Senior Medical Advisor / Medical Advisor, Rare Disease

Are you passionate about driving scientific communication strategies and engaging with healthcare professionals to make a difference in patients’ lives? Do you thrive in a dynamic, cross-functional environment where you can lead, coach, and innovate? If so, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity as a Senior Medical Advisor / Medical Advisor, Rare Disease at Novo Nordisk. Read on and apply today for a life-changing career!

About the department

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with over 100 years of innovation in diabetes care. This heritage has equipped us to help people defeat obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders, and other serious chronic diseases. Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs over 77,000 people in 80 offices and markets our products in more than 170 countries.

The Medical Affairs Department at Novo Nordisk is a collaborative and dynamic team that partners with clinical development, sales, and marketing to ensure alignment of medical activities. Our mission is to enhance team capabilities to drive scientific dialogue through medical information, KOL engagements, medical education, publications, and advisory boards. Based in a fast-paced and innovative environment, the department also manages budgets within product responsibilities, ensuring impactful and compliant execution of medical strategies.

The position

As a Senior Medical Advisor / Medical Advisor, Rare Disease, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing medical strategies to support Novo Nordisk’s therapeutic and business goals. Your responsibilities will include :

• Lead and guide Medical Affairs colleagues in developing and executing effective medical strategies within the assigned therapy area or product.
• Provide training and coaching to enhance team capabilities and drive key projects for optimizing Medical Affairs work processes.
• Establish and maintain relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), academic institutions, and stakeholders to support strategic initiatives.
• Develop and implement medical education plans, including symposia and internal scientific resources, while providing medical guidance for marketing strategies.
• Manage the annual therapeutic line / product budget, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and identify gaps in clinical and outcomes research to support investigator-initiated studies (ISS).

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