Job Description

Are you passionate about driving projects in a cross-functional team? Would you enjoy helping to move Novo Nordisk forward by driving the adaption of our CMR system and supporting our sales force with insightful analysis? If yes, then join our team and help us make a difference.

We are now recruiting for a Government Affairs Senior Manager for Saudi Arabia, Riyadh. and reporting to Public Affairs and Market Access Senior Director. This is a unique opportunity to work for a world leader in diabetes care, haemophilia, growth hormone therapy, and obesity.

Apply now and join a life-changing career.

The Position

As a Government Affairs Senior Manager, you will be responsible for developing and implementing the Government Affairs Strategy to allow Novo Nordisk to meet both its commercial and reputational goals. This role develops the Government relations and advocacy plans and is a key externally facing representative of Novo Nordisk Saudi Arabia. The role advocates among key patient and professional organizations to improve patient outcomes and increase Novo Nordisk KSA reputation as a trusted partner in diabetes, obesity, and Rare Diseases. It also develops the MAPA Key Stakeholder Engagement Plan and engages with customer groups beyond those allocated to the sales force. The role includes developing and implementing the External Communications plan, media monitoring, issues management, and other externally facing communications activities.

Your main responsibilities will include: Delivery of agreed Government Affairs strategies within the timeframe and budget. Awareness and adoption of new products/indications. Development of & engagement with key stakeholders to support Market Access and Public Affairs initiatives. Handling external communication (Strategic), including the development and implementation of a communication plan that creates awareness and differentiation of Novo Nordisk externally, and elevates diabetes, obesity & RD, on the public agenda. Mapping and prioritizing key stakeholders. Developing, engaging & maintaining relationships, and actively networking to build credibility with key customers, government, industry bodies, and key external influences in KSA as well as staff from head office and other affiliates to achieve competitive advantage and market leadership.

Qualifications

We are expecting you to hold a relevant academic degree with a medical or business background, and English proficiency, both written and spoken. To be effective in this role, we expect you to have: At least 6 years of pharmaceutical industry or healthcare experience. Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with external and internal stakeholders, including those at the executive level. Demonstrated communication strengths, including internal and external messaging. Project Management skills.

About the Department

The Market Access and Public Affairs (MAPA) function is a very critical to short term and strategic affiliate priorities. To keep the focus on those responsibilities, MAPA team members are leading the transformation initiatives and strive for cross function execution excellence internally and in the field. The function cover pricing activities, key account management for private, Field market access and public affairs.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That's why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it's a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 40,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we're life-changing.

Contact

If you believe you are qualified and are willing to take the challenge, please send your CV directly via our online application tool. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Deadline

Apply before 10 November 2022. 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.