Senior Director Medical

**The position**

As Senior Director of Medical & Clinical Affairs, you will manage and direct all medical and clinical activities of Novo Nordisk Saudi Arabia in full compliance with SOP’s, local procedures, and corporate and legal requirements. You will support new business opportunities and strategic objective considering the short-, medium-, and long-term business need and at the same time to drive a highly efficient team and ensuring that each function reaches its targets. The job requires dynamic approach and growth mindset to support Novo Nordisk in times of exciting change.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Responsible for implementing Medical strategy in alignment with Novo Nordisk strategies and therapy area goals.
- Developing relationships with key customers and relevant institutions to achieve competitive advantage and market leadership in relevant therapy areas.
- Run advisory boards across the region and represent the affiliate in relevant forums
- Driving operational excellence in Clinical Trial Execution and Medical Affairs in coordination with the wider region.
- Being primary contact with health authorities medical information and promotion

As a people manager, you will maintain employee engagement through performance management, coaching and talent development.

**Qualifications**
- You have a Doctor of Medicine degree with 7-10 years of experience in multinational pharmaceutical company.
- Experience in engaging with regulatory bodies and industry KOLs, able to influence and build strong and trusted relationships.
- Excellent leadership skills and a good eye for people development.
- You can communicate effectively in English, discuss strategies in a way that impacts key stakeholders and able to build trusted relationships cross functionally in a matrix environment.
- Knowledge/experience in collaborating with sales, marketing and market access to achieve business results

**About the department**

As Senior Director of Medical & Clinical, you will get the opportunity to join and lead a high performing team of 7 professionals as direct reports and total department size of 24 employees. You will drive our Saudi affiliate across the different therapy areas while reporting to the Corporate Vice President / General Manager, you will also be a part of the Leadership Team.

**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 40,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

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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.