Medical Advisor

Medical Advisor - Contract

**Category**:Medical Affairs

**Location**:Sydney, New South Wales, AU

**About the department**
You will be joining the Novo Nordisk Medical Affairs team who are part of the Oceania Clinical, Medical, Regulatory (CMR) Department. The team plays a crucial role in driving strategic development and execution, providing insights to shape business decisions, leading scientific exchanges to support high-quality education, and identifying evidence gaps for key stakeholders. The team is in charge of ensuring the success of a growing diabetes portfolio, encompassing both established and pipeline products, and works closely under the leadership of the Medical Affairs Manager.
As part of a globally successful pharmaceutical business, Novo Nordisk Oceania is a high-growth affiliate with an exciting growth trajectory and pipeline in new products and therapy areas in the coming years. We proudly live our purpose of improving the lives of patients within the therapy areas our products treat and put both patients and people firmly in the centre of everything we do.

**The position**
As a Medical Advisor at Novo Nordisk, you will:

- Develop and drive the medical strategy to align with and support the overarching brand and business priorities.
- Facilitate KOL engagement in trials, identify new sites, conduct site education visits, support investigator-sponsored studies, and develop relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) for speaker engagements.
- Develop and conduct advisory boards, communicate scientific and clinical data, create and execute publication plans for assigned portfolios, present at national and international conferences, and engage external authors.
- Develop and implement the medical education strategy for assigned portfolios; review all commercial-led medical education meetings and accredited medical education; attend conferences and congresses.
- Conduct internal training; translate scientific information for internal stakeholders to assist with the development and implementation of strategy; approve promotional material; provide tailored medical responses.

**Qualifications**
- A PhD in life sciences, a Medical Degree (MD) or a postgraduate qualification in pharmacy or a life science is desired.
- Minimum 3 years' experience in medical affairs.
- Local industry experience or clinical experience relevant to the company's therapeutic interests in endocrinology and diabetes and/or rare diseases, is preferred.
- Familiarity with TGA and other local regulatory guidelines is required.
- Must either be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident.

**Working at Novo Nordisk**
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We're inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities, and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things - from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energize us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we're all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

**Contact**

**Deadline**
July 25, 2025

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. First Nations peoples are encouraged to apply.
- 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.
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