Global Product Sr Lead

Novo Nordisk; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk Bangalore is seeking a strategic and hands-on leader to back a major obesity product launch within the Global Business Services hub. You’ll bridge commercial strategy, brand planning and financial stewardship, partnering with HQ in Denmark to drive launch-readiness workstreams and translate insights into executive recommendations.

You will build scalable planning tools, lead cross-functional collaboration across commercial, medical affairs, market access and supply, and deliver

Qualifications

• Master's degree or above in Business, Life Sciences, Engineering, Finance or equivalent, combined with 10+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience with concrete exposure to brand/marketing strategy, launch readiness or early asset commercialisation
• Demonstrated track record of running brand or marketing budgets end-to-end, with strong accrual discipline and financial governance
• Hands-on experience in process design and continuous improvement — standardising workflows, building trackers/dashboards and embedding governance routines; Lean, Six Sigma or Agile certification is an advantage
• Proven ability to translate market research and analytics into actionable recommendations for senior audiences, with strong structured and systems thinking
• Working experience in or with major markets (US/IO preferred) and comfort operating fluently across time zones in a GBS/remote-from-HQ setup; experience in diabetes and/or obesity is a strong plus
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage senior leaders, cross‑functional partners and external vendors with equal confidence

Responsibilities

• Co-developing and stewarding the brand's commercial strategy and brand plan — driving positioning, source of business, segmentation, channel strategy and KPI design through to execution
• Synthesising primary and secondary market research into structured "problem → insight → so what → action" outputs, resolving strategic dilemmas and converting findings into concrete recommendations
• Owning the brand's agency-of-record budget end-to-end: AB/RE cycles, PO and vendor management, accrual discipline, variance analysis and monthly burn-rate reporting
• Building scalable tools, templates and dashboards that standardise planning, tracking and governance routines — reducing manual effort and increasing predictability across the brand team
• Delivering thought leadership on new product launch across the value chain, independently scoping and completing signature projects that raise the bar on ways of working or strategic clarity
• Engaging cross-functional partners across commercial, medical affairs, market access and supply to secure alignment and unblock collaboration across geographies and time zones

Skills

Brand budget management

Process design & CI

Market research translation

Global markets experience

Stakeholder management

Education

Master's degree in Business / Life Sciences / Engineering / Finance

Job description

Team: Strategic Marketing & Insights, P&PS

Location: Bangalore, Novo Nordisk Global Business Services (GBS), India

Shape the commercial strategy for one of the most anticipated obesity launches in pharmaceutical history — from the engine room that powers it all.

Your new role

You will be the strategic and operational backbone for a major new product launch in Novo Nordisk's obesity portfolio, sitting at the intersection of commercial strategy, brand planning and financial stewardship. Working from GBS Bangalore in close partnership with HQ in Denmark, you will drive launch-readiness workstreams, translate market insights into clear recommendations for senior leaders, and bring process excellence to everything you touch.

Your Key Responsibilities Will Include

• Co-developing and stewarding the brand's commercial strategy and brand plan — driving positioning, source of business, segmentation, channel strategy and KPI design through to execution
• Synthesising primary and secondary market research into structured "problem → insight → so what → action" outputs, resolving strategic dilemmas and converting findings into concrete recommendations
• Owning the brand's agency-of-record budget end-to-end: AB/RE cycles, PO and vendor management, accrual discipline, variance analysis and monthly burn-rate reporting
• Building scalable tools, templates and dashboards that standardise planning, tracking and governance routines — reducing manual effort and increasing predictability across the brand team
• Delivering thought leadership on new product launch across the value chain, independently scoping and completing signature projects that raise the bar on ways of working or strategic clarity
• Engaging cross-functional partners across commercial, medical affairs, market access and supply to secure alignment and unblock collaboration across geographies and time zones

Your new department

In Product & Portfolio Strategy we drive commercial strategy, medical affairs and business development across all therapy areas. We act as a connector and compass, guiding the new Novo Nordisk portfolio for sustained competitiveness upstream, and maximising portfolio potential through successful commercial strategies and competitive launches downstream. Within Product & Portfolio Strategy, the GBS Strategic Marketing & Projects unit is the engine that supports HQ in shaping and operationalising the commercial agenda for the next wave of obesity assets — including CagriSema, Cagrilintide, Zenagamtide and beyond. You will join a team that combines analytical rigour with commercial instinct, operating with high independence across time zones to deliver launch excellence for assets that will follow Wegovy® and expand access to treatment for millions.

Your Skills & Qualifications

• Master's degree or above in Business, Life Sciences, Engineering, Finance or equivalent, combined with 10+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience with concrete exposure to brand/marketing strategy, launch readiness or early asset commercialisation
• Demonstrated track record of running brand or marketing budgets end-to-end, with strong accrual discipline and financial governance
• Hands‑on experience in process design and continuous improvement — standardising workflows, building trackers/dashboards and embedding governance routines; Lean, Six Sigma or Agile certification is an advantage
• Proven ability to translate market research and analytics into actionable recommendations for senior audiences, with strong structured and systems thinking
• Working experience in or with major markets (US/IO preferred) and comfort operating fluently across time zones in a GBS/remote-from-HQ setup; experience in diabetes and/or obesity is a strong plus
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage senior leaders, cross‑functional partners and external vendors with equal confidence

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we are redefining what it means to compete in obesity care — expanding access to treatment for millions who have been left on the sidelines. Here, your ambition is matched by the people around you: driven, talented colleagues who push each other to go further and deliver extraordinary results together. You will see the direct impact of your work on patients' lives while building a career in a company that invests in you as a whole person — supporting your growth, your wellbeing and your sense of belonging at every stage.

Deadline

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

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.