Senior Medical Manager, Cardiovascular & Emerging Therapy Areas

Category: Medical Affairs

Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, PL

Business Area East

Warsaw, Poland

We have a unique opportunity to join our passionate commercial team driving high priority projects and fostering impactful collaborations with healthcare professionals. If you have a strong medical background and a desire to make a difference in patients lives, the Senior Medical Manager for Cardiovascular & Emerging Therapy Areas might be the right role for you! Apply today and join us in our Warsaw office in Poland.

Your new role

In this newly created position, you will play a key role in the CETA team that focuses on Cardiovascular & Emerging Therapy Areas. As part of the role, you will Collaborate closely with clinical, medical, and commercial colleagues in the field, business area (BA), and region to ensure strategic alignment and synergy as well as:

• Plan and execute medical strategies and activities with a strong focus on omnichannel engagement (OCE).
• Identify and segment relevant Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), digital opinion leaders, and collaborate with patient advocacy groups (PAGs) where needed.
• Cascade and adapt medical plans, including publication plans and real-world evidence (RWE) plans.
• Liaise with relevant professional associations, including managing congress activities.
• Seek opportunities and provide advice to obtain market and patient pathway insights to support internal medical and commercial decision-making.

The role entails ca. 20% of travel activity.

Your new department

You will be part of the Business Area East, focusing on cardiovascular and emerging therapy areas. This role involves indirect matrix leadership of medical teams across BA East, ensuring functional and medical alignment. The department thrives on collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to improving patient outcomes. With a dynamic and supportive atmosphere, you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while working with talented colleagues across the region.

As part of International Operations, you will join our largest operational unit. Covering 194 countries and 95% of the worlds population, more than 18,000 of us work passionately to serve 35 million patients each day. With a promise to outperform the competition, we continue to be the growth driver for Novo Nordisk, and to improve health at scale across the globe.

Your skills & qualifications

We’re searching for a curious & self-driven person who combines medical expertise with a commercial mindset. The person we are looking for has also strong communication and relationship building skills as well as openness to innovation. Our candidates need excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and presentation skills in order to excel in the position.

The perfect fit for the role meets the following criteria:

• Advanced degree (MD, PharmD, or PhD) in a medical, pharmaceutical, or life sciences field and minimum 3-5 years of experience in Medical Affairs or a related field within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry.
• Relevant therapy area knowledge with a priority on geriatric indication expertise and experience (experience in cardiology or neurology is a plus).
• Proven experience in driving omnichannel activities and managing approval processes.
• Project-based activity and successfully delivering initiatives as well as ability to work effectively in a cross-functional and multicultural environment.
• Experience in multiple market regulatory environment is a plus.

Willingness to travel across the country and internationally would be a prerequisite for the role as well due to the nature of the role. Proficiency in English is a must in the role, while additional languages, such as Polish, are a plus.

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

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.

More information

For further information about working at Novo Nordisk, please visit www.novonordisk.com/careers. Be advised, we will not support queries about your recruitment status, and this is not a call for preliminary interviews.

Deadline

Please apply before 18th of November 2025. Applications will be reviewed during the application period, so early submission is encouraged.