Obesity Business Development Manager
Category: Commercial Marketing
Location:
Oporto, Oporto, PT
Are you passionate about driving business growth and building strategic partnerships? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where innovation and collaboration are key? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to make a significant impact in the cardiometabolic healthcare space. Read on and apply today!
Your new role
We are looking for a visionary and results-oriented Obesity Business Development Manager to speardhead growth and partnership strategies in the obesity space. You will play a central role in identifying and developing new business opportunities, building impactful collaborations, and accelerating access to innovative health care solutions.
We are looking for a visionary and results-oriented Obesity Business Development Manager to speardhead growth and partnership strategies in the obesity space. You will play a central role in identifying and developing new business opportunities, building impactful collaborations, and accelerating access to innovative health care solutions.
Day-to-day your tasks will include:
- Assess competitive landscapes and conduct market research analysis to uncover potential growth areas within the obesity sector. Accordingly, develop business cases for new business opportunities
- Establish strategic partnerships with healthcare providers, private clinics and health solutions companies to enhance our value proposition across the northern and central regions of Portugal
- Develop BD projects from strategy to implementation towards maximising private opportunities and our Obesity portfolio business growth
- Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams to ensure alignment and successful execution
Please note this role requires extensive travel (around 70%) across the northern and central regions of Portugal to establish and maintain strong relationships with healthcare organizations.
Your new department
You will be part of Novo Nordisk’s Portugal Cardiometabolic Marketing Team operating at the intersection of strategy, innovation, and partnership. Our mission is to reimagine care models in obesity and cardiometabolic disease by building bridges with healthcare providers, grounded in trust, data and a shared commitment to improving lives.
You will be part of Novo Nordisk’s Portugal Cardiometabolic Marketing Team operating at the intersection of strategy, innovation, and partnership. Our mission is to reimagine care models in obesity and cardiometabolic disease by building bridges with healthcare providers, grounded in trust, data and a shared commitment to improving lives.
Your skills & qualifications
To succeed in this role, we imagine you have:
To succeed in this role, we imagine you have:
- A bachelor’s degree in business, economics, life sciences, or a related field (MBA or similar is strongly preferred)
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in business development or strategic partnerships in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry
- Proven track record of identifying and securing innovative commercial opportunities
- Strong commercial and strategic acumen with experience developing business cases and navigating market dynamics
- Fluency in English and Portuguese, both written and spoken
Experience in the obesity or cardiometabolic therapy area and consultancy background will be considered an advantage.
In addition, you bring strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to present strategic business models and influence decision-making at various levels. Your consulting mindset (including diagnosing market scenarios and crafting tailored business solutions) will be a key asset. You combine strategic vision and market insights with the drive to innovate, adapt, and explore new ways to deliver value.
In addition, you bring strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to present strategic business models and influence decision-making at various levels. Your consulting mindset (including diagnosing market scenarios and crafting tailored business solutions) will be a key asset. You combine strategic vision and market insights with the drive to innovate, adapt, and explore new ways to deliver value.
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 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.
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 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.
What we offer
There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.
There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.
In this role, as part of a collaborative and dynamic work environment that encourages professional growth, you’ll have the opportunity to drive meaningful change in patient engagement and outcomes.
Deadline to apply
31 July 2025. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
31 July 2025. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
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.
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