Scientific Global Medical Director - Global Medical Affairs

About the Department

Our East Coast Global Development Hub brings together the best minds in life science innovation with facilities in Lexington, MA and Plainsboro, NJ. We support programs from early research through late-stage clinical development. We are building for the future, creating a distinct R&D community based on collaboration, partnerships, and cutting-edge research across multiple innovative modalities and therapeutic areas. Our East Coast Global Development Hub merges biotech speed and agility with large pharmaceutical company quality, resources, and stability, uniting the best of both worlds to develop new medicines for patients. We recognize that improving human health starts here and that patients rely on us. We’re changing lives for a living. Are you ready to make a difference?

The Position

The Scientific Global Medical Director will provide leadership, direction, and guidance for the development and implementation of medical and scientific strategies within a global context. This role involves overseeing and driving implementation science, ensuring compliance with regulatory and institutional review boards, and facilitating collaboration among cross-functional teams to advance the understanding of medical products, innovative therapies, devices/chemistries, and platforms.

The director is responsible for fostering relationships with key opinion leaders, translating complex scientific data into actionable insights that support patient care and improve health outcomes on a global scale, and has a deep understanding of implementation science at the tactical level. Additionally, this position plays a crucial role in shaping the organization’s medical communication strategies while ensuring the scientific integrity is maintained.

Vision Statement

Our US East Coast Hub drives innovative strategies to advance our MASH, cardiomyopathy, and advanced technology portfolios for the benefit of patients, fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture within our One Development organization.

Relationship

Reports to the Executive Director Global Medical Affairs East Coast Hub.

Will interact with Global & Affiliate Medical Affairs, Medical & Science, Finance, Human Resources, Project Teams, Global Commercial and Access, Boston Global Development leadership team on occasion. May interact with senior leaders/leadership, on occasion.

Essential Functions

• Stakeholder Management
  • Ensure effective and impactful cross-functional collaboration with consistent communication across stakeholders (Global Research, Global Development, Market Access, Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, Safety, International Operations, Regions & Affiliates, NN International, Product Supply)
  • Grows and develops relationships between Novo Nordisk and Key Opinion Leaders
  • Ensures the application and communication of all Novo Nordisk policies, procedures, according to the Novo Nordisk Way, to external stakeholders
  • Is the global medical affairs specialist on a specific product/project/platform towards internal/external customers
  • May Act as proxy for the Executive Director in higher-level global committees, e.g. Product Labelling Committee, Safety Committee and Core Brand team
• KOL Engagement:
  • Develop, expand, grow, and maintain strong relationships with global Key Opinion Leaders and Stakeholders
  • Provide input, develop, contribute, and execute on Global Health Care/Health Organization Professional strategy
  • Plan, conduct and execute global meetings plus support speakers in preparation for presentation of NN data at conferences and symposia
  • Co-lead landscape assessment(s) to plan for future and innovative technologies and products
  • Drive and provide relevant input to Key Opinion Leader/Stakeholder/Organization database
  • Proactively plan and engage in the scientific dialogue with global Key Opinion Leaders and Health Care Professionals/Organizations
  • Gather and analyze medical and scientific feedback & insights from global Key Opinion Leader interactions in advisory boards and strategic discussions at meetings, summits, and conferences

• Clinical Activities:
  • Manages and drives the development, refinement, and execution of global scientific communication strategy, including scientific communication platforms, global publication plan, and the integrated evidence generation plan
  • For Phase II-IIIa, establishes and provides market-oriented medical input to trial design, protocol development, and investigator selection in NN clinical trials
  • For Phase IIIb and IV, drives trial design protocol development according to market oriented medical input and investigator selection in NN clinical trials
  • Drive additional clinical activities beyond phase 3a (phase 3b workshops, Investigator Spon- sored Studies)
  • Evaluation and decision of clinical trial proposals from Regions & Affiliates related to Non-Interventional Studies and Health Economics/Outcome Research
  • In collaboration with the Global Medical Director(s), co-plan the scientific communication on investigator results meetings, Global Expert Panel KOL’s and meetings, Scientific Expert Committee meetings
• Communication:
  • Transforms the clinical trial data into scientific and commercial communication
  • Manages the development, refinement and execution of global scientific communication plat- forms with Patients, Primary and Specialty Health Care Professionals, Key Opinion Leaders, Advisory Boards and Consultative services, Scientific Experts
  • Leads on key trial communication strategy
  • Ensure organizational readiness with robust communication plans on medical and scientific communication strategies
  • Develop, drive and execute on scientific communication during high quality global meetings (e.g. scientific expert meetings, symposia etc.)
  • Drives scientific communication strategy around our products in outcome studies
  • Develops a broad range of medical guidance documents while adapting to needed digital solutions (e.g. e-learnings)
  • Ensures alignment of relevant cross-functional medical guidance activities/platforms on specific product/project

• Project Management:
  • Ensures optimal project and vendor management in the execution of GMA strategies and tactics, develop sourcing strategies and effective partnerships with vendors/agencies and other key external partners
  • Cross-functional collaboration – Global Research, Global Development, Strategy Access Marketing, Medical Affairs Regulatory Safety, International Operations, NN International
  • Ensures Medical/scientific support and guidance to Public Affairs and/or Market Access in negotiations with payers/policy makers for specific product/project
  • Develops and plans the scientific material development used in areas of the business towards advancing Novo Nordisk products
  • Develop, drive and execute on scientific communication during high quality global meetings (e.g. scientific expert meetings, symposia etc.)
  • Conducts live training at global training events to support key market initiatives

Physical Requirements

Ability to travel occasionally – both internationally (our headquarters are located in Denmark) and domestically in the U.S. Approximately 20% travel per year to congresses, scientific Novo Nordisk events and affiliate meetings.  Hybrid position, can be based etiher at our Plainsboro, NJ or Lexington, MA sites.  

Qualifications

• MD/DO/PharmD with 3-5+ years or PhD/DNP with 8+ years of substantial clinical and/or research expertise in relevant area (e.g., Endocrinology, Cardiology, General Practice, Internal Medicine, or specialty medicine) required
• Additional education and experience in business administration / marketing is preferred
• Based in the USA, we have a global responsibility covering all or most Novo Nordisk affiliates
• At least 3-5 years of clinical and/or pharmaceutical industry experience required
• Experience in a medical, clinical, or scientific environment is required
• In depth knowledge of study methodology, data analysis techniques, and critical review of guidelines and relevant clinical ecosystem, required
• Strong presentation skills, with experience in presenting data at congresses and with executive leadership, required
• Budget and vendor management experience preferred
• Experience managing publication agencies and/or medical affairs vendors (e.g., advisory board), and work with Institutional Review Boards, preferred
• Medical Affairs experience required
• Strong communication and organizational skills required
• Ability to drive projects forward to completion while maintaining a focus on the long-term strategy required
• Proven experience in driving results in a highly complex and rapidly changing environment required
• Global mindset with proven ability to partner cross culturally and regionally is preferred
• The job requires skilful stakeholder management, especially with affiliates and the scientific community

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.

Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.

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