Director, Medical Frontline Excellence

Are you passionate about transforming the Medical Affairs frontline and empowering medical frontliners to deliver impactful, data-driven engagements, and build partnerships? Do you thrive on driving excellence, inspiring change, and translating aspirations into affiliate execution?If so, this is your opportunity to make a real difference. Your new role As a Director, Medical Frontline Excellence, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing the way Regional Medical Advisors/Medical Science Liaisons operate across the Novo Nordisk affiliates in Europe and Canada (EUCAN). You will operationalize strategies to action for the medical frontline, lead cross-functional initiatives, and drive best-in-class ways of working that enable our field medical affairs teams to deliver the most possible impact. This is a highly independent role where you’ll act as a strategic advisor, change leader, and data-driven decision-maker – ensuring that Medical Affairs frontline excellence is consistently embedded across EUCAN affiliates. Responsibilities Strengthening Medical Affairs frontline ways of working: Define and implement strategic priorities for Medical Affairs frontline excellence, aiming at identifying and scaling the most impactful ways of working. Driving CRM excellence: Champion better CRM usage across EUCAN affiliates to improve data quality, thereby enabling more useful analytics and insight-driven decision-making. Translating strategy into action: Convert EUCAN Medical Affairs objectives into clear, actionable Medical Affairs frontline plans – ensuring alignment, tracking, and follow‑up. Leveraging insights cross‑functionally: Create structured processes for capturing and utilizing medical insights captured from frontline engagements with healthcare professionals to inform both medical and commercial strategies. Building capabilities: Identify skill gaps across affiliates, and design and drive capability-building initiatives to strengthen Medical Affairs frontline performance. Promoting a data‑driven culture: Foster a culture and way of working that leverage data and analytics to inform conversations about performance improvement. Acting as a sparring partner: Challenge constructively, share best practices, and act as a trusted advisor to affiliates and leaders within Medical Affairs. Your new department You will be part of the Customer Engagement department within Medical & Marketing in the EUCAN Regional Office, where we are dedicated to fostering meaningful interactions with healthcare professionals. Our team thrives in a fast‑paced and dynamic environment, working collaboratively to drive impactful commercial and medical engagement. You’ll join a diverse and innovative team committed to making a difference in the lives of patients worldwide. Your skills & qualification You are a visionary Medical Affairs professional with the ability to turn strategy into execution and data into insight. You inspire others through your ability to lead change and create impact across complex, cross‑functional networks. You’ll succeed in this role if you have: M.D., Ph.D., or M.Sc. in a relevant scientific field. Minimum 8 years of experience in Medical Affairs, including 3–5 years in field Medical Affairs or medical excellence roles. Proven experience leading cross‑functional projects and implementing change management between regional and affiliate levels. Strong understanding of the frontline in Medical Affairs (e.g. RMAs/MSLs) and Medical Affairs business drivers in the cardiometabolic therapeutic area. Exceptional stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence across all levels of the organization. Advanced analytical, communication, and project management capabilities. Working at Novo Nordisk Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with an unconventional spirit, a rare determination and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years this unordinary mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other. One where a collective passion for our purpose, mutual respect and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results. What we offer In addition to a unique and supportive culture, Novo Nordisk offers strong learning and development opportunities tailored to your career and life stage. Our benefits reflect our commitment to empowering employees to reach their full potential while achieving work‑life balance. More information To submit your application, please upload your CV in English (click on Apply and follow the instructions). Deadline Apply by 23rd of November 2025. Additional information Nuevo Nordisk is currently in the process of adjusting job titles globally. Please note that the job title listed in this advertisement may be subject to change. More detailed information will be provided during the recruitment process. We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. We’re not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long‑term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health. #J-18808-Ljbffr