Regional Medical Advisor Cardiometabolism - North of Portugal

We are a global healthcare company headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. Our purpose is to drive change to defeat diabetes , obesity and other serious chronic diseases, such as rare blood and endocrine disorders.

With almost 100 years of experience, one of the broadest diabetes product portfolios in the healthcare industry, pioneering treatments for obesity as well as an award-winning pipeline of innovative products, our success is built on our company values ? the Novo Nordisk Way. We employ more than 43,000 people in 80 offices around the world, and market our products in 170 countries.

If you are looking for a new challenge but being supported by a great company, don't hesitate and join our Portuguese team.

Because working at Novo Nordisk is never just a job, it is an opportunity to grow professionally and at the same time to impact the lives of our patients for better.

The Position

This position is a field-based Medical Affairs role that reports to the Medical Director in Portugal and will be a member of the Clinical Medical Regulatory (CMR) Department. As Regional Medical Advisor (RMA) it is your responsibility to:

• be a scientific expert on the cross-therapy portfolio within Cardiometabolism: i.e Diabetes, Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease.


• plan, execute and disseminate up-to-date medical knowledge and clinical trial data, leveraging scientific and clinical expertise with regional and national KOLs, ensuring they are aware of and understand the scientific basis and clinical usefulness of NN products.
  
• lead the development of regional medical advisory services for KOLs in support of regional and national strategic objectives, for Cardiometabolism.

The main outcome of the job is to deploy Regional Medical Affairs projects to meaningfully impact patients with Cardiometabolic diseases and/or support the HCPs who treat them.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Identifying, contacting, developing and maintaining relations with KOLs and major institutions in the health care sector


• Supporting medical and scientific communications in line with medical strategy


• Contributing to medical-marketing strategy, through g aining and communicating internally the insights from KOLs
  
• Providing high quality medical and scientific support, education and training to HCPs


• Briefing of external expert speakers prior to presentations at Novo Nordisk promotional meetings


• Responding to unsolicited requests for medical information from KOLs and the scientific community


• Following-up and actioning ad-hoc opportunities that may arise e.g. patient pathway development, sponsorship and partnering opportunities

Qualifications, experience and mindset

• Medical Doctor or University Degree in Bio-Medical Sciences. PhD is a plus.
  
• Sound therapy area knowledge in Diabetes, Obesity and/or Cardiovascular Disease
  
• Prior experience of working in the pharmaceutical industry for at least 2 years, in a field-based Medical Affairs role, is required.
  
• Prior experience in Cardiometabolism therapy area for at least 2 years is desirable.
  
• Project Management experience is desirable.


• Business understanding is a plus (e.g. at least 2 years? experience in the pharmaceutical industry or MBA)


• To be collaborative, proactive, and diligent, with strong accountability and the ability to balance multiple responsibilities while sustaining operational excellency.
  
• You should have high interpersonal and communication skills and feel comfortable operating and influencing at multiple levels.
  
• Feeling comfortable challenging the status quo with a new idea as you are with making it happen.
  
• To be an agile learner who is focused on continuous improvement. A problem-solver at heart, you thrive in finding and implementing solutions.

About the department

The Clinical, Medical and Regulatory (CMR) department at Novo Nordisk is one of the most diverse and collaborative group within the organisation. From health-care provider interactions and developing and implementing regulatory strategies to providing medical education and collecting data to support efficacy and new product development, CMR is involved. At Novo Nordisk, you will help patients around the world.

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk we recognise 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 the communities we operate in.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. We are happy to discuss flexible working, depending on the role and subject to business needs.

Contact

Please click on 'apply now' to submit your resume in English.

Please send us a video of you explaining why you are applying to this role, how you will impact better care for patients with cardiometabolic conditions and what culture you are expecting to find at Novo Nordisk Portugal! The video must be recorded in English and should not take more than 3 minutes. Please send it to Diana Belchior ( [email protected] ).

Deadline

Apply before 13th September, 2021

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.