Clinical, Medical, Regulatory

Do you want to be a part of a fast growing and developing company and affiliate, being engaged in helping people? Are you passionate about driving changes and improvements?If yes, join us by applying for the role of Clinical, Medical & Regulatory Director in Gulf Emerging Markets, based in Kuwait

The position

You will manage and direct all Clinical, Medical, Regulatory (CMR) operations of Novo Nordisk Gulf Emerging Markets covering Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Yemen, based in Kuwait. You will be responsible for the strategy development and execution of launch, registration, clinical studies, medical affairs and patient support in full compliance with local procedures, corporate and legal requirements.

You will support new business opportunities and strategic objectives considering the short, medium, and long-term business needs, at the same time drive a highly efficient team and ensure that each function (C, M, R) reaches its targets. The job requires a patient-centric and strategic mindset together with strong business acumen and leadership to be able to drive the department.

The position requires strong medical knowledge and expertise, and the person is perceived by the local market as a respected medical professional. The role requires seniority experience in both, technical expertise knowledge as well strong leadership skills and enterprise mindset.

Besides driving the CMR strategy, key responsibilities include:

• Developing relationships with key customers and relevant institutions to achieve competitive advantage and market leadership within full portfolio: Diabetes, Obesity and Rare Disease.
• Leading and developing the CMR team.
• Contributing actively to strategic decisions as a member of the management team of Gulf Emerging Markets.
• Develop strategy for the Medical Affairs, Clinical Research, Regulatory Affairs.
• Driving operational excellence in Clinical Study Execution, Medical and Regulatory Affairs in Coordination with the Business area.
• Providing scientific insights and support market access discussions with the relevant stakeholders (HMOs, UPA, EDA, MOH).
• Identifying, contacting, developing, and maintaining relations with key opinion leaders and other Health Care Professionals (HCPs) to make NN the preferred partner in providing better care for the patients in our therapy areas.
• Ensuring high level execution and compliance of patient support programs activities.
• Ensuring compliance of promotional activities, disease awareness activities and patients' educational materials with the country-specific regulatory requirements and Pharma Industry code of conduct
• Ensuring planning and execution of medical pre-launch activities.
• Directing strategic decisions and prioritization of filing of new product approval applications and the maintenance of existing product approvals.

Qualifications

• You are a medical doctor with a relevant postgraduate degree and at least 10+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, a PhD is preferable together with Cardiometabolic experience.
• 5+ years of managerial experience including managing People Managers.
• Experience in engaging with regulatory bodies and industry KOLs, able to influence and build strong and trusted relationships.
• Excellent leadership and people development skills.
• Proficiency in oral and written English. Arabic language isan advantage.
• Experience in collaborating with sales, marketing, and market access to achieve business results.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including communication across functions and strong presentation skills.
• Management and coaching skills with a strong team player ability.

About the department

The Novo Nordisk Gulf Emerging Markets Clinical, Medical and Regulatory (CMR) department boasts a diverse, collaborative and experienced team. The team is responsible for medical dialogue with the HCP community, patient education through a robust network of centers across Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman, and related relevant regulatory processes. As such, the team focuses on health-care-provider interactions, developing and implementing regulatory strategies, providing medical education, collecting data to support real world experience and support new product development through their life cycle. It provides clinical development, regulatory and pharmacovigilance compliance, and it is responsible for medical support of marketed and non-marketed products of high quality.

As a CMR Director in a senior management leadership role, you will get the opportunity to join and lead a high performing team of 4 direct reports and a total departmental size of 12 employees. You will report directly to the affiliate General Manager, and you will also be a part of the Novo Nordisk Gulf Emerging Markets Leadership Team.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at various stages of our career is never easy. That is why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it is a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 70,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we are life changing.

Contact

To submit your application, please upload your CV and motivational letter online (click on Apply and follow the instructions). Internal candidates are kindly requested to inform their line Manager before applying.

Deadline
Apply before June 8th

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.