Medical Insights Specialist
- Category:
- Medical Affairs
Exciting Opportunity to join our Team in Global Strategic Medical Insights!
Are you a naturally curious individual with a passion for pioneering and exploring new territories as part of a collaborative team effort? Do you possess strong analytical skills and a commitment to delivering innovative solutions that enhance patient outcomes? Are you eager to understand the evolving landscape of Medical Affairs and harness and maximise the value of medical insights to address unmet patient needs?
Then this is your chance to Join a progressive and innovative team in the Global Strategic Medical Insights. Be a part of our exciting, burgeoning team, and apply now to become our newest team member.
The position
As a Medical Insights specialist, you will play a central and global role in the development and long-term ambition of our newly established Global Strategic Medical Insights department situated in Global Medical Affairs. You will work closely with colleagues within headquarters and regions, covering our entire medical affairs worldwide organisation.
With the growing portfolio of Novo Nordisk, we are looking for a specialist in one of our main core therapeutic areas (Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Obesity).
The current key responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
• Serve as a medical insights specialist and a point of contact within GMA/MA for one or several of our core Therapeutic areas/key projects, to Develop strategic inputs to TAs/projects (Medical Insights & capture strategy, KITs/KIQs)
• Executing medical insights analysis reports as per request regular basis per TA/projects area, based on current or planned activities and coordinating the sharing of medical insights with medical teams/relevant cross-functional teams in GMA/Novo Nordisk
• Project lead and driver on the development of a global medical insights analytics solution supporting key strategic decisions
• Support ongoing medical insights initiatives revolving around establishing structured processes to enhance the value of medical insights in the organisation
• Act as advisor on Medical Insights aspects for Global Medical Affairs (GMA) and act as the representative in relevant meetings
• Collaborate with Medical affairs worldwide organisation for the orchestration of medical insights
• Pro-actively oversee the external landscape to bring out-side-in perspectives to this newly established unit and ensure innovation in the medical insight space.
Given that the area is still developing, the nature of the role is flexible and may transform to cover another focused project within the unit, there are also projects in building processes and systems to manage and analyse medical insights and how to transform them into actionable insights.
In this role, you will be based in our headquarter in Copenhagen, Denmark, and report to the Head of Global Strategic Medical Insights. The job requires an ability to work independently on complex tasks and lead projects as well as use in-depth knowledge of the pharmaceutical value chain to support the development of impactful area deliverables.
Qualifications
As a person, you are a strong team player, who is familiar with how Medical Affairs operates and appreciates building relations with stakeholders. A person who enjoys stakeholder relation building, driven by curiosity, and with strong analytical skills. A person who can quickly establish rapport with internal and external stakeholders to collaborate and partner for optimal outcomes.
We expect the ideal candidate to have the following:
• Master's degree in a scientific field
• Minimum of 5 years of project management experience, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry with a focus on Global Medical Affairs
• Proven track record and understanding of medical insights activities (e.g., field medical insights, ad boards, data/insights gathering systems or reporting)
• Expertise in collaborating within cross-functional teams and providing insights to support product development decisions
• Experience in successfully collaborating with stakeholders at various organizational levels, including senior management
• Fluency in written and spoken English
The ideal candidate excels in communication, learning, and organization, while also effectively executing operational tasks. They proactively solve problems with an outcome-driven mindset, maintaining composure in complex situations and translating challenges into actionable strategies to drive team success.
As a small but expanding team, strong teamwork is essential for success. You thrive in evolving environments, proactively driving tasks forward independently, and bring an innovative mindset to tackle challenges with fresh solutions.
About the department
The Global Strategic Medical Insights department is part of our Global Medical Affairs area within our Development organization in Novo Nordisk. Which is part of our CVP area Medical Portfolio in Global Medical Affairs, comprising diverse departments all working across different TAs and large stakeholder interactions creating value across the value chain.
Working in this newly developed area gives you the chance to contribute to its growth and implement your own ideas. You will have the chance to play a key role in creating and implementing innovative strategies and solutions that will have a significant impact on the success of our medical affairs organisation.
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
For further information, please contact the Hiring Manager, Samreen Mansor-Lefebvre at slef@novonordisk.com.
Deadline
28 May 2024.
We would appreciate the inclusion of a Cover Letter, or alternatively, you may incorporate a brief statement explaining your motivation for applying for this position directly within your CV.
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