Do you want to make a difference for patients living with rare blood and rare renal disorders and manage Novo Nordisk’s brand in the blood disorders market? Are you eager to pursue new opportunities and think strategically to successfully position new assets in a competitive and dynamic global environment? Are you skilled in influencing stakeholders across the matrix and do you get inspired by having significant exposure and impact? If the answer is YES to all these questions, then you could be our next Global Product Director, Rare Blood Disorders.

The Position

The Global Product Director will report to the Senior Director of Rare Blood Disorders. This position is based in our office in Zurich, Switzerland.

In this position, you will ensure a dedicated Rare Blood Disorders commercial future perspective on our longer-term growth priorities. You will provide commercial support and business development insights in new therapeutic areas, while being responsible for building global recommendations for the early to late commercialisation strategy and market assessment of new assets.

Furthermore, you will:

• Be responsible for the insight’s generation and market knowledge, including diagnostics markets and Rare Blood Disorders
• Ensure the strategy development and implementation of new therapeutic areas in the Rare Blood franchise
• Demonstrate strong application of portfolio and launch management while diagnosticating capabilities to optimize integration.
• Guarantee internal and external stakeholder management in exploring solutions with benefit for both parties

Qualifications

As our ideal candidate, you have several years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry combined with bold scientific background, working in global positions, within Rare Disease Area. You are experienced in managing complex issues and communication plans with the ability to simplify the complexity of business challenges.

In addition, we expect you to have:

• Bold analytical and business acumen, good knowledge of brand strategy and roll out and portfolio management
• Financial management and analytical mindset
• Excellent communication towards various stakeholders at different levels of seniority.
• A strong track record of success along with a positive can-do and hands on attitude

About the Department

Novo Nordisk Rare Disease is a speciality care unit focused on generating scientific and technological breakthroughs for people living with a rare disease. We have a 40-year legacy and expertise in rare blood and endocrine disorders, which make us perfectly placed to drive innovations to lessen the burden and truly achieve life-changing benefits for people living with a rare disease - a population where the unmet need remains high and collectively affect around 350 million people across the globe.

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

If you believe you are qualified, and cannot wait to take the challenge, please upload your motivation letter, CV and relevant documentation directly via our online application tool.

Deadline

Apply before 13/10/2023.

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.