Commercial Director, Rare Disease, Region NWE

As Novo Nordisk continues the journey in driving change to defeat Diabetes, Obesity and Rare Diseases, our portfolio is expanding, and we are establishing our presence within Haemoglobinopathy.

Would you like to drive innovation and play a key role in our future success? Then join us as Commercial Director, Rare Disease, Region North West Europe (NWE) and embrace the challenge of breaking new grounds and exploring new frontiers.

 

The position

As our new Commercial Head for Rare Disease New Therapy Areas, you will be at the heart of Novo Nordisk’s future growth and success. You will define the go-to-market strategy and the commercialisation roadmap preparing the organisation for the future launch of new therapies and ensuring the portfolio achieves its full potential.

Your core responsibilities will be:

• Assess the French market potential for early Haemoglobinopathy assets, generate market research & insights, and make evidence-based decisions around strategic investments and  prioritisations
• Support the development of go-to-market strategies for Haemoglobinopathy by providing the Region NWE perspective and ensure adaptation to NWE market conditions.
• Proactively build and leverage Novo Nordisk capabilities and cross-regional intelligence on the market potential in the Haemoglobinopathy space and general trends in the field.
• Work closely with the French affiliate, and on behalf of key affiliates to ensure adequate focus on market development and commercial preparation for entering into Haemoglobinopathy.  
• In partnership with the relevant internal functions, build relationships with external stakeholders that are key to new launches and building new processes to support commercialisation.

 

Qualifications

• At least seven years pharmaceutical industry experiences covering business development / commercial / marketing roles.
• You must have proven track record of working in Early Commercial Strategy, New Product Planning, Customer Value Proposition and Go To Market strategy development.
• Experience in building relationships/networks with health care decision makers (governments, payers, insurers, policy makers KOLs etc.)
• Knowledge and understanding of the Rare Disease space, preferably in hematology will be an advantage.

 

As a person, you are a natural leader with proven ownership and accountability. You are a strong collaborator and communicator, capable of driving conversations with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders both in French and English. You have an entrepreneurial mindset and demonstrate to be an outside of the box thinker. Finally, you share our passion and determination to improve patients’ lives.

 

About the department

In this role, you will report to the Senior Director, Rare Disease of Novo Nordisk Region North West Europe and play a key role in the establishment of the Haemoglobinopathy unit in the Region. You will also get to collaborate with a wide range of cross-functional departments at different levels.

 

Working at Novo Nordisk

We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

 

Contact

To submit your application, please upload your CV and motivational letter online (click on Apply and follow the instructions). Internal candidates are kindly requested to inform their line Manager before applying.

 

Deadline
Apply before March 15th 2024.

 

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.