Medical Advisor - Insulin (Johannesburg)

Are you motivated by creating visible results? Are you enthusiastic about understanding the business and the people and driving innovation for the life-changing benefit of patients? Then, this is your moment to take the next step in your professional development in a globally expanding company. Join Novo Nordisk as Medical Advisor and get a life-changing career!

This role is based in Johannesburg, South Africa and directly reports to the Obesity Medical &Digital Science Manager.

The Position

As a Medical Advisor, you will be responsible for establishing leadership in diabetes and access to Novo Nordisk (NN) products in South Africa through providing quality medical and scientific support to clinicians (mainly influencers), other healthcare professionals (HCPs - nurses, pharmacists, etc.), and colleagues. The main outcome of the job is to ensure KOLs, specialists and other HCPs are aware of and understand the scientific basis for and clinical usefulness of our compounds within diabetes, obesity, and biopharma.

• Scientific support for marketed products and development projects within diabetes (primarily) but may be required to support other therapeutic areas guided by business needs.
• Productive relationships with key stakeholders and relevant institutions/organizations to achieve competitive advantage and market leadership within diabetes.
• Training and educational activities for clinicians and other HCPs working with diabetes and supporting and training for diabetes sales teams.
• Delivery of scientific information to HCPs, Drug Formulary Committees, and Expert Groups. Specific medical project leadership and responsibility. Plan and align HCP and Key Opinion Leader (KOL) engagement planning with the brand event calendar. Medico-marketing support for product campaign development & implementation.
• Driving and organizing advisory boards, HCP interactions and other KOL (Key Opinion Leaders) engagements. Developing and presenting scientific information to external audiences HCPs, KOLs etc

Qualifications

You have a bachelors degree in Medical Doctor (most preferred), especially if has an Endocrinology or Internal Medicine specialization or an Advanced Degree in Health Sciences in Pharmacy or Other specialization with a minimum of 4 years of working experience in clinical practice preferably in Endocrinology or Internal Medicine in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Also, you have knowledge of clinical research Experience with GCP and Good business understanding preferably previous pharma industry experience.

• You have an excellent command of both written and spoken English and have a relevant business background. Having proven experience creating targeted content is advantageous.
• You have strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and presentation skills, can provide recommendations despite uncertainty and pressure, and are able to handle and simplify complexity while focusing on the bigger picture.
• You are a team player, but at the same time possess independent drive, and have a can-do mindset. Good at translating medical/scientific insights to business opportunities/implications.
• Proven success in strong leadership and interpersonal skills and a structured and transparent way of working. Ability to manage complex tasks/processes and organizational issues
• Experience and willingness to work in an international matrix organization. Ability and willingness to quickly adjust to new situations in a continuously developing environment

About The Department

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with more than 95 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and capabilities that also enable us to help people defeat obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders, and other serious chronic diseases. Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs over 45, 000 people in 80 countries and markets its products in more than 169 countries.

Working at Novo Nordisk

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 the communities we operate in.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. We are happy to discuss flexible working, depending on the role and subject to business needs.

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.

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.