Head of New Product Marketing
Category:
Commercial Marketing
Do you thrive in the crossroads between science and marketing? Are you an experienced leader with a passion for early pipeline innovation in the pharmaceutical industry? Novo Nordisk Pharmatech (NNPR) in Køge is seeking a Head of New Product Marketing to join our team.
Apply today for a life-changing career!
The position
As the Head of New Product Marketing, you will play a crucial role in fueling our early pipeline by identifying and qualifying new molecules and product candidates. You will lead a small team of product managers and business analysts and collaborate with research colleagues.
You will play a central role in relation to the products of tomorrow within Stem Cell, Biological API, and Oligonucleotide manufacturing.
You can look forward to:
- Team Leadership: Lead and manage a small team of product managers and business analysts. Foster a positive and collaborative team environment
- Collaboration: Collaborate to build business cases for new product ideas
- Ensure the understanding of customer needs around products in the pipeline
- Set direction for and grow our pipeline of raw materials for Stem Cell, Biological API and Oligonucleotide manufacturing in line with the company strategy in close collaboration with R&D and other relevant stakeholders
- Develop go-to-market strategies for new products
- Contribute to innovation and product ideas, and drive progress for new products
- Maintain a close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead a critical function within the early pipeline , shaping the future of pharmaceutical innovation.
Qualifications
We realize that few people are experts at everything. But if you can nod your head at the following attributes, then you could be the person we are looking for:
- Natural science background combined with business acumen
- Experience in leading teams in a large organisation
- Knowledgeable about a GMP-regulated environment, preferably in life science
- Competencies in product management and project management
- Excellent people skill
- Strong collaboration and bridge-building skills, with the ability to find win-win solutions
- Specific background within bioprocessing or cell therapy is an advantage
- Commercial experience or interest, e.g. related to preparing business cases
- Strong analytical skills and proficiency with Excel
- Experience in project management is beneficial
- Proficiency in English is mandatory
As a person, you are visionary and detail-oriented, capable of managing complex projects. You excel in a dynamic environment and are able to inspire and develop your team. You are interested in the trends in the industry and able to identify new opportunities in the scientific arena.
About the department
This is an exciting opportunity to join an international and ambitious Sales and Marketing organisation at Novo Nordisk Pharmatech located in Køge, Denmark. We are a very diverse area in terms of competencies and cultures, and we have a lot of fun on the way.Customer Support oversees order handling and ongoing customer interaction. Sales is accountable for account management and establishing us as a scientific partner. ComEx is taking lead on pricing, quotation management, sales excellence and sales of our Quats products that goes through partners.
Strategic Marketing is developing commercial strategies including launches with regards to go-to-market, and New Product Marketing is developing innovation ideas together with R&D strategies and sales enablement. Finally, we have a Business Development function working on partnerships in a broad context.
What is important to the leader of Sales and Marketing is trust, accountability, and an open and honest environment.
About Novo Nordisk Pharmatech
We are enablers. The trusted scientific partner that enables life science innovations through exceptional knowledge, dedication, and trust.
We are a company of dedicated employees who carry over 75 years of finely calibrated knowledge and expertise across the entire value chain. By embracing trial and error as the fastest way to get to success, we enable better life science innovation for industries and institutions across the world.
Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S is a 100% owned subsidiary of Novo Nordisk located in Køge. We are approx. 500 people covering the entire value chain from R&D and Business Development to Manufacturing, Marketing and Sales. We are a global and leading manufacturer of pharmaceutical ingredients for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries and our product range consists of Quaternary ammonium compounds (Quats), Recombinant Insulin, Customized Purification Resins, and Specialty Enzymes.
Deadline
6 November 2024.
Interviews will be conducted continuously.
You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume or CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.
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.