior leadership for escalation or endorsement, and support the Marketing Director with implementation of Marketing strategy. You will also act as an ambassador for direct team when in wider cross-functional meetings.

You will support the delivery of impactful Novo Nordisk conferences and workshops, including presentation of marketing campaigns to key internal stakeholders, including members of the Diabetes Leadership Team. Furthermore, you will support training meetings, especially for ensuring training of new Sales team members is aligned to brand strategy. You will also be responsible for ensuring compliance with the ABPI and our policies.

Qualifications

You will have a Life Sciences, Business or Marketing degree, or equivalent.

Preferably you will have already passed your ABPI exam and have a current understanding of the ABPI code of conduct requirements for all promotional and non-promotional materials and programs. Experience within NHS landscape and infrastructure would be advantageous.

You will have a demonstrable track record of:

• Proven success in pharmaceutical sales/customer facing role
• Recent experience of UK primary and/or secondary care markets
• Experience/ability to operate, communicate and influence at multiple levels
• Experience in pharmaceutical product management/marketing role (POMs) highly desirable.

You thrive in a fast-paced, outcome driven environment, working on multiple, complex projects where your well-honed time management, cross-functional collaboration, excellent communication and prioritisation skills will be put to good use!

This is an office-based role, at our head office in Gatwick, West Sussex, however you must hold a valid driving license and be flexible and willing to travel within the UK and Europe as required. The role reports to the Director of Marketing. As with all office-based roles, our offices will be your primary workplace but with flexibility to work 2-3 days at home during your working week.

About the Department

The Marketing department is made up of experts across the field team and office team. The team is responsible for generating and utilising customer and patient insights and driving the development of our commercial strategies for our existing product portfolio, as well as creating opportunity for new product launches.

We work to define the strategic potential of pipeline products, developing and executing comprehensive pre-launch and launch plans to secure our success, improve patient outcomes and maintain and grow our product portfolio. The department is often the first to launch new products’ campaigns globally or regionally within Europe and has a proven track record in successful campaign launches. 

Working in a high paced competitive environment, the marketing team is responsible for campaign planning, development and execution, roadmap planning and management as well as market research techniques.

We are focused on continuous improvement and are tenacious and innovative in achievement of our goal of business growth.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

What We Offer

• Bonus: We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached, you’ll be rewarded through our bonus scheme
• Your workplace: Our offices will be your primary workplace but with flexibility to work 2-3 days at home during your working week
• Pension: a market leading pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Wellness: We want you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to an award-winning Wellness programme, including Private Medical Insurance
• Insurances: All colleagues are covered by our private medical, life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind
• Inclusive culture: our culture is one of care, support and respect for our people.  We are committed to making your workplace safe and believe that a transparent, inclusive culture and leadership is the way to empower every individual to do their very best

Deadline

Apply before 11th April 2025

Applications will be reviewed, and interviews will take place on an ongoing basis therefore do not hesitate to apply if interested.

Contact

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Application support

We are an equal opportunities employer and we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.  If you're a person with a disability, if you're neurodivergent, and need any adjustments to be made during the application and selection process, please send an email to Todd, utpc@novonordisk.com. Please include your name, the role you are interested in and the type of adjustment your need. 

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.