Medical Advisor

Are you highly motivated by being able to make a difference to improving patients’ lives? Are you a high performing professional who can energize people around you? 

In Novo Nordisk Korea, we are looking for talented Medical Advisor who can lead the scientific medical communication, development and implementation of impactful projects with Health Care Providers (HCPs) and Opinion Leaders (OLs) in the field of Cardiovascular disease (with the main focus on Cardiologists) and other stakeholders to ensure a good understanding of Novo Nordisk (NN) thera-peutic concepts, products and data, with a focus on GLP-1 data leading to an op-timal access and usage of the products for the benefit of patients. If this is you, join us and apply today!

About the department
Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with 100 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and capabilities that also enable us to help people defeat obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases. Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs over 60,000 people in 80 countries, and markets its products in more than 170 countries.
 
The position

You will be instrumental in the identification and segmentation of Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and develop engagement plans, including obtaining expert advice to guide local decisions and strategy. Other role expectations are:

• Draft and adapt a global publication plan to meet local needs and regulations, and liaise with professional associations, including organizing congress activities for Novo Nordisk. Provide internal guidance and training for capability building, aid in clinical operations where medical resources are lacking, and seek market insights to aid medical and commercial decisions. Drive the development of scientific therapeutic areas, manage and execute launches with cross-functional teams, map healthcare systems and patient pathways, and offer medical and scientific assistance for stakeholders while helping with local treatment guidelines.
• Excellence in scientific meetings and advisory board meetings and develop scientific agendas and contents, effective speaker engagement and KOL management, utilization of gathered insights. Ensure timely, accurate and balanced communication of data to the scientific and medical community and plan and execute abstracts, posters and oral presentations at national conferences and manuscripts regarding designated products in journals. Be responsive and proactively alert to issues related to competitor activities and facilitate effective and timely corrective actions and secure real-world evidence (RWE) and help in Investigator Sponsored Studies (ISS) for designated products. Analyse country-level data needs to prepare for successful launches. Identify data gaps based on affiliate stakeholder needs (patients, HCPs, healthcare system, professional associations, etc), market understanding and the patient journey and develop solutions that address the stakeholder evidence needs and build the product value proposition in the disease area.

• Lead KOL engagement by mapping, segmenting, and planning interactions to align with Novo Nordisk’s therapeutic strategies and improve patient outcomes. Design activities to strengthen relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), gather clinical insights and feedback, and relay to internal stakeholders. Develop KOL relationships, collaborate with cross-functional teams to build product advocacy or advisory boards, and engage with local associations and organizations.

• Medical Education : Increase awareness of NovoNordisk products/disease area through presentations and trainings, CMEs, according to business strategy and plan and execute non-promotional scientific activities in accordance with the company program including but not limited to medical education program, symposium, speaker training, key scientific leader program. Stay up-to-date on scientific knowledge by actively participating in scientific meetings, conferences, CMEs and sharing publications.
• Ethics & Compliance : Compliance with NovoNordisk principles and internal legal laws and to defend company interests. Nevertheless as a requirement of the business ethics; to defend the confidentiality of company as well as the patients’ privacy, business plans, ideas and strategies against third parties. Act in line with ethical standards, company procedures, and NovoNordisk Way of Management wich includes vision, policies and charter which describes our values, commitments and fundamentals. Ensure that the profile of the NN remains high amongst stakeholders like doctors, patients, paramedics, associations etc. by developing and maintaining a close rapport through liaison and networking.

Qualifications

• M.D with medical experience in the field.
• Ph.D. or Pharmacist or scientist/researchers with solid professional medical expertise more than 5 years in pharmaceutical industry, preferably in related disease area
• More than 5 years of Medical Affairs related experience and solid understanding of the role and activities of medical affairs in pharmaceutical industry. Experience with relevant therapy areas will be an added advantage (e.g. endocrinology, cardiovascular, etc).
• Excellent medical communication skills and understanding of different therapy areas and phases of the product lifecycle.
• Fluent in both written and spoken English.

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, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.
 
Contact
Kindly upload your CV to our online career page (click on Apply and follow the instructions).

Internal candidates are requested to inform their line manager when applying. 
 
Deadline
Until the completion of recruitment.
Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

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.

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