Therapy Area Head - Cardio Renal-Medical Affairs

About the Department                                                                                                                                               

The Clinical, Medical and Regulatory (CMR) department at Novo Nordisk is one of the most diverse and collaborative groups within the organization. From health-care-provider interactions and developing and implementing regulatory strategies with the FDA to providing medical education and collecting data to support efficacy and new product development, CMR is involved. The one thing that keeps us all marching to the same beat is our patient-centered focus. At Novo Nordisk, you will help patients around the world. As their needs evolve, so does our challenge to find better and more innovative ways to improve their quality of life. We’re changing lives for a living. Are you ready to make a difference?

 

The Position

The Therapy Area (TA) head is accountable for setting an integrated medical affairs strategy, scientific engagement plan and execution of that plan for the relevant therapy area. They are responsible for leading the therapy area units (TA units) like independent and empowered business units with "one voice/ one vision", drive key business goals within the therapy area, and act with a sense of urgency and agility in response to customer needs.

 

Relationships

The position reports into VP, Medical Affairs and will have all relevant in-house and field functions required to run the TA units reporting into them i.e., medical directors, field directors, program and content, and field alignment directors. They will also be the senior strategic representative of medical affairs in the relevant therapy area for all other Novo Nordisk Inc. (NNI) functions i.e., Future Business Strategy, sales organization, marketing, global commercial and global medical functions. As part of MALT (Medical Affairs Leadership Team) they will be working together with the VP MA to set the vision and strategy for the MA organization.

 

Essential Functions

• Deliver overall vision and strategy for the TA unit in consultation with TA leadership team
• Responsible for setting the short-term and long-term (3-5 years) medical affairs priorities for the organization and ensure that these priorities are aligned with the enterprise needs
• Ensure that the CMT (Core Medical Team) delivers a high-quality core medical strategy and scientific engagement plan that’s relevant for the therapy area

• Responsible for ensuring that the CMT process is inclusive of other relevant CMR functions and is able to provide clear direction on Medical Affiars engagement needs to the clinical data science & evidence team and other relevant functions

• As a senior level representative of medical affairs, the TA head will work closely with the enterprise leadership team, marketing, and sales leadership team to ensure that we co-create medically appropriate and patient focused enterprise strategy for the relevant therapy area
• Responsible for representing her/his organization to the relevant enterprise and global teams
• Conduct regular business planning for her/his organization, looking at structure, process, people, skills and capabilities. They should also continuously benchmark their organizations against external competition to ensure that we stay competitive as a medical affairs organization. The TA head will be expected to have a 3-5 year business plan for the TA unit.
• Ensure that they create a high performing TA unit leadership team that is focused, empowered, delivers on current business priorities but is also planning for the future.
• Work directly with the field directors to ensure that they are focused on the right channels of engagement with external customers and constantly pressure test the channel and engagement priorities in partnership with the FD’s
• Drive a culture of patient focus, inclusiveness, respect, curiosity, entrepreneurism and role model the Novo Nordisk way
• The TA head should ensure that the unit operates strategically, always focused on the key goals, is fully informed of competitive intelligence and ready to address any market challenges. The TA head is responsible to create a strong culture of strategic thinking within the enterprise
• Ensure that the unit is cutting edge in its understanding and awareness of the scientific aspects of the therapy area – well connected with the KOLs in the field, scientific and academic centers of excellence and top tier health systems
• As a core member of the MALT (Medical Affairs Leadership Team), the TA head will ensure that the MA organization has a comprehensive plan for the future, is aligned and coordinated in its approaxch on cross TA issues and is role modeling the Novo Nordisk way of working
• Responsible for nsuring that the Field Directors