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Full Time
Permanent
Mid
On-site
The External Affairs Manager role at Novo Nordisk Denmark requires a mid-level communications professional with a bachelor’s degree and approximately 50 points of relevant experience. Candidates should have a strong background in media relations, external communications, and public affairs, ideally within healthcare or related sectors such as pharma or diagnostics. Key competencies include developing and executing proactive media strategies, managing press interactions, and crafting clear, compliant communication materials including press releases, op-eds, and social media content. The role demands excellent writing, messaging, and presentation skills alongside the ability to prepare spokespeople for media engagements. Candidates must demonstrate a solid understanding of healthcare policy, political developments, and public policy environments, with experience in stakeholder engagement, advocacy, and public affairs initiatives. Familiarity with compliance, risk management, and communication governance is essential to support reputational risk management and crisis communication activities. Strong analytical skills are required to monitor media coverage, analyze public sentiment, and translate insights into effective communication strategies. The position involves close collaboration with commercial, market access, and medical teams, requiring a structured, organized working style and the ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment and maintains clear, confident communication with diverse stakeholders including journalists, industry groups, and patient organizations. This role offers opportunities for professional growth within a global healthcare company committed to innovation and long-term health solutions.
About the role
Location: Ørestaden, Denmark
Category: Market Access
Role Summary
Join Novo Nordisk Denmark as an External Affairs Manager and play a central role in strengthening our external voice across media, policymakers, and society. This is an opportunity for a communications professional with a strong commercial, strategic, and insight-driven background, preferably within the healthcare sector.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute proactive media strategies
- Manage media relations, interviews, press briefings, and prepare spokespeople
- Create clear, compliant external communication (press releases, op-eds, statements, social media content)
- Monitor political and healthcare developments; draft position papers; support public affairs initiatives
- Build and maintain strong relationships with journalists, industry groups, patient organisations, and other stakeholders
- Collaborate with commercial, market access, and medical teams to ensure message alignment
- Support reputational risk management and crisis communication activities
- Track media coverage, analyse public sentiment, and report insights to refine strategies
Requirements
- Strong writing, messaging, and presentation skills
- Demonstrated experience in media relations and external communications
- Understanding of healthcare, policy movements, or the broader public policy environment
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and work under pressure and tight deadlines
- Experience with stakeholder engagement, public affairs, or advocacy
- Familiarity with compliance, risk management, and communication governance
- Background in public relations, corporate affairs, government relations, or healthcare communications
- Experience in pharma, diagnostics, the Danish healthcare sector, or outside pharma
- Structured and organised working style
- Clear and confident communication with various stakeholders
- Strong analytical capabilities; able to translate insights into communication strategies
- Thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced, and evolving environment
Benefits
- Opportunities to learn and develop within a global healthcare company
- Benefits designed with your career and life stage in mind
- Unique company culture focused on purpose, mutual respect, and innovation
How to Apply
- Contact: Markus Peter Hochmuth, Senior Director MAPA & Rare Disease ([email protected], +45-30757516)
- Application deadline: 5th of January 2026
- Attach a transcript of your grades to your application
- No cover letter required, but include a few sentences about your motivation in your resume or CV
- Please do not include a photo in your CV
- Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis; apply as soon as possible
Additional Information
- Job title may be subject to change as part of a global adjustment; details will be provided during recruitment
- Novo Nordisk is committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity
- The company focuses on defeating serious chronic diseases and promoting long-term health through innovative solutions
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