Senior Director, Marketing

Are you passionate about leading marketing strategies in the pharmaceutical industry? Do you have a demonstrated track record in chronic disease commercialisation? We are looking for a Senior Director, Head of Marketing to lead the commercialization of our exciting cardiometabolic portfolio in Novo Nordisk Switzerland. If you are ready to make a significant impact, read more and apply today for a life-changing career.
 

The position

 You will join the leadership of Novo Nordisk’s Swiss Affiliate. In close partnership with the rest of the leadership team you will be responsible for the executing our strategy to make Switzerland Healthier.

As a Senior Director for Marketing, you will lead the cardiometabolic portfolio, be responsible for the marketing strategies needed to deliver on our strategic ambitions and financial goals. You will lead a team of highly competent and dedicated marketing professionals with clear direction, empowerment and caring feedback.

Your responsibilities will also include: 

• Lead the Marketing function by setting a clear vision, inspiring the team to achieve ambitious goals, enhancing capabilities across therapy leads and commercial business support, defining strategic directions for therapy and brand planning, sales cycles, forecasting, and cross affiliate processes.
• Oversee cross-functional strategy development across portfolio and Therapy Areas by guiding your team to create clear, insight-driven strategies for in-line brands, addressing market dynamic and needs, achieving financial goals, and leading lifecycle management and pipeline asset strategy planning across TAs and new disease areas.
• Oversee prudent marketing execution across TAs by guiding team members to maximize the impact of marketing plans, facilitating cross-TA sharing of best practices to enhance effectiveness, and managing the overall marketing budget.
• Represent Switzerland and participate in relevant regional and Business Area governance to align on strategy, share better practices and shape direction, and providing timely cross functional input for maximum impact.
• Provide ongoing coaching and development to direct reports, ensuring effective team operations and goal delivery, support long-term growth through development discussions, and collaborate your peers for talent management and succession planning. Actively participate in affiliate-wide discussions, contribute with an enterprise mindset beyond own function, and proactively identify and engage in opportunities to enhance the organization.

Qualifications 

• At least 10 years of progressive marketing experience in the pharmaceutical industry, with at least 5 years in people Leadership. Experience managing multiple brands and leading overall portfolio strategy, including both in-line brands and pipeline assets.
• Deep, end-to-end expertise in marketing, from analysis and insights to strategy development and execution, with effective success in chronic disease commercialisation as well as experience in patient centric marketing.
• Broad and balanced commercial experience, including for example field sales and additional areas such as new product planning, commercial operations, and market research.
• Growth and learning mindset with enterprise leadership capabilities, and a successful track record leading product launches
• Bachelor’s degree in science, business, or a relevant field, fluency in both Swiss German, English and ideally french, with an advanced degree (e.g., MBA) and additional global commercial experience preferred.

As a person, you are a dynamic individual, fluent in English and ideally also in German, promote your ability to engage with a diverse audience. You are capable of seamlessly managing multiple tasks with efficiency and precision in a fast-paced work environment. 

About the Department

The Swiss affiliate employs appx 100 people dedicated to making a remarkable difference to patients across the country.

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  

If you believe you are qualified and are willing to take the challenge, please submit your updated CV in our platform. 

Deadline 

Please apply before 3rd 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.