Senior Manager, External Innovation & Due Diligence

Novo Nordisk A/S; Søborg; On-site; DKK 743,000 - 1,092,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary and incentives

Job summary

Senior Manager, Search & Evaluation at Novo Nordisk drives external scouting and due diligence to shape the portfolio across diabetes, obesity, CVD, liver and related areas. You engage scientists, biotech companies and investors globally to build compelling value stories for governance boards.

Role requires strategic thinking, cross-functional leadership, and excellent communication for senior stakeholders, with a focus on delivering clear recommendations and maintaining landscapes with internal

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in business or life sciences.
• 5+ years of experience in R&D, business development or professional services within the pharma or biotech industry, or in an equivalent role.
• Project management skills and experience.
• The ability to analyse complex ideas and data and turn them into clear, well-founded recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams, with clear communication and strong teamwork.
• Strong written and presentation skills.
• Strong networking, collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• Strategic business and financial acumen, and a deep interest in life sciences and medicine.
• A self-driven, goal-oriented approach, and the ability to work well in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify novel pipeline assets and enabling technologies through scouting, professional networks, literature, database and patent searches, and conferences across diabetes, obesity, CVD, liver, blood and endocrine disorders, and Consumer Rx.
• Support technical streams of evaluation and due diligence, from initial assessment through to due diligence project management.
• Build the value story for selected opportunities and prepare presentations for governance boards, so senior management can make well-informed decisions.
• Develop and maintain detailed therapy area landscapes with colleagues across Search & Evaluation, including external perspectives on competitors and their strategies.
• Keep a strategic overview of internal and business development pipeline assets, and use your internal and external networks to define which assets are needed and how they fit.
• Support Business Development in licence and collaboration negotiations, represent Novo as a preferred partner at scientific congresses and events, keep opportunity tracking in Inova up to date, and help improve due diligence and landscaping processes.

Skills

Project management

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Networking

Education

Master’s degree in business or life sciences

Job description

Senior Manager, Search & Evaluation at Novo Nordisk drives external scouting and due diligence to shape the portfolio across diabetes, obesity, CVD, liver and related areas. You engage scientists, biotech companies and investors globally to build compelling value stories for governance boards.

Role requires strategic thinking, cross-functional leadership, and excellent communication for senior stakeholders, with a focus on delivering clear recommendations and maintaining landscapes with internal