Senior Director, IO Patient Innovation, Legal and Compliance

Are you highly motivated, energetic and do you show a positive "can-do attitude"?

Do you have strong legal experience from within the pharmaceutical industry and would like to make a difference in lives of people living with diabetes or obesity?

If yes then we have a perfect job opportunity for you!

About the department

As a key driver of Novo Nordisk’s future growth, International Operations (IO) is the largest operational unit in Novo Nordisk and covers more than 190 countries and 95% of the world’s population. Around 430 million people are living with diabetes in these countries and an estimated 570 million live with obesity. We serve 25 million people each day living with chronic diseases. Novo Nordisk International Operations, Strategic Operations (IO-SO), is head quartered in Zürich, Switzerland.

The position

As the Senior Director, IO Patient Innovation, Legal and Compliance, you will be responsible for advising IO in the developing area of patient engagement and patient-centric innovation, including the entry into new therapy areas, the building of new ways of operation and new digital activities. In this position, you will ensure Bold & Compliant solutions for the benefit of patients and the business. You will act as the Legal and Compliance expert for all matters related to Patient Innovation, providing strategic leadership for driving the Patient Innovation agenda.

You will drive Patient Innovation understanding and knowledge, ensuring fast and clear solutions across IO, acting as a link between Global and IO, and as a close advisor to IO-SO units and the IO EVP.

Furthermore:

• You will drive the development of relevant strategies, establish a strong network of responsible stakeholders across the regions and key market, within LCQ or Commercial, and ensure the implementation of related strategies and guidance.
• You will ensure the continued understanding of patient innovation legal and compliance through raising awareness, trainings, roadshows, and providing coaching.
• You will provide legal support to external collaboration and partnerships on patient innovation solutions and support dialogue with public authorities and enforcement agencies, with the goal to help to drive modernisation of industry or legal standards related to patient innovation solutions.

Qualifications

• You hold a Master of Law degree and ideally also hold a business or digital-related degree.
• You bring top level legal professional experience in industry, driving consumer-centric innovation and change.
• You bring experience in global, digital projects and business transformation related to preferably patient or consumer-centricity.
• You bring experience working in cross-functional teams, working in international, culturally diverse environments, and building networks and demonstrating leadership with internal and external stakeholders.
• You have strong understanding of macro business and industry-specific trends, with experience working with public authorities, enforcement agencies and industry organisations.
• You bring international experience and have worked in multiple jurisdictions.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk offers an excellent inclusive culture with a focus on healthy living, flexible working and corporate social responsibility activities. The Novo Nordisk Way includes our vision, our values and our commitment to ensure we are a great place to work and we want you to be a part of that!

At Novo Nordisk we recognise 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 the communities we operate in.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. We are happy to discuss flexible working, depending on the role and subject to business needs.

Contact

If you believe you are qualified, and are willing to take the challenge, please send your motivation letter, CV and relevant documentation directly via our online application tool.

Deadline

Please submit your application via our online application tool by Friday 6th August 2021.

Millions rely on us

At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive change. 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. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 40,000 employees to change the lives for the better for millions of patients living with diabetes and other chronic diseases. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.