Medical Affairs and Scientific Director

Location:

Istanbul – Turkey

Salary:

Competitive

Type:

Permanent

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Job ID:

130924390

Posted On: 

09 August 2024

As Novo Nordisk continues the journey in driving change to defeat Diabetes, Obesity and Rare Diseases, we are looking for our new Medical Affairs and Scientific Director for BAMEAC (Business Area Middle East Africa and CIS).
Do you want to be a part of fast growing and developing company, being engaged in helping people? Join Novo Nordisk get a life-changing career!
This role is based in Istanbul, Türkiye, and directly reports to BAMEAC Senior Director, Clinical, Medical, Regulatory, & Pharmacovigilance.
 

The position
You will be responsible for the execution of the medical affairs and science strategy across all therapy areas in BAMEAC within the main 5 focus areas: insights for strategy, evidence generation, scientific dialogue, clinical care pathways and organisational readiness and drive overall medical activities and initiatives. This position requires leading a team of senior medical managers who are functional therapy heads to support the overall strategic objectives of Medical Affairs in the BAMEAC affiliates and establish a strong scientific foundation, ensure continuous success in the existing therapy areas whilst building a strong entry and presence into Cardiovascular and Emerging Therapy Areas (CETA).
 

This role will be responsible for: 

-Setting direction and managing overall medical affairs strategy in line with the business strategy, regional and global medical priorities.
-Design and lead the execution of  key medical affairs initiatives in each of the therapy areas
-Lead, develop and support the growth of the Business Area (BA) Senior Medical Managers and ensure the BA medical governance and alignment. 
-Provide medical input and guidance to BAMEAC commercial plans and projects through optimal utilisation of medical resources and scientific data.
-Drive medical insights and communication across functional teams: clinical, regulatory, commercial, market access and public affairs.
-Support BAMEAC clinical medical activities, RWE, and data generation initiatives through design, scientific advice, and roll-out activities.
 
Qualifications

-You have a strong medical background with qualification as MD, PharmD, PhD and preferably with a post-graduate medical qualification in Diabetology, Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Endocrinology or Pharmacology.
-You have at least 8-10 years of relevant experience within medical affairs and science preferably gained in multinational pharmaceutical industry.
-Leadership and people management experience is required as a core competency. 
-You must also have excellent communication skills in English.
-Strong analytical mindset to aim for the best qualitative solutions in a changing business environment with scientific and business integration mindset.
 

About the department
Business Area Middle East, Africa and Commonwealth of Independent States (BAMEAC) is responsible for Novo Nordisk’s operations in 73 diverse countries with a combined population of about 1.3 billion people. From our Business Area office in Istanbul, we guide and provide functional support to affiliate General Managers and more than 900 colleagues. Our business area office is characterised by a strong purpose-driven and value-based culture, focusing on diversity, inclusion, engagement, people development and patient centricity.
Clinical, Medical and Regulatory (CMR) Department provides timely, accurate, and updated scientific and regulatory services to support Novo Nordisk in all therapeutic areas. The BAMEAC Clinical, Medical, Regulatory, and Pharmacovigilance Department is a team of highly skilled and committed experts within medical, clinical, regulatory and patient safety areas.
 

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 63,400 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.
 

Contact
To submit your application, please upload your CV and motivational letter online (click on Apply and follow the instructions). 
 

Deadline 
Apply before 26 August, 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.

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