Commercial Manager - Strategic Partnerships

Your New Role

As Commercial Manager, you will play a key role in identifying the growth and impact opportu-nities, defining strategic projects and initiatives in order to lead business- and market develop-ment in the obesity and diabetes space focusing on efficiency of the consumer journey and im-proving health outcomes. You will independently identify, develop and establish commercial partnerships with relevant external stakeholders by negotiating and co-creating market-fit solu-tions that help drive growth in our business.

You will also be responsible to:

• Identify and evaluate new strategic opportunities by assessing market trends and indus-try development to lead commercial collaboration partnerships
• Analyze the value and risks of new business models and projects, align them with strate-gic goals, assess the feasibility and resource allocation accordingly
• Manage operational execution of engagements by establishing and executing on gov-ernance structure, implementation plans and performance monitoring
• Collaborate and build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, to develop, realize and implement tactical plans
• Shape market activation strategy and optimized channel selection to deliver on ROI
• Leverage insights generation and content strategy expertise to improve touchpoints, channels and experiences
• Represent the commercial business development and consumer activation unit, provid-ing subject matter expertise and influencing decisions
• Develop frameworks and processes to foster innovation and operational excellence within commercial operations.

Your New Department

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with more 100 years of innovation and leadership in chronic care. This heritage has given us experience and capabilities to help people living with diabetes, obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases. We’re a dynamic company in a dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future.

In the Business Development, Partnership and Healthcare Consumer Marketing Department we focus on exactly that – the future – our ecosystem integration and category growth with an am-bitious team of professionals with strong business acumen, effective collaboration and innova-tive thinking. You will directly report to the Director of the unit.

Your Skills & Qualifications

You hold a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering or Marketing – while an advanced degree (e.g. MBA) is preferred.

You come with minimum 7-8 years of relevant experience in commercial business development, strategic partnerships, alliance management and/or eco-system activation within the pharma-ceutical, consumer health and/or FMCG sector.

Moreover, you have:

• Demonstrated success in managing strategic partnerships
• A strong understanding of the healthcare landscape on-and offline
• Strong financial acumen with expertise in developing revenue models, business cases
• Strategic and critical thinking with strong analytical skills and a solution-driven mindset with the ability to form insights from multiple sources of data
• Knowledge and agility to explore broader ecosystems involving data, digital and emerg-ing technologies
• Skills in AI, digital and social media with execution experience of campaigns
• A high degree of independence, seeking guidance only on complex issues
• Managed external stakeholders and are able to select, run and holds agencies and other suppliers accountable for delivery
• Proven leadership and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence man-agement and cross-functional teams to drive strategic initiatives and deliver results
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills with tailoring content to specific audiences

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence with-out fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

What We Offer

This high impact role allows you to directly contribute to the achievement of strategic goals within a collaborative, and fast-paced work environment. You will experience a steep learning curve that offers ample opportunities for both professional and personal development. Novo Nordisk is known for its uniqueness of a company culture with a proven track record of successful results. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

If you are an ambitious individual with a passion for making an impact, we encourage you to apply for this position.

Deadline

Apply before 29 January 2026. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis