Manager - Corporate Strategy

Are you a strategic thinker with a knack for problem-solving? Do you excel in managing cross-functional projects and influencing leadership decisions? We are seeking a Manager of Corporate Strategy to lead strategic planning processes across our affiliate. If you're ready to make a significant impact, read more and apply today for a life-changing career.

About the department 
Novo Nordisk has a unique opportunity for a self-driven and proactive professional to lead business planning to achieve better patient outcomes diabetes, obesity, and related chronic diseases.
Novo Nordisk is a global company with a fast-growing number of employees in Oceania and more than 72,000 around the world.
The role will directly be reporting to the Executive Assistant to the General Manager of Oceania.

The position
As Manager of Corporate Strategy, you will lead strategic planning processes across the affiliate. This role requires strategic thinking, problem-solving skills, and the ability to manage cross-functional projects. You will set clear objectives aligned with long-term company goals and collaborate with cross-functional teams, senior leadership, and regional/global stakeholders to ensure timely project delivery. Other role expectations include:

• Project management of business planning processes: The role involves planning and executing business planning and launch processes with the Management Team as key stakeholders. It requires facilitating communication and cross-functional collaboration in strategy development, driving the affiliate's mid and short-term strategies and monitoring KPIs. You will also gather insights for improvements and prioritise strategic projects to support the business and leading project teams without direct authority.
• Proactive Support to the General Manager: The role also includes supporting the General Manager achieve key deliverables and ensuring up-to-date reporting on activities. You will manage all communications for the General Manager, including preparing and editing presentations, overseeing projects to meet objectives, and represent the General Manager in relevant meetings.
• Stakeholder Management and Facilitation Skills: The role involves planning and executing management team meetings by developing agendas and ensuring follow-up on actions. It requires optimising workshops through strong facilitation skills and effectively presenting to influence leadership decisions. Additionally, proactive communication and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders are essential for project success, along with coordinating task deliverables with various agencies and consultancies.

Qualifications

• Degree in Business Management, Marketing, or Science. Master’s degree is preferred.
• Must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in project management. Management consultant experience is an advantage.
• Commercial background with proven abilities in strategy development, market analysis, and execution of commercial projects.
• Affiliate experience/experience with pharmaceutical products is an asset.
• Must either be an Australian Citizen or Permanent resident.

Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities, and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energize us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.
 
Contact
Upload your CV to our online career page (click on Apply and follow the instructions).
 

Deadline
April 30, 2025

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. First Nations peoples are encouraged to apply.

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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