Communications Manager Obesity Therapy

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If data could speak, it would say that the prevalence of weight stigma and discrimination is preventing people living with obesity from getting the care they need. At Novo Nordisk, we’re here to change that. We’re debunking stigma, spreading knowledge, and building bridges to relevant resources. **Working within obesity communications, you will help us drive change and transform the narrative around obesity in Spain.** You will actively help us build up the most high-potential market for Novo Nordisk today, helping 764 million adults worldwide living with obesity.

Are you ready to change the story now?

**The Position**:
Working within obesity communications, you’ll play an instrumental role in developing new ideas and exploring novel communication and digital strategies to shake up the status quo and strengthen our image and reputation as a leader in patient care.

What you’ll get to do in this role:

- Develop an integrated obesity communications strategy, drive its implementation, and measure the impact.
- Ensure a successful Social Media plan: drive and champion exploration of media channels, campaigns, segmentation, and measurement.
- Build, strengthen and leverage relationships with media and other external stakeholders (HCPs, patients, NGOs, influencers ) to drive obesity awareness.
- Strengthen and protect the Novo Nordisk reputation through the development of effective and appropriate external communications activities.
- Ensure effective handling of obesity communication change, crises, and issue management together with the wider business. Ensure compliance.
- Engage, train and advise employees and external partners on obesity communication strategy, key messages, and proper delivery.

**Requirements & Qualifications**:

- University Degree in Communication, Journalism, Public Relationships or equivalent. Specialization in Digital communication will be an advantage.
- Minimum 6 years of Communications managing complex cross-organisational projects.
- Experience within Healthcare, Consumer or Retail sector will be an advantage (in-house or agency).
- Proven track record developing strategic communications plans, managing media and public relationships, driving change, and managing issues and crisis.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills (both in Spanish and English). You are good at building relations locally, across a global organisation and with external agencies and partners.
- Out of the box thinking. You can generate innovative ideas to mobilize a huge consumer market with high impact solutions/channels on top of the traditional media.

**About the department**:
Our Communications department is full of unique opportunities ready to be defined by you. While in the department, you’ll work closely with knowledge-hungry, experienced colleagues both in the department and cross-functionally with other relevant Business Units.

We’re here to create new ideas, explore totally unique career paths and shake up the status quo - we hope you’re up for the challenge.

**Working at Novo Nordisk**:
We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our careers is never easy. That’s why we always put people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them.

We’re changing the system - right here, right now. So join us, and together, we can be life changing.

**Deadline**

At Novo Nordisk, we recognise 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.