Senior Marketing Pipeline Strategy Cardiometabolic Manager

Novo Nordisk AS

Plainsboro, NJ

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$120,300–$222,600 Per Year
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Best Practices, Biotech and Pharmaceutical, Brand Positioning, Brand Strategy, Chronic Disease, Clinical Data, Clinical Practices/Protocols, Clinical Support, Clinical Trial, Communication Skills, Compensation Management, Competitive Analysis/Strategy, Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional, Customer/Consumer Behavior, Detail Oriented, Disease, Drug Development, Financial Regulations, Forecasting, Healthcare, Industry Standards, International Marketing, Knowledge Transfer, Leadership, Market Analysis, Market Development, Market Entry Strategy, Market Research, Market Segmentation, Market Trend Analysis, Marketing, Marketing Software, Marketing Strategy, Medical Affairs, Medical Products, Needs Assessment, Organizational Skills, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Physical Demands, Problem Solving Skills, Product Development, Product Management, Product Marketing, Product Planning, Product Positioning, Product Programs, Product Strategy, Product/Service Launch, Project/Program Coordination, Project/Program Management, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Requirements, Research & Development (R&D), Sales Pipeline, Servant leadership, Strategic Planning, Team Building, Team Lead/Manager, Willing to Travel
LOCATION
Plainsboro, NJ
POSTED
1 day ago

About the Department

Our Marketing & Patient Solutions group creates and delivers human-centered experiences, where innovation meets customer-centricity, driving the ultimate experience for our patients. Our focus extends beyond transactions to craft experiences as one fully integrated, aligned and connected organization that puts empathy at the center, powered by insight and foresight.

We develop an end-to-end approach to strategy, focusing on every touchpoint that impacts our customers. We leverage data and insights to inform our decision-making processes, ensuring that our strategies are rooted in a deep understanding of customer needs and behaviors. Our test and learn' mindset and approach enables us to iterate rapidly and refine our strategies based on real-world results.

We are building an intentional team culture that is made up of diverse skillsets, united by the shared belief that reinvention and learning is what fuels continuous growth. Do you get excited about exploring the unknown? Does the idea of driving value through human-centered design pull you in? Are you ready to experiment with us?

The Position

The Senior Marketing for Pipeline Strategy, Cardiometabolic Manager, plays a pivotal role in supporting the development of commercial strategy for early-stage pharmaceutical products in NN's cardiometabolic pipeline (programs in Phase 2 and 3). This role focuses on championing alignment across functions, collaborating closely with the clinical-medical-regulatory and market access teams, establishing early commercialization strategies to maximize product potential. This role helps facilitate pull-through and continuity of knowledge from clinical development and early strategy phases to commercialization efforts to brand teams when the launch planning process starts It is essential to maximize asset value, drive early brand and GTM strategies. This role serves as a commercial point of contact for global commercial asset team prior to the start of the launch planning process, supporting early asset and early commercialization strategies and early market development activities.

Relationships

Reports to the Senior Director Marketing, Future Portfolio & Pipeline Strategy, Cardiometabolics. Collaborates with cross-functional teams across NNI and Global, including marketing, medical, R&D, regulatory affairs, finance, Market Access, policy, product supply, forecasting, and other relevant NNI departments to ensure holistic strategy development and readiness for Governance interactions. This role facilitates the successful pull-through of clinical insights, patient profiles, and strategic considerations into commercialization efforts as we start the launch process. This role may also serve as a liaison with global teams.

Essential Functions

  • Cross-Functional Collaboration & Planning: Help the Sr Dir to foster early strategic alignment across cross-functional teams including marketing, market access, and medical teams and to ensure a cohesive approach to early product commercialization. Collaborate with global commercial teams and ensure input to asset planning across other key NNI stakeholders
  • Early Commercialization Strategy: Contribute to early commercialization strategy development to maximize asset value and market penetration, leveraging global products and insights, insights from clinical trials, and market research. Collaborate with marketing, market access, and medical affairs teams to develop early brand positioning, priority customer segments, messaging, and go-to-market strategies and input into evidence generation plans before the product is transitioned to the launch team
  • Market Assessment and Opportunity Analysis: Assist completion of thorough market assessments and opportunity analyses to identify target patient populations, unmet needs, and competitive positioning strategies
  • Target Product Profile (TPP) Development Support: Provide support for clinical trial strategy, regulatory development, and the development of Target Product Profiles (TPPs) to ensure alignment with commercialization goals. Gather input from clinical and regulatory teams to understand clinical data / patient outcomes, identify market opportunities, address regulatory requirements, and help to shape product development strategies
  • Regulatory Compliance: Ensure early commercialization strategies comply with regulatory guidelines and industry standards, working closely with regulatory affairs teams to address any compliance-related issues
  • Commercialization Transition: Support facilitation of the smooth transition of products from clinical development into commercialization at the time the launch planning process begins. Ensure continuity of market research and therapy area knowledge, decision processes, and early strategy from early development phases to commercialization efforts, maintaining alignment with overarching brand strategies
  • Knowledge Transfer and Pull-Through: Assist in facilitating knowledge transfer between early commercial and marketing brand/therapy area teams, ensuring key insights, learnings, and strategic considerations are effectively communicated and incorporated into commercialization plans. Work with cross-functional teams to pull through clinical insights, patient profiles, and early competitive positioning strategies into launch commercialization efforts to maximize product potential
  • Project Management and Coordination Support: Assist project management efforts to coordinate transition between clinical development and commercialization teams, ensuring milestones are met. Identify and flag potential risks or challenges during the transition process, proactively addressing issues to minimize disruptions and ensure continuity of product development efforts
  • Continuous Improvement and Optimization: Aid continuous improvement initiatives to optimize the product transition process, implementing best practices, tools, and methodologies to streamline workflows and enhance efficiency

