Cardiometabolic Marketing Director - BAMECA

This role goes beyond marketing plans — it shapes the future of cardiometabolic care. As a Marketing Director, Obesity & MASH. you’ll craft strategies that elevate the portfolio and drive meaningful impact for patients in over 20 countries in Business Area Middle East Central Asia (BAMECA).Your new roleAs Marketing Director, you will develop mid to long-term marketing strategies for the cardiometabolic portfolio with a strong emphasis on execution through launches. You will define the go-to-market strategy applying a market-fit approach aligned with global/regional medico-marketing guidance and strategy. You will prepare the organization for the current and future business needs to ensure the cardiometabolic portfolio achieves its full potential.Your main responsibilities will include:Working cross-functionally within the cardiometabolic medico-marketing team to ensure strong customer focus and competitive messaging to outperform competition.Driving performance, together with the affiliate teams, towards ambitious business goals ultimately driving and sustaining market leadership.Planning and allocating the resources required to drive business critical cardiometabolic marketing activities and monitoring and proactively responding to cardiometabolic market developments, providing strategic recommendations to support future launches.Ensuring data driven decision making by developing a data foundation for the BAMECA affiliates within the cardiometabolic space. Your new departmentBusiness Area Middle East and Central Asia are business area responsible for Novo Nordisk’s operations in 7 fast growing elevated affiliates and clusters. From our Business Area office in Istanbul, we set strategy, drive impactful initiatives in support of the strategy and provide functional support to the General Managers and functional colleagues across these affiliates. We are patient centric and purpose-driven and have a value-based culture, focusing on inclusion, engagement and people development.Medical and Marketing departments are a single unified unit designed to ensure the development of consistent, competitive, and scientifically sound messaging across a broad range of therapy areas. By bringing these two functions together, we aim to foster seamless collaboration and drive continuous differentiation from the competition.Your Skills & QualificationsAs a person, you are a natural leader with a strong sense of ownership and accountability. You excel in collaboration and communication, effectively driving conversations with a diverse range of internal and external senior-level stakeholders. Your entrepreneurial mindset and ability to think outside the box set you apart. Most importantly, you share our passion and determination to improve patients' livesYou have a master’s degree in business or life sciences with at least 10 years’ experience in business development, marketing or other commercial roles within the pharmaceutical and/or consumer healthcare. Candidates with international career experience across multiple companies and countries will be given preference.You have a deep understanding of scientific data and are experienced in developing and deploying commercial strategies including launch experience. Hands-on experience with customers at the affiliate level coupled with strategic experience at regional or international level is highly preferred. You have excellent command of English, both written and spoken. Strong industry and commercial understanding with an entrepreneurial and enterprise mindset.Working at Novo NordiskEvery 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.Deadline 2 December 2025. (Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis)Novo Nordisk is currently in the process of adjusting job titles globally. Please note that the job title listed in this advertisement may be subject to change. More detailed information will be provided during the recruitment process.We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.We’re not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.