Social Media Communications Lead

Your new role

As Social Media Communication Lead, you'll be at the forefront of our digital communication efforts across priority therapeutic areas including Obesity, Diabetes, Growth Disorders, and Haemophilia. You'll craft and execute strategies that strengthen disease awareness, enhance our public image, and create meaningful engagement across multiple stakeholder groups.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and executing our digital communication strategy across owned and social channels, building evidence-based, compliant content that enhances our corporate brand presence
• Leading disease awareness campaigns from insight generation through to execution, ensuring alignment with both business objectives and public expectations; Analyzing social discourse structures for each therapeutic area and creating tailored engagement strategies that resonate with diverse audiences
• Managing and optimizing company-owned digital platforms to deliver high-quality, public-friendly content that drives social amplification
• Overseeing creative briefing, content production, and agency governance to ensure seamless campaign delivery
• Defining KPIs across the campaign lifecycle—from reach and engagement to sentiment shift and behavior change—and delivering performance reports with actionable recommendations
• Collaborating cross-functionally with Medical, Regulatory, Public Affairs, and Marketing teams, as well as external partners, to ensure integrated and compliant execution

About the department
The Corporate Affairs department at Novo Nordisk is devoted to maintaining and enhancing positive relations with external audiences, including the general public, shareholders, investors, and government entities. Our team is actively involved with the communities in which we operate, addressing social, economic, and environmental challenges while promoting our organization’s image positively. Based in Korea, our department thrives in a fast-paced and dynamic atmosphere, working collaboratively to advance our business interests and organizational goals.

Your skills & qualifications

We're looking for a strategic communication professional who thrives in the intersection of healthcare, digital innovation, and stakeholder engagement. You are expected to bring with you:

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, or related field and Business-level English proficiency in both verbal and written communication
• 7–10 years of experience in healthcare communications, digital marketing, or consumer engagement, with healthcare digital experience strongly preferred
• Open to candidates from pharma/healthcare industries and consumer FMCG, e-commerce platform  
• Proven track record of planning and executing patient/consumer campaigns with measurable outcomes in a healthcare context; Experience working within regulated healthcare environments, including navigating compliance review processes and maintaining regulatory standards will be important; profound understanding of social ecosystems and digital communication dynamics are required 
• Strong project management capabilities and demonstrated ability to coordinate diverse stakeholders across functions and geographies; Exceptional storytelling skills with the ability to translate complex medical information into compelling, public-friendly narratives and the data-driven mindset with experience defining KPIs, analyzing performance metrics, and optimizing campaigns based on insights

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. In a role like this, you'll see firsthand how strategic communication can shift perceptions, raise awareness, and ultimately improve lives across generations. When you join us, you're not just managing social channels – you're shaping conversations that matter.

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

Until the completion of recruitment. There is a possibility that this job posting might be closed in the early stage depending on the volume of applications. 

 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're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.

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