Associate Director, Strategic Scientific Relations & Engagement Excellence

Novo Nordisk A/S; Søborg; Remote; DKK 847,000 - 1,245,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk A/S in Søborg, Denmark, seeks an Associate Director to orchestrate high‑value strategic scientific relationships with medical associations, KOLs and other stakeholders. You will shape engagement frameworks across Global, Regions and Affiliates and advance digitalization while ensuring compliance in interactions with healthcare professionals.

This leadership role is non‑management but requires strong influence across functions, geography and organizational levels, driving

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field.
• 7+ years in Medical Affairs and/or external scientific engagement.
• 7+ years of project management experience.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and driving adoption of new processes, frameworks and digital tools in a complex matrix organization.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and align across functions, geographies and levels.
• Understanding of pharmaceutical compliance for interactions with healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Define the overarching Strategic Scientific Relations strategy and framework for medical associations, KOLs and other scientific stakeholders.
• Drive a centralised, systematic approach that keeps stakeholder engagement prioritized and coherent across Global, Regions and Affiliates.
• Set the global strategy and framework for compliant, insight-led KOL engagement across therapy areas, with a coordinated and transparent approach to identifying and engaging KOLs.
• Lead the Individual Engagement Planning process and connect it to medical association plans, congress activity and emerging scientific leader priorities.
• Develop and implement approaches to identify, engage and build relationships with emerging scientific leaders and future influencers.
• Drive the evolution of digital tools, data management and responsible AI-enabled approaches that improve stakeholder identification, engagement planning and transparency.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Medical Affairs

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder influence

Pharma compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant area

Master’s degree or above

Job description

Associate Director, Strategic Scientific Relations & Engagement Excellence

Category: Business Support & Administration

Location: Søborg, Capital Region of Denmark, DK

Your impact begins here

As Associate Director, Strategic Scientific Relations & Engagement Excellence, you will be responsible for leading the orchestration of impactful, coherent and high-value relationships across Medical Associations, Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), emerging thought leaders, and other scientific stakeholders. You will define the frameworks that help Global, Regions and Affiliates engage the right experts at the right time, consistently and in line with compliance. Besides, you will be responsible for the KOL engagement framework, ensuring the identification of current and emerging KOLs and driving our engagement planning process across the organization, while continuously pushing the digitalization agenda forward.Your work strengthens the scientific partnerships that support progress for people living with serious chronic diseases.

What you’ll bring

• A Bachelor’s degree with relevant experience, or a Master’s degree or above, in a relevant area.
• 7+ years in Medical Affairs and/or external scientific engagement.
• 7+ years of project management experience.
• A proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and the organisational change needed to drive adoption of new processes, frameworks and digital tools in a complex matrix organisation.
• Strong ability to influence senior stakeholders and build alignment across functions, geographies and organisational levels.
• A practical understanding of pharmaceutical compliance for interactions with healthcare professionals.

Nice to have but not essential:

• Experience with AI-enabled or digital approaches to stakeholder mapping, insight synthesis or engagement coordination. Experience using engagement data, analytics and digital tools to guide decisions
• and prioritise stakeholders.

What you’ll do

This is a subject matter expert role with no people management responsibility. You will set direction, work independently and make decisions that shape how scientific relationships are built across Novo.

• Define the overarching Strategic Scientific Relations strategy and framework for medical associations, KOLs and other scientific stakeholders.
• Drive a centralised, systematic approach that keeps stakeholder engagement prioritised and coherent across Global, Regions and Affiliates.
• Set the global strategy and framework for compliant, insight-led KOL engagement across therapy areas, with a coordinated and transparent approach to identifying and engaging KOLs.
• Lead the Individual Engagement Planning process and connect it to medical association plans, congress activity and emerging scientific leader priorities.
• Develop and implement approaches to identify, engage and build relationships with emerging scientific leaders and future influencers.
• Drive the evolution of digital tools, data management and responsible AI-enabled approaches that improve stakeholder identification, engagement planning and transparency.

Who you’ll work with

You will be part of the MAP & KOL Engagement team within Strategic Scientific Communication, part of Global Medical Affairs. In Product & Portfolio Strategy, colleagues connect commercial strategy, medical affairs and business development across therapy areas, helping guide the Novo portfolio and strengthen competitiveness.

You will partner closely with therapeutic area medical teams, congress and medical education colleagues, and regional and affiliate medical teams. You will also work with Clinical Development, Commercial, Legal and Compliance. Together, you will turn a shared framework into clear, consistent engagement that works from global to local level.

What you can expect here

You will have room to shape strategy, build new frameworks and contribute to broader Global Medical Affairs priorities. You will be trusted to take initiative, make decisions and bring strategic oversight to work that matters across Novo. You will join an environment that values diverse perspectives and a shared focus on real progress, with continuous learning and career development.

Salary:

For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 847,000.00 y 1,245,100.00 DKK DKK. The placement within the salary range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on your skills, competencies, knowledge and relevant experience.

Incentives and Benefits: The salary package may include short-term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level, location, functional area and relevant market benchmarks. Learn more about our Reward Philosophy here

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

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've 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 what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing 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.