Job Description

Integrated Healthcare Manager

Work alongside NHS system leaders to co-develop and implement solutions that improve cardiometabolic outcomes at scale.

Your new role

As an Integrated Healthcare Manager (IHM), you will work at the intersection of NHS strategy, population health and patient access. Operating at Integrated Care System (ICS) and Health Board level, you will partner with system leaders to help shape cardiometabolic priorities and enable the co‑development and implementation of sustainable, evidence‑based service improvements.

This is a customer‑facing, hybrid field‑based role with a limited and clearly defined promotional component. The primary focus is non‑promotional: responding to NHS‑articulated need, building trusted partnerships, and supporting the delivery of system‑wide change that improves outcomes for people living with cardiovascular, renal and metabolic (CRM) conditions.

Day‑to‑day, you will:

• Generate influence at ICS / Health Board level to ensure cardiometabolic conditions are prioritised, using data, insight and population health perspectives
• Lead the development of ICS‑level cardiometabolic plans, reflecting cardiovascular, renal and metabolic priorities, that align NHS needs with Novo Nordisk’s capabilities
• Develop and deliver strategic partnerships and improvement initiatives that address multimorbidity, reduce health inequalities and strengthen NHS cardiometabolic services
• Support pathway redesign and service development, ensuring alignment with national and regional NHS priorities and evidence‑based models of care
• Work collaboratively with NHS Network Managers, providing system context, insight and alignment with ICS priorities, while maintaining clear boundaries between promotional and non‑promotional activity
• Lead non‑promotional Collaborative Working projects in full compliance with ABPI governance and internal processes
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with ICS‑level bodies including Medicines Optimisation, Population Health, Transformation and Commissioning teams to support sustainable system-wide improvement

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 promise to outperform the competition, we continue to be the growth driver for Novo Nordisk, and to improve health at scale across the globe.

Within the UK, this role sits at the centre of our strategic partnership approach with the NHS. The Integrated Healthcare Manager plays a key role in supporting system‑level change, responding to NHS prioritisation, and enabling timely patient access through credible, compliant and value‑driven collaboration with NHS partners.

This role sits within the Integrated Healthcare and Strategic Partnerships team, part of the Market Access Business Unit. Established in 2025, this is a newly formed, high‑impact team created to respond directly to NHS‑articulated priorities.

The team exists to add value for both the NHS and Novo Nordisk by enabling credible, compliant partnerships that support system change and improve outcomes for patients at population scale. This is a role for someone motivated by patient benefit, NHS need and long‑term, sustainable impact.

Your skills & qualifications

We are looking for an Integrated Healthcare Manager with deep NHS system insight and a proven ability to build and deliver impactful partnerships at scale.

We welcome candidates from a range of backgrounds, including those with experience of working collaboratively with industry from within the NHS, or those who have held non‑promotional or hybrid partnership roles within pharmaceutical or life sciences organisations.

You will bring:

• Significant, recent experience of ABPI-compliant Collaborative Working with the NHS, with examples of partnership or transformation projects delivering measurable impact
• Demonstrable experience building relationships with senior healthcare decision‑makers at Regional and ICS / Health Board level
• Strong system leadership skills, with the ability to operate effectively in a matrix environment and lead through influence rather than authority
• Excellent therapy‑area knowledge across diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease
• Robust project management capability, evidenced through successful delivery and evaluation (formal qualification such as Prince2, Six Sigma or equivalent required)
• Experience within Market Access, system engagement and/or payer‑facing environment, with a strong understanding of national and regional NHS policy and its application at system level
• A clear understanding of ABPI governance, including compliant Collaborative Working
• ABPI qualification (required)
• Degree in scientific, healthcare, business or related discipline, or equivalent experience
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel within the UK

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant 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 change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results.

In this role, you will see first‑hand how system‑level partnerships and NHS‑led collaboration can translate into meaningful improvements in patient access and care. When you join Novo Nordisk, you are not just taking on a role - you are contributing to a legacy of lasting change.

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.

Deadline: 29 April 2026. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.