Scientific Digital Liaison

Novo Nordisk A/S; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellbeing days

Gifted leave between Christmas and New

Learning and development opportunities

Regular team and company offsite

Car allowance

Job summary

Novo Nordisk A/S in Australia seeks a Scientific Digital Liaison to shape credible, non-promotional scientific spaces and build trusted relationships with digitally active healthcare professionals and KOLs. You will translate learnings into insights and help steer local medical strategy with strong compliance and scientific rigor.

The role focuses on digital and in-person engagement, with national travel and the ability to operate independently within a cross-functional team.

Qualifications

• Advanced scientific degree (PharmD, MD, PhD, MSc or equivalent) in a life-science field.
• Experience in Medical Affairs or related scientific role with regulatory exchange.
• Digital fluency and interest in social media, online scientific communities, or digital health initiatives.
• Experience engaging healthcare professionals and KOLs in a credible, insight-led way.
• Strong scientific acumen and the ability to communicate complex science clearly across digital, virtual and in-person settings.
• High integrity and compliance awareness with sound judgement in complex situations.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating in a cross-functional, matrixed environment.
• Desirable: prior involvement in digital scientific engagement or external education initiatives.
• Be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.

Responsibilities

• Map the digital scientific landscape by identifying, profiling and segmenting Digital Opinion Leaders using approved tools, digital insights and medical strategy priorities.
• Build trusted, non-promotional scientific relationships across approved digital, hybrid and in-person channels, covering clinical evidence, real-world data, treatment landscapes and unmet needs.
• Support or lead scientific engagement activities such as webinars, virtual roundtables, digital advisory activities and scientific briefings, and manage unsolicited medical enquiries in line with approved processes.
• Act as a Medical Affairs digital engagement subject matter expert, helping shape responsible approaches that ensure scientific accuracy, balance and compliance.
• Capture and share high-quality medical insights in a timely, structured way, translating them into medical strategy, education priorities and stakeholder engagement plans.
• Ensure all activities remain non-promotional and compliant with internal policies, local regulations, industry codes and privacy requirements, using only approved channels and materials.

Skills

Medical Affairs experience

Digital fluency

Engaging healthcare professionals

Scientific communication

Integrity & compliance

Independent + cross-functional

Digital engagement (desirable)

Australian citizen or PR

Education

Advanced scientific degree (PharmD, MD, PhD, MSc)

Job description

Your impact begins here

Healthcare conversations increasingly happen online, and as Scientific Digital Liaison you will help shape how Novo Nordisk shows up in credible, non-promotional scientific spaces. You will identify and build trusted, non-promotional scientific relationships with digitally active healthcare professionals and Digital Opinion Leaders, translate digital and field learnings into actionable insights, and help shape local medical strategy. Your work will advance balanced, evidence-based scientific exchange for people living with serious chronic diseases.

What you'll bring

To thrive in this role, you will bring the following essential experience and attributes:

• An advanced scientific degree (PharmD, MD, PhD, MSc or equivalent) in a relevant life-science discipline.
• Experience in Medical Affairs, external scientific engagement, medical education, clinical practice, research or a related scientific role, with a strong understanding of scientific exchange in a regulated environment.
• Digital fluency and curiosity, with experience or strong interest in social media, online scientific communities, omnichannel engagement or digital health initiatives.
• Experience engaging healthcare professionals, scientific experts, KOLs or digitally active medical stakeholders in a credible, insight-led way.
• Strong scientific acumen and the ability to communicate complex science clearly and credibly across digital, virtual and in-person settings.
• A high level of integrity and compliance awareness, with sound judgement in complex or ambiguous situations.
• The ability to work independently while collaborating effectively in a cross-functional, matrixed environment.
• Desirable experience includes prior involvement in digital scientific engagement, insight generation, digital opinion leader engagement or external education initiatives.
• Be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.

What you'll do

You will connect scientific expertise, digital fluency and strong compliance judgement to build responsible medical engagement and generate insights that inform strategy.

• Map the digital scientific landscape by identifying, profiling and segmenting relevant Digital Opinion Leaders using approved tools, digital insights and medical strategy priorities.
• Build trusted, non-promotional scientific relationships across approved digital, hybrid and in-person channels, covering clinical evidence, real-world data, treatment landscapes and unmet needs.
• Support or lead scientific engagement activities such as webinars, virtual roundtables, digital advisory activities and scientific briefings, and manage unsolicited medical enquiries in line with approved processes.
• Act as a Medical Affairs digital engagement subject matter expert, helping shape responsible approaches that ensure scientific accuracy, balance and compliance.
• Capture and share high-quality medical insights in a timely, structured way, translating them into medical strategy, education priorities and stakeholder engagement plans.
• Ensure all activities remain non-promotional and compliant with internal policies, local regulations, industry codes and privacy requirements, using only approved channels and materials.

Who you'll work with

You will join Medical Affairs, reporting to the Senior Manager Medical Excellence and partner closely with Medical Advisors, Communications, Customer Engagement, Business Development and Partnerships, and cross-functional brand and therapy-area teams. Externally, you will engage Digital Opinion Leaders, Key Opinion Leaders, healthcare professionals, scientific experts, clinical educators and relevant professional communities where approved.

This is a field-based role with a national remit and a strong digital engagement focus. National travel is required, and some evening or weekend work may be needed to support engagement activities.

What you can expect here

You will work at the forefront of how medical engagement is evolving, with the trust to work independently and the support of a collaborative, cross-functional community. You will broaden your scientific and digital expertise, contribute to local and regional medical planning, and grow through a curious, test-and-learn approach in a fast-changing external environment.

In addition to being part of a collaborative and authentic culture, our employees are rewarded with:

• Health and Wellbeing days
• gifted leave between Christmas and New Year
• extensive learning and development opportunities
• regular team and company offsite events
• our field staff are equipped with the latest technology – laptop/tablet and mobile phone – along with a very competitive car allowance.

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