Job Description

Join our team as a Rare Disease Product Specialist for the Mansoura & Sharkia region and use your expertise to improve access and outcomes for patients living with rare diseases.

Your new role

As a Product Specialist, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing the business plan for your geographical area to ensure that the company objectives and sales targets are achieved. In addition, you will measure, track, evaluate, and present key metrics: prescription depth and breadth planning.

Your main accountabilities include:

• Contribute to the national business plan by achieving targets through the implementation of marketing and promotion strategies aimed at effectively presenting and promoting Novo Nordisk product(s) to healthcare practitioners
• Take an entrepreneurial approach and you will be expected to operate with a high level of ownership
• Demonstrate a high level of understanding of customer needs
• Anticipate and adapt action plans to maximize opportunities and address challenges excelling in making things happen through diligent and timely follow-up
• Work across different external stakeholders including but not limited to Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), physicians, pharmacists, and hospital management

Your new department

The Rare Disease Sales Team leads Novo Nordisk’s product portfolio in the field of RBDs “rare bleeding disorders” and REDs “rare endocrine disorders” in Egypt, which includes world-class therapies for the treatment of these rare diseases. As part of the team, you will be responsible for promoting Novo Nordisk products and have frontline exposure to our portfolio vision, business strategies, and critical market insights that drive our business forward. You will drive the Novo Nordisk portfolio strategy to ensure that the latest therapies and products reach the people who need them most.

Your skills & qualifications

As a Product Specialist, you need to be a self-starter, one who can evaluate options and find resolutions on your own with minimal supervision. Nevertheless, you need to have an attitude for learning and an ability to communicate technical and scientific product and disease management information, as well as value propositions for the product(s) under your responsibility.

To succeed in this role you should:

• Hold a Bachelor's degree in Pharma; Postgraduate or master’s degree is a plus
• Have 2 years of experience in sales within the pharmaceutical industry (Experience in Rare Disease will be a plus)
• Be Proficient in English and Arabic
• Possess Entrepreneurship mindset, you are a strong Influencer and an exceptional team player
• Hold a valid driver's license and be able to travel as this position is field based in Mensoura and Sharkia region

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

Deadline

25th of February (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.