Senior Communications Manager

Are you passionate about crafting impactful communication strategies? Do you excel at building relationships and shaping narratives that resonate with diverse audiences? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! We are looking for a Senior Communications Manager to join our team and help us share Novo Nordisk’s mission and values with the world. Read on and apply today for a life-changing career.

About the department
Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with more than 100 years of innovation in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and capabilities that also enable us to help people defeat obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases. Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs over 77,000 people in 80 countries and markets our products in more than 170 countries.
Novo Nordisk in Indonesia, an expert in diabetes care, is working closely with the stakeholders for more than 30 years in changing diabetes in the country. Changing Diabetes® is Novo Nordisk’s retaliation to the global diabetes challenge. In Novo Nordisk, we have a clear purpose. It is to defeat diabetes, obesity, and other serious chronic diseases, globally and here in Indonesia.
We believe we have a great working culture and a clear purpose to defeat diabetes and obesity in everything we do. We are looking for a progressive commercial professional with a can-do attitude. This position is an excellent opportunity to work with an industry head that is constantly breaking new ground.
This role reports to the People and Organisation Director and is part of a dynamic and collaborative team. So, if you strive for excellence like we do, and have a clear patient-centric mindset, then we’re looking forward to talking to you and potentially you will have a life changing career in Novo Nordisk.

The position
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Senior Communications Manager to lead our external communications initiatives within the People & Organisation department. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing and executing comprehensive communication strategies that effectively promote the company's image and products, as well as nurturing strong relationships with external stakeholders. This role will ensure a cohesive and impactful approach to engaging with both the media and the broader public, with a specific emphasis on disease areas and promoting the company's value proposition.

The position will be at the forefront of managing corporate communications and responding swiftly to emerging situations. The role will contribute to impactful and influential disease awareness campaigns that positively resonate with diverse audiences and drive tangible results for the business. 

The ideal candidate will showcase a clear vision when engaging with media and stakeholders, humanize complex issues, and safeguard the company's reputation while creating a compelling and ambitious vision. This role requires excellent communication skills, a strategic mindset, and the ability to demonstrate the impact of successful media engagement on the affiliate business goals. 

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Strategic Communication Planning and Execution: Develop and articulate the affiliate communication vision, strategy, and goals in alignment with the overall business objectives. Provide strategic counsel to the executive leadership team on communication matters and reputation management. 
• Media Relations: Devise and execute strategic media engagement plans to enhance the company's visibility, reputation, and brand positioning. Establish and maintain strong relationships with key journalists, editors, and media outlets. Act as the primary point of contact for media inquiries. Create and distribute press releases, media kits, and other materials to enhance the company's visibility and brand image, emphasizing disease-specific initiatives and the company's value proposition.
• Commercial Communication: Plan and Lead implementation of affiliate commercial communications programmes. Provide consultancy service and advice in connection with projects and activities across the affiliate that affect commercial communications. Develop multi-year commercial communications engagement plan and actively drive programmes to engage patients and raise Novo Nordisk profile in the media through media and other platforms. 
• Corporate Messaging: Work closely with leadership to develop and refine corporate messages that align with the company's business objectives and values. Ensure consistent messaging across all communication channels, both internal and external.
• Issues Management, Media training & Monitoring:  Monitor and analyse media coverage to assess the company's image, industry trends, and competitor activities. Offer regular insights to the executive team regarding media sentiment, emerging issues, and opportunities for proactive media engagement. Develop and implement issues management strategies to effectively manage and mitigate reputational risks. Establish affiliates rapid response protocols for addressing issues during issues. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or Marketing. A master’s degree in a related field is a plus point.
• 7+ years of experience in working in public relations, external communications, corporate branding, or a related field. Experience in crisis communication, issues management, and public affairs. Experiences in disease-specific communications & awareness campaigns are preferred. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a keen eye for detail and the ability to articulate disease-specific information and the company's value proposition effectively. Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with media contacts, industry influencers, and external stakeholders.
• Proficiency in utilizing various communication channels and tools, including social media platforms, content management systems, and media monitoring software, with a specific emphasis on disease-specific content, value messaging, and perception management.

Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities, and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energize us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact
Please upload your CV to our online career portal (click on Apply and follow the instructions).

Deadline
3 Jul 2025

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

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