Job Description

Brand Marketing Manager (Diabetes or Obesity)
Cardiometabolic Marketing Division
Tokyo, Japan

Join us to lead the charge in maximizing Novo Nordisk’s products’ presence and performance in the Japanese market. You will develop and execute the brand strategy and tactics that drive sales growth and unlock the product’s full market potential. If you’re passionate about making a measurable impact and shaping the future of healthcare in Japan, we want to hear from you.

Your new role
You will be responsible for a range of activities to effectively market assigned products/services, such as overseeing product development and life cycle activities; overseeing advertising campaigns; and monitoring sales performance.

Your responsibilities will include:

Brand operational management

• Manage all operational facets of the brand in charge including field implementation, peer-to-peer programming, and omnichannel marketing
• Collaborate cross-functionally on planning and execution of brand tactics, ensuring delivery against financial targets
• Ensure demand & supply management with supply chain team and product supply team.
• Manage promotional investments in our NN financial process

Proactive participation to brand/commercial planning

• Participate actively in brand planning and sales cycle (PoA) planning processes to endure implementation of brand tactics in charge.
• Investigate issue/opportunity of the brand in charge from qualitative and quantitative available information and set clear insight to brand planning.

External collaborations

• Ensure strategic alignment and operational collaborations with alliance partner.
• Act as bridges between HQ and field with our alliance partner for maximize the brand value in charge.

Enterprise collaborative mind-set as CMMD brand manager

• Actively participate in division-wide discussions.
• Contribute with enterprise mindset beyond his/her own function
• Proactively identify and engage in opportunities to enhance CMMD and the broader NNPL organization

Your new department
The Cardiometabolic Marketing Division (CMMD) at Novo Nordisk Japan is a dynamic team dedicated to maximizing the product’s market presence and performance through strategic brand planning, data-driven insights, and strong collaboration with commercial, medical, and global partners. We combine marketing, analytics, agency management, and stakeholder engagement to drive sustainable growth, ensure compliance, and support product lifecycle management. Our team fosters a high-performance, supportive environment focused on innovation, impact, and continuous development.

Your skills & qualifications

• At least 10 years of commercial experience in the pharmaceutical industry
• Growth and learning mindset
• Play to win mindset
• Bachelor’s degree in science, business, or other relevant fields
• Advanced degree preferred (e.g. MBA)
• Fluency in Japanese as mandatory and Fluency in English preferred.

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.

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 that opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

More information
You are welcome to contact our Japan Talent Acquisition team at JPHCWG_SAIYO@novonordisk.com if you have questions about the role. Be advised that we might not be able to answer queries about your recruitment status.

Deadline
Until the completion of the recruitment. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.

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.

Novo Nordisk is 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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