Patient Advocacy Manager

Are you passionate about building positive relationships with patient associations? Do you want to ensure Novo Nordisk's reputation among health stakeholders? We are looking for a Patient Advocacy Manager to join our team in Madrid, focusing on tread with patient associations a path to improve patient lives. If you are ready to make a difference, read more and apply today for a life-changing career.

The Position

This role is an active position within the responsible team for managing and overseeing all aspects of patient relations within the organization. This includes building and maintaining positive relationships with patient associations & organizations, ensure Novo Nordisk (NN) positioning and reputation among these health stakeholders, also support patient associations to its legitimate right to have better health where NN is present though medical innovation.

Among your main responsibilities will be:

• Shaping and executing the patient advocacy strategy in Spain that is aligned with Novo Nordisk's mission and objectives.
• Building and maintaining strong and valuable long-term relationships with National, Regional & Local Patient Associations, patient advocacy groups & organizations, and key stakeholders.
• Partnering closely within the MAPA Team and with others internal teams (Medical Affairs, Marketing, Communication, Regulatory, Legal and Compliance) to ensure patient-centricity is incorporated into all initiatives, included portfolio's disease strategy plans.
• Contributing to collection insights of patients, families, and patient advocacy groups to drive and shape innovated patient support & education programs, research strategies and Novo Nordisk decision making.
• Being up to date with a new developments and ideas in the field of patient advocacy and incorporate such into the development and execution of programs.

Qualifications

• Min. bachelor’s degree, preferably in health sciences or policy, law, sociology.
• Knowledge of Spanish Healthcare System and its regulation.
• At least 3-5 years of experience in pharmaceutical industry and/or healthcare management positions, preferably within healthcare institutions, or Patient Advocacy Groups.
• Fluent English/Spanish and computing skills.
• High level of interpersonal communication, time management and prioritization.

About the Department

Join our Patient Advocacy team in Madrid, where we focus on building strong relationships with patient associations to understand their unmeet needs and improve their quality of life. Our department is part of the Public Affairs division, and we are committed to ensuring Novo Nordisk's reputation and positioning in the healthcare sector. With a collaborative and supportive atmosphere, you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patient advocacy and health outcomes.

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.

Deadline

Apply before 17/03/2025

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.