Associate Medical Director

Novo Nordisk A/S; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a highly experienced medical professional to join a forward-thinking company as an Associate Medical Director in the Cardio-renal and Alzheimer’s Diseases unit. This pivotal role involves driving strategic discussions, leading evidence generation projects, and engaging with Key Opinion Leaders to enhance clinical care pathways. The successful candidate will provide scientific guidance to internal stakeholders and represent the Director in high-level committees. If you're passionate about improving patients' lives and thrive in a collaborative environment, this role offers a unique chance to make a significant impact in the medical field.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in the medical field, with 3 years in Medical Affairs.
• Demonstrated understanding of evidence-based medicine.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of medical strategies for CVD portfolio.
• Engage with Key Opinion Leaders and drive publication planning.

Skills

Medical Writing

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Organizational Skills

Persuasion

Influence

Education

MD/PhD/PharmD/Pharmacist

Job description

Are you a highly experienced medical professional with a keen interest in cardio-renal-metabolic diseases? Are you motivated to use your knowledge to improve patients’ lives by being the medical and patient voice? Does the prospect of engaging in strategic discussions and scientific exchange intrigue you? If so, an exciting opportunity has become available for an Associate Medical Director (or Medical Advisor) to join our Medical Affairs Department as CVD portfolio lead in the Cardio-renal and Alzheimer’s Diseases unit.

The Position

As an Associate Medical Director (or Medical Advisor) in the Cardio-renal and Alzheimer’s Diseases unit, you will take on a pivotal role driving strategic discussions for our CVD portfolio. You will drive a variety of projects related to evidence generation, scientific dialogue, publications, clinical care pathways among others. You will effectively collaborate and communicate with doctors that are Key Opinion Leaders, and provide timely, accurate and credible scientific and medical guidance to internal stakeholders from marketing, patient access, field and other functional areas. You will have an opportunity to represent the Director in high-level local and global committees.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Strategic and Organizational Leadership: Leads the successful development and execution of medical strategies for assigned therapy area to achieve goals. Leverages insight of the Health Care System, industry trends and Health Care dynamics to inform strategy.
2. Evidence Generation: Identifies data and knowledge gaps and supports generation of phase 3b and 4 program (global trials, local phase IV and Real-World Evidence (RWE)).
3. KOL Engagement: Create ties with external stakeholders including top Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), clinical investigators, academic institutions, professional organizations, payers, and others; drive the execution of KOL Advisory Boards and speaker training programs.
4. Publication Planning: Drive local publication planning process including timely submissions and execution (abstracts, oral/poster conference presentations and publications).
5. Medical Guidance: Ensure sound scientific and medical guidance is provided for brand strategies; plans and tactics; conduct internal training; review and approve promotional material; provision of tailored medical responses.
6. Other: Ensure robust planning, budget monitoring, and consider innovative ways of working; support Director in planning therapeutic line/product annual budget, expenditures, capacity projections and operating expenses.

Qualifications:

1. MD/PhD/PharmD/Pharmacist or equivalent is a requirement.
2. Demonstrated understanding of evidence-based medicine.
3. 5-7 years of experience in Medical field with 3 years of experience in Medical Affairs.
4. Demonstrated excellence in medical writing, editing, and presenting to others.
5. Industry experience or clinical experience in cardiovascular disease is an advantage.
6. Strong interpersonal skills, including communication, presentation, persuasion, and influence.
7. Strong organizational skills, including efficiency, multitasking, punctuality, and collaboration in a team environment.
8. Able to manage multiple projects with tight deadlines simultaneously.
9. Strong sense of ethics and integrity.

The job requires occasional work outside of normal business hours including weekends, and frequent travel within Canada, US and overseas.

Application Deadline: February 20th, 2025

We thank all applicants; however, only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.

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 the communities we operate in. Together, we’re life-changing.