Associate Global Medical Director, MASH and Liver Diseases

Are you a highly experienced medical professional with a keen interest in Liver and Cardiometabolic Diseases? Are you in search of an opportunity to apply your medical knowledge, leadership abilities, and interpersonal skills? Does the prospect of engaging in strategic discussions and scientific exchange intrigue you? Are you looking for opportunities to work cross functionally to support commercialisation and lifecycle managements of our innovative products?

Then don't miss this opportunity, as we are actively looking for individual with exceptional personality to join and strengthen our MASH and Liver Diseases team within the Global Medical Affairs (GMA) Obesity and MASH CVP area. Apply now for this exciting job opportunity!

The Position
As a key member of our team, you will become part of an enthusiastic and diverse international group, comprising motivated professionals with extensive clinical, research, and pharmaceutical expertise in both global and regional/local settings. Collectively, our dedication lies in advancing clinical drug development, fostering scientific discussions, driving medical education, and establishing proficient communication with medical leaders. 

Working together, these pursuits drive and inspire our team, ultimately to improve lives for people with MASH and cardiometabolic disease. Leveraging your vast expertise, you will play a crucial position, operating independently to lead strategic discussions and decision-making processes for key projects related to MASH and other Cardiometabolic diseases.

Your responsibilities will be focused on:

• Shaping the strategy by providing patient and medical perspectives 
• Leading strategic projects within the product specific committees
• Collaborating closely with key stakeholders from various cross-functional teams
• Working cross-functionally to generate, interpret, and effectively communicate scientific data emerging on all phases of clinical trials of business development assets
• Collaborating and communicating with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and internal stakeholders, including regional teams, affiliates, marketing, patient access, development, and regulatory affairs

The Associate Global Medical Director will act as operational lead for key projects with responsibility for execution of our medical strategies and also represent the area in project teams and/or governance bodies. The Associate Director will support the Global Senior Director by taking on a proxy role in the team by providing guidance to the medical colleagues.

The position is based at our office in Søborg (Greater Copenhagen Area), Denmark. Worldwide travel is a requirement in alignment with our Circular for Zero policy. 

Qualifications
To be a competitive candidate, you should have:

• A MD and/or PhD and minimum 5 years of clinical and/or pharmaceutical industry experience within Medical Affairs
• Experience with product commercialization and/or life-cycle management
• Professional focus in MASH, cardiometabolic disease and diagnosis is considered a plus
• Strong communication and presentation skills, as well as the ability to lead and drive cross-functional collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
• Strategic and critical thinking that allow you to anticipate opportunities and take initiative to address them effectively
• Fluency in spoken and written English is a requirement

 
We are looking for experienced medical professional who, personally, fosters genuine teamwork, and nurturing positive relationships within a diverse and dynamic international environment as of utmost importance. Our team comprises diverse individuals with excellent interpersonal skills along with friendly demeanor, and it is important for us to add personnel who will seamlessly integrate.

About the Department
The MASH & Liver Diseases team is part of the Obesity and MASH CVP area in Global Medical Affairs, located in Søborg, near Copenhagen in Denmark. Our department is focused on building and executing medical strategies for MASH. We aim to advance the field of MASH/MASLD care through scientific exchange and dialogue with the external medical community.  We are also working close with the commercial organization on with product launches and life-cycle management including new indications/label extensions. In addition, the team is also supporting several early MASH & ALD projects in early clinical development.
 
Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. 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. From research and development to manufacturing, marketing, and sales – we’re all working to drive change and improve care for patients. 
 
Contact
For further information, please contact Adel Belloum, Senior Director, Global Medical Affairs at ADEL@novonordisk.com

Deadline  
24 March 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.