Trade Marketing Manager

Join us as and play a pivotal role in shaping innovative marketing strategies that enhance the patient journey. This unique opportunity allows you to design and execute impactful campaigns that not only promote our products but also improve the lives of patients.

Your new role

As the Trade Marketing Manager, you will be responsible for leading the development and execution of digital, trade, and channel marketing focused on enhancing the patient journey. You will map the patient pathway to identify key leverage points and design partnership and engagement strategies that drive awareness, demand, and treatment initiation in alignment with Novo Nordisk’s mission and brand goals.

Other Responsibilities will include:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with trade partners, negotiating programs to maximize brand visibility and sales.
• Develop and execute targeted marketing plans and trade promotions, including co-op programs and trade shows, to drive sales within the trade channel.
• Design and implement patient mobilization campaigns across channels, using patient journey insights.
• Monitor campaign performance, market trends, and partner execution to drive continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and partner accounts to support events, initiatives, and joint campaigns.
• Ensure full compliance with Novo Nordisk’s business ethics, local laws, and global policies.

Your new department

You will join the Diabetes & Rare Disease Business Unit, reporting directly to the Cardiometabolic Marketing Director. The department is committed to enhancing the lives of patients by ensuring seamless treatment pathways through innovation, collaboration, and strategic marketing initiatives. Working closely with cross-functional teams and regional stakeholders, the department plays a vital role in shaping patient outcomes across the UAE and beyond. At Novo Nordisk, we are driven by purpose—and together, we are changing lives.

Your skills & qualifications

We are looking for a candidate who has:

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicine, Marketing, Business Administration, or a related field.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in digital and/or channel marketing, preferably in healthcare or pharmaceuticals.
• Strong leadership and project management skills, with proven success in cross-functional settings.
• Solid analytical skills and strategic mindset to assess campaign impact and channel effectiveness.
• Excellent communication in English, both written and verbal.

As a person, you are strategic, collaborative, and solutions-driven. You combine creativity with analytical thinking and can communicate complex ideas clearly to stakeholders across all levels. You thrive in cross-functional environments and bring passion to patient engagement and brand impact.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with an unconventional spirit, a rare determination and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years this unordinary mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other. One where a collective passion for our purpose, mutual respect and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results.

What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary

results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and

develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

Deadline
21st of October 2025 (Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis)

Novo Nordisk is currently in the process of adjusting job titles globally. Please note that the job title listed in this advertisement may be subject to change. More detailed information will be provided during the recruitment process.

Novo Nordisk is not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on

solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

We’re not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.