Cardiometabolic Marketing Director / Cardiometabolic Marketing Directress

Cardiometabolic Marketing Director, Emerging Markets

Location: Zurich

Are you ready to shape the cardiometabolic strategy across the world's most dynamic and fast-growing healthcare markets? Join us to lead a high-impact regional marketing function, drive the future of obesity and diabetes care across Emerging Markets, and help accelerate access to breakthrough treatments for millions of patients.

Your New Role

As the Emerging Markets Cardiometabolic Marketing Director, you will be at the forefront of commercial strategy and marketing execution across a diverse region that includes Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. This pivotal leadership role will enable you to drive business growth, oversee a rapidly expanding cardiometabolic portfolio—including Wegovy®, Ozempic®, and upcoming launches—and ultimately shape how millions of patients access life-changing treatments.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Lead commercial strategy and marketing execution to achieve ambitious sales targets and expand market presence across diverse emerging markets.
• Drive world-class product launches for the cardiometabolic franchise, including upcoming assets such as Wegovy Pill®, Cagrisema, and Awiqly.
• Define and implement loss of exclusivity (LoE) strategies for injectable semaglutide, ensuring seamless transition planning across all markets.
• Prioritize the portfolio to pursue the highest-value opportunities, balancing new product launches with lifecycle management initiatives.
• Lead consumerization efforts in the obesity and weight management category, bringing innovative go-to-market approaches.
• Build and lead cross-functional teams across the region to drive innovation, best-practice adoption, and agile ways of working.
• Develop and manage budgets, set operational targets, and monitor performance metrics to ensure alignment with business goals.
• Represent the region externally with vendors and partners for congress planning and strategic collaborations.

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 commitment to outperform the competition, we continue to be a growth driver for Novo Nordisk, enhancing health at scale across the globe.

Within International Operations, the Emerging Markets region represents one of our most exciting growth opportunities. You'll be immersed in a collaborative, fast-paced environment where innovation and strategic thinking drive real commercial impact. This role offers significant influence over regional strategy and provides you with the opportunity to shape how cardiometabolic care evolves across diverse markets with unique healthcare landscapes.

Your Skills & Qualifications

We are looking for a strategic marketing leader with extensive commercial expertise and a proven track record in driving business growth across complex, multi-market environments. You should possess:

• A minimum of 10 years' experience in sales or business management with multi-country or regional scope, ideally within emerging markets.
• A proven record of leading cross-functional teams and delivering measurable business growth and performance improvements.
• A professional degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or a related field (an advanced degree is preferred).
• Strong people leadership experience managing leaders and large, diverse teams across various geographies and cultures.
• Hands-on experience in emerging markets and/or consumer marketing, with an understanding of the nuances of these dynamic healthcare environments.
• A strategic mindset with business acumen, including budgeting, resource allocation, and financial target setting.
• Excellence in stakeholder engagement, with the ability to build relationships across healthcare systems, public institutions, and internal partners.
• Change management capabilities to lead organizational transformation and implement scalable commercial solutions.
• Clear and effective communication skills, with the ability to convey complex strategies and decisions across all organizational levels.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day, we pursue solutions to combat serious chronic diseases. We approach our work with determination, ongoing curiosity, and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting changes for long-term health—where diverse thinking, shared purpose, and mutual respect create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job—you’re becoming part of a story that spans generations.

What We Offer

This role provides the opportunity to lead at a regional level with genuine influence over strategy and execution. You will work with an innovative and growing portfolio in markets full of potential, supported by a culture that values development, collaboration, and bold thinking. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and grow are all around you, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

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