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. Were changing lives for a living. Are you ready to make a difference?
At Novo Nordisk, we want to change that by breaking down barriers and educating. As a Regional Medical Advisor, you'll have the chance to build new relationships and transform the way medical professionals talk about and treat obesity positively impacting people living with obesity around the world. Use your tenacity. Use your curiosity. Are you ready to change the story now?
The position
As a Regional Medical Advisor, youll build critical relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and healthcare providers, expanding your reach to a multidisciplinary team of potential role players in the management of obesity pushing for better clinical outcomes for people living with obesity. Youll engage in scientific dialogue on the disease area and demonstrate the benefits of key products with healthcare professionals (HCPs) and relevant associations, providing medical information and coordinating educational workshops, round tables, medical forums, and discussing role of pharmacotherapy in guidelines, etc. all to help transform the treatment of millions of people living with obesity around the world.
Youll leverage your knowledge of various diseases linked with obesity, while going out of your comfort zone to find creative ways and non-conventional methods to interact with and engage HCPs to highlight obesity as a chronic disease that needs a multidisciplinary approach to treatment.
Most importantly, youll use your extensive scientific expertise to communicate with healthcare providers and change the story of obesity for good.
This role directly reports to Head of Medical Affairs and will be located in Johannesburg, with the geographical scope of the role extending to the whole of South Africa.
What Youll Get To Do In This Role
- Build your understanding of the landscape of obesity as a chronic disease, as well as various diseases links with obesity and also learn new sciences/areas
- Work with non-conventional methods and find creative ways to interact with and engage healthcare professionals and relevant associations
- Combine scientific expertise, communication skills and business acumen to enhance value and develop collaborative relationships
- Develop and maintain relationships with key opinion leaders, healthcare providers, funders and associations
- Provide scientific and clinical education to Chief Executives of relevant healthcare institutions, Medical Directors and formulary stakeholders to secure proper access to treatment
Qualifications
To be effective in this role, it is mandatory to have:
- Medical Doctor (preferable) or Masters degree in Life Sciences (Medical doctor, Pharmacist, Biochemist) or PHD
- Relevant clinical and/or therapeutic experience is preferred
- Displays business acumen and knowledge around out-of-pocket selling dynamics, based on experiences such as participation in formulary process decisions
- Expertise in the cardiometabolic space or adjacent area
- Exceptional communication skills
- Focused on being one team and have an all hands-on deck mentality
- Self-confident, able to influence and be credible to different stakeholders, with an effective communication
- Proactive with a self-starter approach
At the centre of the Clinical, Medical and Regulatory (CMR) department at Novo Nordisk is bravery and curiosity. From building new healthcare provider partnerships and developing and implementing regulatory strategies, to providing medical education and collecting data to support efficacy and product development, CMR is involved and is always looking for the next challenge.
Here, youll work closely with curious and analytical thinkers who are open to and intrigued by new ideas just like you. What makes us different is our bravery to take new ideas and turn them into innovative strategies, as well as instrumental relationships with healthcare partners all in the name of improving the quality of life for people living with obesity.
Contact
Please click on 'apply now' to submit your resume in English. Please note that we are reviewing applications on ongoing basis, therefore the position will be filled as soon as the successful candidate has been found.
Deadline
16th of April 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, were life changing.
Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.
