Senior Market Development Manager - Sickle Cell Disease (Black Community Inclusion)

Are you passionate about building markets from the ground up and improving access to life-changing therapies? Do you thrive in dynamic, cross-functional environments where partnerships, data, and patient voices drive impact? If so, this is your opportunity to pioneer Novo Nordisk’s presence in the sickle cell disease (SCD) space. Apply today and be part of a movement to transform care for an underserved patient population.

At Novo Nordisk, we do not wait for change; we drive change, and we are committed to providing and promoting an equal opportunity work environment while conducting our processes in an affirmative manner as part of our ongoing efforts to create and lead teams with a primary mission of diversity and inclusion. Therefore, we inform you that the selection process for this position will be prioritized for people who self-identify as Black (including Preta and Parda identifications).

The Position

As Senior Market Development Manager – Sickle Cell Disease, you will be responsible for leading pre-launch and launch strategies to shape the SCD market in Brazil and ensure readiness for future therapies. You will engage with a wide range of stakeholders to address access barriers, build trust in the community, and position Novo Nordisk as a leader in rare haematological care. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Driving market-shaping strategies by identifying geographic and demographic opportunities, accelerating launch readiness, and addressing systemic barriers in SCD care.
• Building strategic partnerships with key opinion leaders (KOLs), advocacy groups, and medical societies, while collaborating with Medical Affairs to support disease education and guideline development.
• Supporting access and reimbursement strategies in partnership with Market Access and HEOR teams, developing value propositions and payer engagement to secure sustainable access.
• Leading cross-functional collaboration across Commercial, Medical, Regulatory, and Policy areas to ensure integrated SCD development strategies.
• Generating insights through data analysis, tracking market metrics, patient reach, and competitive intelligence to inform decision-making and drive patient-centric innovation.

Qualifications

We are looking for a strategic and entrepreneurial market leader with a strong understanding of healthcare access and stakeholder engagement. To succeed in this role, you should have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Science, or related fields – any higher education is a plus.
• Experience in market development, market access, or commercial roles in the pharmaceutical industry. Previous work with specialty care, rare diseases, or oncology is highly desirable
• Proven experience in product launches, market-shaping, and cross-functional execution, as well as knowledge of reimbursement models in both public and private sectors.
• Fluency in English is required; Spanish is a plus.
• Familiarity with data analytics tools, advocacy engagement, and social determinants of health will be considered strong assets.

About the Department

You will be part of the Rare Disease Business Unit at Novo Nordisk Brazil, a high-impact and fast-growing area dedicated to addressing unmet medical needs. Our work in sickle cell disease represents a bold and patient-focused expansion into new areas of care. We are committed to working collaboratively across functions and with external partners to improve health outcomes and equity.

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive change. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 69,000 employees to change the lives for the better for millions of patients living with diabetes and other chronic diseases. Together, we go further.

Contact

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Deadline

Apply before June 19th, 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.