Sr Specialist - Medical Excellence

Team: Global Medical Affairs, Product & Portfolio Strategy

Location: Bangalore, Novo Nordisk Global Business Services (GBS), India

Shape how medical insights drive strategy across therapy areas — and turn evidence into action that reaches patients worldwide.

Your new role
As our Medical Excellence Lead in Global Medical Affairs, you will be the driving force behind insights-driven decision-making across all Therapy Areas. This is a role where strategic thinking meets operational rigour — you will design and embed the frameworks, processes and governance that ensure medical insights are collected, synthesised, prioritised and translated into strategy, action and measurable impact.
Sitting at the intersection of Global and Worldwide Medical Affairs, you will serve as a central connector — aligning insights across regions, integrating them into medical plans and converting them into coordinated actions that support patients, healthcare professionals and our strategic priorities.

Your key responsibilities will include:

Drive insights-based decision-making

• Establish and lead the Global Medical Affairs insights-to-action framework in collaboration with Therapy Area Medical teams, defining common principles, processes, tools and governance for insights generation and use


• Facilitate evidence-based prioritisation of strategic questions, opportunities and medical activities — and ensure visibility of key insights and actions at GMA leadership level

Develop insights themes and strategic questions

• Partner with Global Therapy Area teams to define key insights themes and questions aligned with medical strategy, patient needs, healthcare-system priorities and the product lifecycle


• Identify emerging trends, evidence gaps, unmet needs and shifts in the external environment that may affect medical strategy

Integrate insights into medical strategy and planning

• Design processes to ensure insights are systematically reviewed and incorporated into Global Medical Affairs strategies, medical plans and evidence-generation priorities


• Support lifecycle planning, launch preparation, indication strategy and ongoing strategy refinement through relevant insights synthesis

Enable Global–Regional alignment

• Establish effective two-way communication mechanisms between Global and Regions, ensuring regional insights inform global strategy and global priorities are understood and applied consistently


• Build a connected community of practice for Medical Affairs insights generation and utilisation across markets

Track actions, decisions and impact

• Develop dashboards and tracking mechanisms for priority insights, decisions, actions, milestones and outcomes
  Define and track metrics that demonstrate the quality, timeliness, adoption and impact of insights-driven decision-making

Build capabilities and embed ways of working

• Assess insights-management capabilities across Global and Worldwide Medical Affairs, and develop training, guidance and practical tools to raise the bar


• Coach teams on insights collection, synthesis, interpretation, strategic storytelling and translation into action

Support compliant and high-quality execution

• Ensure insights-generation and engagement processes are aligned with applicable company policies, industry codes, privacy requirements and compliance standards

Your new department
In Product & Portfolio Strategy we drive commercial strategy, medical affairs and business development across all therapy areas. We act as a connector and compass, guiding the new Novo Nordisk portfolio for sustained competitiveness upstream, and maximising portfolio potential through successful commercial strategies and competitive launches downstream.
Within Product & Portfolio Strategy, the Global Medical Affairs team operates across Therapy Areas to ensure that medical strategy is grounded in evidence, shaped by insights and connected to patient needs. You will work closely with Therapy Area Medical Directors, regional and affiliate Medical Affairs functions, as well as cross-functional partners in Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Market Access, Evidence Generation, HEOR and Digital & Analytics. The role is global in scope and involves engagement with diverse internal and external stakeholders — including medical experts, KOLs and external consultants.

Your skills & qualifications
We are looking for a strategic and analytical Medical Affairs professional who thrives in complexity, connects the dots across functions and geographies, and translates diverse inputs into clear priorities and practical action. You will bring:

• MBBS, MD, PhD or relevant Master's Degree in Pharmacy or Life Sciences


• 6+ years of experience in Medical Affairs, preferably in a global or regional pharmaceutical, biotechnology or healthcare environment


• Demonstrated experience in medical strategy, insights generation, stakeholder engagement, evidence synthesis or Medical Affairs operations 


• Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical product lifecycle and the role of Medical Affairs, with experience developing governance, processes, capabilities, dashboards or operating models


• Familiarity with insights-management platforms, analytics, data visualisation or structured knowledge-management approaches


• Excellent communication, facilitation, synthesis and strategic storytelling skills, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders across a complex matrix environment


• High level of scientific judgement, business awareness, adaptability and accountability


• Fluency in written and spoken English

Working at Novo Nordisk
Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job — you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.

What we offer
There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.
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Deadline: 25 September 2026
Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.