Are you an experienced commercial and marketing leader with a passion for strategic impact? Do you thrive in a dynamic, complex environment where you can influence business growth and lead high-performing teams? If so, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity to join Novo Nordisk Japan as Vice President of the Cardiometabolic Marketing division.

The position
As Vice President of Cardiometabolic Marketing in Novo Nordisk Japan, you will play a pivotal role in the leadership team for the affiliate and setting the strategic direction across the country's core cardiometabolic portfolio. You will lead a team of over 50 colleagues to drive accelerated growth of the obesity and diabetes franchise in the near term. You will also have strategic oversight for cardiovascular and emerging therapy areas to ensure sustained growth longer term.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Setting the overall vision and strategic direction for Cardiometabolic Marketing for Novo Nordisk Japan and mobilise the team to achieve bold ambitions
• Cultivating a play-to-win culture and growth mindset across the division
• Optimising resource allocation, organisational structure, and personnel deployment for maximum impact
• Establishing and overseeing processes, governance, and day-to-day operations for the division
• Elevating capabilities for the division to ensure current success and future readiness
• Delivering or exceeding revenue targets for the division and key focus brands while managing operating costs within targets
• Driving disciplined operational planning, execution, performance management, and investment in new growth opportunities
• Overseeing development and execution of cross-functional commercial strategies for core brands, including Wegovy and Ozempic
• Representing the division internally, maintaining open stakeholder communication, and inspiring the wider organisation on the cardiometabolic business and core story
• Developing and coaching talent through ongoing mentoring, succession planning, and collaboration with other members of the Japanese Leadership Team (JLT) for broader talent management.

This role reports directly to the General Manager of Novo Nordisk Japan and serves as a member of the Japan Leadership Team (JLT). The role is based in
Tokyo, Japan.
Fluency in spoken and written English is required. Japanese is a strong advantage.

Qualifications & Work Experience
To excel in this role, you will bring the following qualifications and skills:

• Over 15 years of progressive commercial leadership experience in the pharmaceutical industry
• Broad and diverse commercial background with deep expertise in marketing disciplines (including prior brand and portfolio leadership) combined with commercial experience beyond marketing
• Demonstrated experience driving P&L through effective commercial planning and execution
• A proven record of success in managing, leading and motivating a complex and cross-functional matrixed organisation
• Marketing leadership experience across multiple brands/therapeutic areas and asset life cycle stages from early-stage development, pre-launch, launch, to in-line phases
• Advanced collaboration skills and experience across functions, cultures and geographies (e.g., Japan and other countries/regions/global HQ), with the ability to influence across organizational levels
• High degree of integrity, resilience and transparency (able to lead in harmony with our Novo Nordisk Way)
• University degree; an advanced degree preferred (e.g. MBA, MS, PhD, etc.)

Novo Nordisk Japan
Novo Nordisk conducts business throughout Japan and has a history in the country dating back more than 61 years.

With headquarters in Tokyo, Novo Nordisk employs passionate and engaged colleagues who are empowered to overcome challenges and drive changes in a fast-changing environment. The team is dedicated to growing the region to serve more patients, and to improving the lives of patients, and making a positive impact on healthcare in the region.

NN Japan also has a factory in Koriyama and invests heavily in local clinical research activities.

Currently NN Japan is on a strong sales growth journey despite the general pharma market in Japan being flat and the long-term growth trajectory looks highly promising with a strong R&D pipeline of innovations to be potentially launched in the coming years within Rare Diseases, Diabetes, Obesity, CVD, MASH, and Alzheimer's Disease.

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 102 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
Please apply before
Sunday 30th November.
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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.
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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.