Regional Medical Manager (Ankara)

Novo Nordisk; Çankaya; Hybrid; TRY 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk seeks a Regional Medical Manager based in Ankara to advance obesity management by linking clinicians with current evidence and data. You will build trusted peer relationships with physicians, scientists and health institutions across the region, translating science into meaningful patient care.

This field-based role requires spending over 70% of time in the field, frequent travel, and close collaboration with Medical Affairs to deliver education and medical plans that improve

Qualifications

• MD degree; postgraduate qualification useful but not essential.
• Excellent written and spoken Turkish and English.
• Strong scientific and medical knowledge with ability to interpret data.
• Critical-thinking and ability to connect evidence with healthcare and business priorities.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder-management and time-management skills.
• Knowledge of Türkiye healthcare system.
• Pharmaceutical medical affairs experience advantageous with 2+ years.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain up-to-date scientific knowledge within obesity to support regional healthcare professionals.
• Plan and share current medical knowledge and trial data with local physicians clearly and rigorously.
• Develop regional medical advisory activities and contribute to local and national medical plans.
• Establish trusted peer relationships with key healthcare stakeholders and institutions.
• Design and coordinate medical education programs, workshops and training for stakeholders.
• Collaborate with office-based medical managers and cross-functional teams to share relevant information.
• Spend >70% of time in the field with travel across the area.

Skills

Medical degree

Turkish & English fluency

Scientific knowledge

Critical thinking

Stakeholder management

Healthcare system Türkiye

Pharma medical affairs experience (adv

Education

Medicine degree

Job description

Your impact begins here

As Regional Medical Manager, you will help improve the quality of obesity management by connecting healthcare professionals with current scientific evidence and clinical data. Based in Ankara, you will build trusted, peer-to-peer relationships with physicians, scientists and healthcare institutions across your region. Your scientific expertise will support informed healthcare decisions, strengthen medical education and help translate evidence into meaningful improvements for people living with obesity.

What You’ll Bring

You bring a strong medical and scientific foundation, together with the ability to communicate complex evidence clearly and credibly. You can work independently in the field while collaborating effectively with colleagues and stakeholders across the organization.

• A degree in Medicine; a postgraduate medical qualification is useful but not essential.


• Excellent written and spoken Turkish and English.


• Strong scientific and medical knowledge, with the ability to understand, interpret and communicate clinical data.


• Critical-thinking skills and the ability to connect scientific evidence with healthcare and business priorities.


• Excellent communication, stakeholder-management and time-management skills.


• Knowledge of the healthcare system in Türkiye.


• Experience in pharmaceutical medical affairs is advantageous, with 2 or more years of relevant experience preferred.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain up-to-date scientific knowledge within obesity, using that expertise to support healthcare professionals across your region.


• Plan, deliver and share current medical knowledge and clinical-trial data with local and regional physicians in a clear, accurate and scientifically rigorous way.


• Develop regional medical advisory activities and contribute to short-, medium- and long-term local and national medical plans.


• Establish trusted peer relationships with key healthcare stakeholders, medical experts and major institutions.


• Design, support and coordinate medical education programs, workshops and scientific training for internal and external stakeholders.


• Collaborate with office-based medical managers and cross-functional colleagues to ensure the medical and scientific community receives relevant, consistent information.


• Spend more than 70% of your working time in the field, with the flexibility to travel across your area of responsibility.

Who You’ll Work With

You will join the Medical and Regulatory department, a team bringing together specialists across medical and regulatory disciplines. The department provides timely and accurate scientific services across therapeutic areas and works to ensure that healthcare decisions are informed by current evidence.

You will collaborate closely with Medical Affairs colleagues, office-based medical managers and cross-functional partners. Externally, you will engage with physicians, scientists, healthcare institutions and recognized medical experts in obesity. The team works with a strong focus on collaboration, trust, accountability and shared responsibility for improving patient outcomes.

What You Can Expect Here

This is a field-based opportunity to combine medical expertise, scientific exchange and stakeholder partnership. You will be trusted to manage regional relationships, contribute to medical planning and create educational activities that support better-informed care. You will also gain broad exposure to internal and external partners while continuing to build your knowledge of medical affairs and obesity management.

At Novo Nordisk, people are valued for the individual skills and perspectives they contribute. You will work in an environment shaped by collaboration and a shared ambition to make a meaningful difference for people living with chronic diseases.

30 October 2026

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