• Job Description

  Req#: 293337

  Are you an outgoing leader with superb networking, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills? Do you like to work in a dynamic environment involving external opportunities? If yes, then apply today as you might be the Head of Diabetes & Obesity Search & Evaluation (S&E) we are looking for!

  At Novo Nordisk, we are dedicated to employee development and pioneering solutions. This is the place where your career can take a significant leap forward. Seize the opportunity and apply now to be part of this exciting journey with us!

  The position

  Your responsibilities as Head of Diabetes & Obesity Search & Evaluation (S&E) will include, but are not limited to:

  Lead the TA team as well as be part of the S&E LT

  • Be an active part of the S&E LT and the overall strategic direction for S&E, and l ead a team of Search & Evaluation professionals in line with the Novo Nordisk Way to ensure optimal employee development, planning and resource utilization
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  • Responsible for people processes and people development incl. Talk2Grow (Performance appraisal), job descriptions, Individual Development Plans (IDP), salary, bonus and nomination of employees for promotions.

  Ensure strategic overview of internal, as well as BD pipeline assets and needs

  • Through internal and external network explore what assets are needed for the TA as well as how they fit with the existing internal pipeline.
  • Setting direction to S&E efforts within the appointed therapy/technology area.
  • Ensure oversight of the external opportunities and internal pipeline within the designated therapy area

  Identification of novel pipeline assets and enabling technologies

  • Ensure a balanced participation in partnering events and scientific conferences.
  • Ensure establishment and maintenance of network to potential partners.
  • Scout for and report opportunities through professional networks or literature searches, databases or patent searches within relevant therapy areas, i.e. diabetes, obesity, CVD, CKD, NASH, rare blood/endocrine disorders.

  Evaluation of novel pipeline assets and enabling technologies

  • Drive the technical streams of the Business Development process from strategy, to target identification as well as initial evaluation to due diligence
  • Ensure presentations of selected opportunities to relevant stakeholders and governance boards
  • Ensure due diligence project management, to enable decision-making.

  ****Workplace will be either Søborg/Denmark or Boston/United States of America, depending on candidate location****

  Qualifications

  To excel in this role, we anticipate that you bring:

  • Master’s degree in business or life sciences is required

  • At least 10 years’ experience in a consultancy, M&A house, in-house corporate development role, or equivalent R&D role
  • Proven project management skills and experience
  • Ability to analyze and digest complex ideas and data to make clear and qualified recommendations to senior stakeholders.
  • Strong communication skills, both in written and presentation form
  • Outgoing with superb networking, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
  • Self-driven, solution-focused and goal-oriented who functions well in a dynamic environment.
  • Strong Strategic business and financial acumen coupled with deep interest and curiosity about life sciences and medicine

  About the department

  Search & Evaluation is part of Global Business Development. It’s a diverse department with physical presence globally. S&E leads the identification as well as technical assessment of opportunities.

  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 50,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

  Contact

  For further information, please contact Mads Peter Hemmingsen at MPHM@novonordisk.com.

  Deadline

  11 December 2023

  If you meet the qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply simply with your resume.

  To ensure a fair and equal recruitment process, please refrain from adding a picture in your CV.

  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.

• About the company

  Novo Nordisk A/S is a Danish multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Bagsværd, Denmark, with production facilities in eight countries, and affiliates or offices in 5 countries.

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