Are you passionate about maintaining and enhancing positive relations with external audiences? Do you have the skills to influence public opinion and promote the reputation of an organisation? If so, we invite you to apply for the Public Relations and External Communications Manager position at Novo Nordisk. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career.
 

About The department
Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare with more than 100 years of innovation in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and abilities that also enable us to help people to defeat obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases.
For us, it involves offering an inclusive and diverse working environment where everyone can bring their whole self to work. We believe that diversity and inclusion drive value for Novo Nordisk by enabling a diverse line of thought, increasing innovation and stronger risk management. These beliefs are core to who we are and an integrated part of our Novo Nordisk Way.
 

The position

This position directly reports to the Director of Corporate Affairs, Patient Access & Sustainability Director. In this role, you will oversee both public relations and external communications, ensuring a cohesive and impactful approach to engaging with both the media and the broader public, with a specific emphasis on disease areas and promoting the company's value proposition. The main scope of accountabilities includes but is not limited to:

External Communications Strategy: Develop and articulate the affiliate external communication vision, strategy, and goals in alignment with the overall business objectives. Provide strategic counsel to the executive leadership team on external communication matters and reputation management. Public Relations & Media Relations: Champion and coordinate the creation and advancement of strong relationships and partnerships with relevant partners such as policymakers/advisors, policy advocacy groups, clinical authorities, and professional societies, particularly in the context of disease-specific engagements and the company's value positioning. Devise and execute strategic media engagement plans to enhance the company's visibility, reputation, and brand positioning. Act as the primary point of contact for media inquiries. Create and distribute press releases, media kits, and other materials to enhance the company's visibility and brand image, emphasizing disease-specific initiatives and the company's value proposition. Communication: Plan and Lead implementation of affiliate communications programmes. Provide consultancy service and advice in connection with projects and activities across the affiliate that affect communications. Develop multi-year communications engagement plan and actively drive programmes to engage patients and raise Novo Nordisk profile in the media through media and other platforms. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work in close collaboration with Internal communications manager and other internal teams, including marketing, regulatory affairs, and public affairs, to ensure coordinated messaging across all communication channels aligned with business objectives, and the company's overall messaging. Other tasks; media training & monitoring, communication training, budget management, corporate messaging, etc.
 

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in communications, public Relations, journalism, marketing, or related fields. Minimum of 7 years’ work experience in public relations, external communications, or a related field, with a specific focus on disease-specific communications, awareness campaigns, and promoting company value. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a keen eye for detail and the ability to articulate disease-specific information and the company's value proposition effectively. Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, including disease-specific initiatives and value-focused campaigns. Vietnamese native speaking is required with good English communication.
 

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.  

 

Contact

Kindly upload your CV to our online career page (click on Apply and follow the instructions). 

 
Deadline

Until the completion of recruitment.
Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
 

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

 

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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