Business Partner Lead (maternity cover)

Are you ready for an exhilarating career journey? We are looking for a dynamic Business Partner Lead to collaborate closely with one of our exceptional medical teams. Dive into a world of ex-citement as you drive diverse projects, interact with global stakeholders, and make a significant impact at the HQ level. 
 
Elevate your career with us—apply now!
 
The position
We have 12- months temporary position as a Business Partner Lead, you will be a part of the Business Partner team and allocated to one of the medical teams, working closely with the Medi-cal Director of the Insulin and Pipeline team in Global Medical Affairs (GMA).  You will be collabo-rating closely with 10 Business Partners, who have a similar role as you, and are working with the other products of the Novo Nordisk portfolio in diabetes, obesity, liver diseases, Alzheimer’s, and cardiovascular disease, and with project managers across GMA, who drive activities that are rele-vant for ‘your’ area. 80% of your time will be spent with the medical team, while the remaining is spent with your Business Partner/project management colleagues in the Business Partner team.
 
In this role, the responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring the strategic direction setting and alignment for the diabetes area in medical af-fairs while working closely with the medical VP for the diabetes therapeutic area.
• Ensuring excellent project management, oversight, and execution of strategic projects, optimizing how we work, while driving cross-area activities, such as the strategy process, and securing knowledge sharing with the other Business Partners in GMA.
• Also ensuring there is an overview of the budgets across all our 5 Medical Affairs focus areas and suggesting allocation/projects to the Medical Director based on your insight and the strategic direction for the area.
• Working on both the conceptual level by developing the Strategic Medical Product Plan, medical education strategy, and global launch strategies with the medical doc-tors/director, but also "getting your hands dirty" with the execution of projects and fol-low-up on budgets and project milestones.
• Securing tracking, reporting, and performance management in alignment with the Medi-cal Director and the team.

 
Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you should have:

• A master’s degree in business, natural sciences, or other related fields. Passion for project management and stakeholder engagement, as well as an understanding of the interplay between science and business within the pharma industry is crucial.
• At least 6 years of relevant experience in cross-functional, global project management preferably within the pharmaceutical industry or experience from various areas within the pharma value chain.
• An understanding of the Medical Affairs role is a requirement.
• The ability to communicate ideas assertively and work with budgets in Excel.
• Proficiency in strategically planning and executing across multiple projects simultaneous-ly, working both in a team and independently, and explicitly prioritizing while moving at high speed.
• Fluency in both oral and written English.

 
As a person, we are looking for someone who can bring a can-do attitude, a collaborative mind-set, and a healthy sense of humor to their work even when the pressure is on. You should have a professional and personal impact that is reflected in your desire to take initiative and responsibil-ity for your projects.
 
About the department
You get the opportunity to join an international, high performing team with a variety of back-grounds (project management, natural sciences, strategy, marketing, finance, and international business). We use our differences to challenge each other to ensure high performance, to create novel ideas, and develop high-quality solutions. In the Business Partner team, we engage stake-holders both externally in the scientific community and internally in Novo Nordisk. We work on both a strategic and operational level, and drive projects across Medical Affairs in HQ and world-wide. To ensure impact of our projects, we collaborate with key affiliates and other stakeholders to ensure continuous improvement of the Medical Affairs function globally and to contribute to the Medical Affairs Vision of Improving Patient’s Lives.
 
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, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without 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.
 
Contact
For further information, please contact Thomas Rindom at trio@novonordisk.com.
 
Deadline
21st May 2025.
 
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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.