Physical Requirements

Approximately 20-30% overnight travel.

Qualifications

  • Requires a Bachelor's degree; Master's degree preferred
  • 7+ years of experience, including product marketing, product management, or market research / insights & analytics within the pharmaceutical industry
  • Demonstrated success in early commercial planning, launching, and managing products
  • Knowledge of pharmaceutical regulatory requirements and experience interacting with regulatory agencies
  • Proven knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry, including competitive market dynamics, and trends, especially within preferred
  • Strategic mindset with ability to develop and execute innovative commercial strategies aligned with NNI objectives and market opportunities
  • Strong planning and organizational skills with high attention to detail and proven track record of results and follow up
  • Ability to manage complexity, including the management of work across competing priorities
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with ability to influence senior leaders and collaborate with cross-functional teams across the organization
  • Project management skills, with the ability to lead and coordinate complex initiatives involving multiple stakeholders
  • Embodies leadership behaviors, including authenticity, servant leadership, will, empathy, decisiveness, and driving focus and simplicity

The base compensation range for this position is $120,300 to $222,600. Base compensation is determined based on a number of factors. This position is also eligible for a company bonus based on individual and company performance. Novo Nordisk offers long-term incentive compensation and or company vehicles depending on the positions level or other company factors.

Employees are also eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs including medical, dental and vision coverage; life insurance; disability insurance; 401(k) savings plan; flexible spending accounts; employee assistance program; tuition reimbursement program; and voluntary benefits such as group legal, critical illness, identity theft protection, pet insurance and auto/home insurance. The Company also offers time off pursuant to its sick time policy, flex-able vacation policy, and parental leave policy.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, were not chasing quick fixes - were creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, weve been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of whats possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, were making healthcare more accessible, treating and defeating diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger - a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.

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.

If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

About the Company

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Novo Nordisk AS

Working at Novo Nordisk

 

Life-changing careers

Starting a career at Novo Nordisk is more than getting a job. It is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions of people living with a serious chronic disease.

Whether you are a part of supplying insulin for patients around the world, discovering the next breakthrough at one of our state-of-the-art research centres, working with us is truly life-changing.

 

We are inspired by life

We are a proud life-science company on a mission to ensure that people living with a chronic disease can live a full life. Millions rely on us.

We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. From our colleagues in the lab, working to change lives through pioneering break-through treatments, to our colleagues putting sustainability at the core of our processes and working to prolong the life of our planet, this mission to improve lives is at the core of our every action.

 

Together we drive change

Change is a constant — change in lifestyle, change in technology, change all over. At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it.

We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future.

That’s why we continuously push to improve the way we work and the lives of the patients we serve, creating innovative solutions that fit the way people want to live. To accomplish this, we embrace a spirit of open-mindedness and experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection.

 

Together, we are life-changing

Our company is our 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 want to ensure that every employee can achieve a work-life balance that supports their current priorities and where they want to go next.

 

Your development starts here

We value our employees for the unique skills, backgrounds and perspectives they bring to the table. We work continuously to help bring out the best in all of our people, offering opportunities for development and creating an environment of mobility within the company. We strive to offer a workplace that’s great to be in and to be from.

It is very important to us that anyone working with us feels empowered as an employee and as a person. We all should have the opportunity to act fast, make decisions and be agile. 

With a career at our company, you will feel a difference right from the start. A sense of inspiration that comes from a shared belief in driving positive change for people, families and communities everywhere, and it’s a collective effort. We rely on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 45,000 employees.

In the video above, meet  Marie Darting, one of our scientists, and hear more about her work as a formulation scientist, her perspective on development plans and the impact she feels her work has on people living with a chronic disease.

 

Who we are

We were founded in 1923 and today we are a global healthcare company headquartered just outside Copenhagen, Denmark.

Our purpose is to drive change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases, such as obesity and rare blood and endocrine disorders. We do so by pioneering  scientific breakthroughs, expanding  access to our medicines , and working to prevent and ultimately cure diabetes.

With almost 100 years of experience, one of the broadest diabetes product portfolios in the healthcare industry, as well as an award-winning pipeline of innovative products, our success is built on our company values – the Novo Nordisk Way.

COMPANY SIZE
2,500 to 4,999 employees
INDUSTRY
Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals
FOUNDED
1923
WEBSITE
https://www.novonordisk.com/