Senior Field Manager - Medical Affairs

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

International Operations

Shape the future of cardiometabolic care by bridging science and clinical practice – leading a team that brings Novo Nordisk's latest evidence directly to the healthcare professionals who need it most.

Your new role

As Senior Field Manager in Medical Affairs Cardiometabolic, you will lead a team responsible for advancing medical education and building meaningful relationships with healthcare professionals, key opinion leaders and professional associations – ensuring that the clinical value of Novo Nordisk's cardiometabolic portfolio is understood and recognized at both national and global levels.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading and developing a team of medical affairs professionals, setting clear objectives and translating departmental strategy into operational priorities that drive measurable impact.
• Leading the team to provide medical education to healthcare professionals through scientific meetings, symposia, continuing education workshops and tailored programs for physicians, pharmacists and scientists.
• Building and nurturing strategic relationships with key opinion leaders, clinical professors, teaching-hospital faculty, government agencies, health systems and healthcare professional associations.
• Driving the scientific communication strategy across clinical trial phases, including input to clinical trials, real-world evidence plans and the identification of potential clinical trial sites.
• Defining and executing publication strategies, integrating the patient voice through advisory boards, and coordinating scientific recruitment and retention activities.
• Providing medical guidance internally through training programs and ensuring the organization is equipped with accurate, up-to-date medical information on marketed products and related topics.
• Provide coaching and guidance to field medical employees to have effective scientific engagement.
• Lead with excellence to have the field medical team stay on track for their Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Your new department

As part of International Operations, you will join our largest operational unit. Covering 194 countries and 95% of the world's 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.

Within International Operations, the Medical Affairs Cardiometabolic team plays a pivotal role in connecting clinical science with real-world healthcare decision-making across diverse markets and geographies. You will join a team of dedicated professionals who are passionate about demonstrating the clinical outcomes and benefits of our cardiometabolic portfolio – from thought leaders and medical groups to health systems and government agencies. This is where scientific excellence meets global ambition, and your leadership will help shape how our science reaches and benefits patients worldwide.

Your skills & qualifications

We are looking for an experienced medical affairs leader who thrives at the intersection of science, strategy and stakeholder engagement. You will bring with you:

• Significant experience in medical affairs, clinical development or a related field within the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry, with a strong understanding of the cardiometabolic therapeutic area
• Proven leadership experience, including managing and developing professional teams, setting strategic direction and delivering results through others in complex, cross-functional environments
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with key opinion leaders, healthcare professional associations and external scientific stakeholders at national and international levels
• Strong scientific communication skills, including experience with publication planning, medical education programmes and advisory board coordination
• An advanced degree in a relevant scientific or medical discipline (e.g. MD, PhD, PharmD or equivalent)
• Fluency in Arabic & English with excellent presentation and communication skills across all organisational levels

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we are driven by something bigger than the work itself. For over a century, we have stayed true to our mission of defeating serious chronic diseases – reaching more patients today than ever before. Here, you will find driven, talented colleagues who push each other to go further, and a culture where ambition, accountability and collaboration come together to deliver extraordinary results. As part of International Operations, your work in medical affairs will have a direct and visible impact on how healthcare professionals across the world understand and use the therapies that change patients' lives. When you join us, you become part of a company at a defining moment – one where your expertise and leadership can shape the future of cardiometabolic care on a truly global scale.

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.

Deadline

14 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.