Medical Manager Cardiometabolic

Medical Manager Cardio metabolism

Are you passionate about driving medical affairs strategy in the cardiometabolic field? Do you want to make a significant impact on patient access to innovative treatments? If so, we invite you to join our team as a Medical Manager Diabetes at Novo Nordisk in Lisbon, Portugal. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career.

The Position

In this role the selected candidate will lead NNPT Medical Affairs strategy within Diabetes type 1 and type 2 portfolio and pipeline, covering NN Insulins, GLP-1ra and smart insulin pens. The candidate will also collaborate in the medical affairs strategy for obesity and CV disease, provide medical guidance to the Brand Teams, partner with Market Access to accelerate patient’s access to NNPT innovative medicines and establish trust-based and partnership-oriented relations with leading Diabetes and Obesity Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and Scientific Societies.

Among your responsibilities will be:

• Owner of the Diabetes Medical Affairs Plan and respective budget, and accountable for its full implementation.
• Ensuring medical input to brand strategy and national business planning activities – attend and contributing to Diabetes Brand Team meetings.
• Planning and delivering key Portuguese medical projects that have a significant impact on the performance of NN Portugal.
• Providing high quality Medical Education and scientific training to HCPs, tailored to the specific needs of Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, Primary Care, and other specialties relevant to NNPT cardiometabolic business.
• Organizing and facilitating Advisory Boards and sharing its outputs with the cross-functional teams.
• Leading the scientific dialogue during the pre-launch phase, in a consistent and credible manner and in compliance with laws and regulations.

Qualifications

The candidate shall have Medical Doctor qualifications (Endocrinology or Internal Medicine specialization is a plus). Alternatively, a University Degree in Life Sciences is a must-have. PhD or MBA is a plus. Other requirements are:

• Professional experience in Diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease, for at least 3 years, in clinical care and/or in Medical Affairs, is desirable.
• Project Management is a must.
• People Leadership, either formal or informal, is a plus.
• Digital Health in Diabetes is a plus.
• Strategic vision, business acumen, good communication skills and good interpersonal relations.

About the Department

You will be part of the Clinical Medical and Regulatory team in Lisbon, Portugal. Our team is committed to driving innovation and excellence in medical affairs, with a focus on cardiometabolic and rare diseases. We foster a collaborative and supportive atmosphere, where each team member plays a vital role in achieving our goals.

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, and challenges. 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 lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact

For further information, please contact Filipe Branco- CFIB@NOVONORDISK.COM

‎-or get to know us better by visiting www.novonordisk.com/careers. Apply by

Deadline

Apply before 24/03/2025.

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.