Head of Medical Affairs, CMR, Ireland

Head of Medical Affairs, CMR, Ireland

Category: Medical Affairs Location: Dublin, Leinster, IE
Would you like to lead a team of highly dedicated medical advisors, and do you have a passion for coaching and developing people? Do you have expertise in therapeutic fields such as Diabetes, Obesity, Cardiovascular Diseases, or Rare Diseases? Are you passionate about driving positive change for our patients within these areas? Have you successfully implemented medical education initiatives and programs, effectively conveyed scientific information, and embraced an all hands-on deck approach? Then this might be your defining moment.
Apply today and join us for a life-changing career as Head of Medical Affairs Ireland!
The Position The position offers an exciting opportunity to work with a dynamic and growing organization on a mission to make a difference for patients living with chronic diseases in Ireland. As Head of Medical Affairs, you will manage a team of 6, and drive medical communication, education, activities, and projects. Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Leading the Affiliate Medical Affairs function by developing medical strategies and executing through the delivery of specific activities to empower HCPs and improve the lives of people living with chronic disease, ensuring access to the right information for the right patient at the right time and in the correct channel.
• Developing the Medical Affairs team through your therapeutic area expertise, as well as delivering innovative medical projects to meet educational needs of HCPs and patients.
• Communicating and collaboration with external clinical experts (KOLs) across current and future therapeutic areas and throughout our expanding ecosystem.
• Ensuring cross-functional collaboration with internal local, regional and global stakeholders in addition to external stakeholders
• Ensuring high quality in all activities and initiatives
• Carrying budget responsibility for Medical Affairs activities in Ireland.

Qualifications To be successful in this role, we expect you to have the following qualifications:

• Possess a Master’s degree in Life Sciences, preferably MD, Pharmacy, or a PhD.
• Extensive background in Medical Affairs within the pharmaceutical sector, coupled with comprehensive clinical understanding. Proficient in navigating local legislation and adhering to IPHA Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry.
• Proven people management experience, strategic planning, budgeting, and research, with a demonstrated ability to leverage strong communication skills to drive influence and accomplish objectives.
• Equipped with experience and expertise in pertinent therapeutic domains, preferably cardiovascular, diabetes or obesity.
• Embrace an "all-hands-on-deck" approach to tasks and challenges.

About the Department Youll play a vital role within our CMR team (Clinical, Medical, Safety, Quality, and Regulatory), reporting directly to our CMR Director for Ireland. Joining us means becoming an integral part of a passionate and committed Irish team dedicated to achieving excellence. Together, we share a common goal: making a meaningful impact on patients lives. At Novo Nordisk, our CMR team leads all clinical, medical, regulatory, and quality responsibilities for our extensive portfolio and forthcoming products.
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 64.000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.
Contact Please submit your application via the Novo Nordisk website. We do not accept directly sent CVs.
Deadline Apply before 21st May 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.